The namesake psychiatrist Karl Bonhoeffer (1868–1948) was the father of the resistance fighters Klaus and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Whereas the hospital and the underground station are located in the locality of Wittenau, the S-Bahn station happens to be in the adjacent Reinickendorf, both localities of the Reinickendorf borough.
The psychiatrist Karl Bonhoeffer (1868–1948), father of resistance fighters Klaus and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, lived in Wittenau, where the hospital and underground station were located. The S-Bahn station is situated in Reinickendorf, a neighboring district within the Reinickendorf borough.