Named after Schönholz, a colony of weavers from the time of Frederick II.
Queen Elisabeth Christine, wife of Frederick II, bought land here in 1752, when mulberry plantations were in fashion. From 1763 linen weavers and cloth-makers, mostly from Bohemia, settled at the edge of the plantation, and in 1791 the colony was named Schönholz. The station opened in 1877 as ‘Reinickendorf’ and took the name Schönholz a year later; it lies in Reinickendorf, right next to Schönholz.