Tempelhof (German:[ˈtɛmpl̩hoːf]^ⓘ) is alocality ofBerlin within the borough ofTempelhof-Schöneberg. It is the location of the formerTempelhof Airport, one of the earliest commercial airports in the world. The former airport and surroundings are now a park calledTempelhofer Feld, making it the largest inner city open space in the world.^[2]

Tempelhof
Quarter ofBerlin
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Location of Tempelhof in Tempelhof-Schöneberg and Berlin
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Coordinates:52°28′00″N13°23′00″E / 52.46667°N 13.38333°E /52.46667; 13.38333
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Borough	Tempelhof-Schöneberg
Founded	1210
Area
• Total	12.2 km2 (4.7 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[1]
• Total	63,792
• Density	5,200/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	12101, 12103, 12105, 12109, 12099, 12279
Vehicle registration	B

The Tempelhof locality is located in the south-central part of the city. BeforeBerlin's 2001 administrative reform, the area of Tempelhof, together with the localities ofMariendorf,Marienfelde, andLichtenrade, constituted a borough of its own, also calledTempelhof. These localities grew from historic villages on theTeltow plateau founded in the early 13th century in the course of the GermanOstsiedlung.

Tempelhove was first mentioned in a 1247 deed issued at theWalkenried Abbey as aKomturhof (commander's court, the smallest holding entity of amilitary order) of theKnights Templar, whose leadership and many fellow knights had been expelled from theKingdom of Jerusalem upon its downfall in 1291. The heart of the old settlement, consisting of the church and the original estate, was fortified and originally completely surrounded by water. The Templars were joined by fifteen families of landless farmers' sons from theRhine, who could not inherit any estate from their parents because of over-fragmentation of those estates. Legates of the Templars offered them fertile soil and the protection ofTempelhove's stronghold.

AfterPope Clement V officially abolished the Order of the Temple in 1312, theknights of Saint John (theJohanniter), backed by MargraveWaldemar of Brandenburg, took over the villages of Tempelhof, Mariendorf, and Marienfelde. In 1435, they sold their estates to the city of Berlin.

In the early nineteenth century, Tempelhof was still a village outside Berlin proper and was the site of country excursions for the citizens of Berlin.^[3] The northern parts of Tempelhof were incorporated as Berlin'sTempelhofer Vorstadt in 1861 and in 1920 became part of theKreuzberg borough.

Today, the formercommandery (German:Komturei) is a chain of parks, calledBosepark,Kleiner Park,Alter Park, andFranckepark. Some of them still haveponds that were part of the artificialmoat surrounding the village's center. One, theKrummer Pfuhl, located in theFranckepark, after being turned into public swimming baths in the nineteenth century, has completely dried out and is now an encloseddeer park.

Theoriginal church, built from glacialboulders, was destroyed in theSecond World War and was replaced with one built ofashlar or dressed stone with atimber-frame tower.

TheTempelhof Studios were established in 1912 and functioned as film and later television studios.

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  Lehnepfuhl in the Kleiner Park
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  Tempelhof Airfield in 1935
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  The deer park that was once the Krummer Pfuhl
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  Village church as it looks today, its basic lower structures of boulders trace back to the commandry.
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  Natural monument "Blanke Helle"

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• Manny Marc (born 1980), DJ and rapper
• Klaus Wowereit (born 1953 in Altbezirk Tempelhof), SPD-politician, 1984-1995 Council Chairman of Tempelhof, 2001-2014Governing Mayor of Berlin^[4]
• Michael Müller (born 1964 in Altbezirk Tempelhof), SPD politician, from 1989 to 1996 member of theBorough Council (BVV) Tempelhof, since 2014 mayor, succeeding Klaus Wowereit

• Edmund Elend (1881–1933), merchant and owner of the former department storeKaufhaus Tempelhof
• Elisabeth Schumacher (1904–1942), graphic artist and resistance fighter of theRote Kapelle, lived at Werner-Voß-Damm 42
• Kurt Schumacher (1905–1942), sculptor, medallist and resistance fighter of theRote Kapelle, lived at Werner-Voß-Damm 42
• Marta Hillers (1911–2001), German journalist, lived until after the war in an apartment in the Manfred-von-Richthofen-Straße 13 (then number 31). She has recorded her experiences during the capture of the city and the subsequent occupation of the Red Army in diaries, that were published in Germany in 1959 under the German title: Eine Frau in Berlin. In 2008 a film was made withNina Hoss as leading lady under the German title: Anonyma eine Frau in Berlin^[5]

• Rauenberg

•   Media related toTempelhof at Wikimedia Commons
•  Tempelhof travel guide from Wikivoyage