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Location of Zehlendorf in Steglitz-Zehlendorf and Berlin  | |
  Zehlendorf  Zehlendorf | |
| Coordinates:52°26′N13°12′E / 52.433°N 13.200°E /52.433; 13.200 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Berlin |
| City | Berlin |
| Borough | Steglitz-Zehlendorf |
| Founded | 1200 |
| Subdivisions | 6 zones |
| Area | |
• Total | 18.8 km2 (7.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 54,765 |
| • Density | 2,900/km2 (7,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 14163, 14165, 14167, 14169 |
| Vehicle registration | B |
Zehlendorf (German:[ˈtseːlənˌdɔʁf]ⓘ) is alocality within the borough ofSteglitz-Zehlendorf inBerlin. BeforeBerlin's 2001 administrative reform Zehlendorf was a borough in its own right, consisting of the locality of Zehlendorf as well asWannsee,Nikolassee andDahlem. Zehlendorf contains some of the most remarked upon natural settings in Berlin, including parts of theGrunewald forest and theSchlachtensee,Krumme Lanke andWaldsee lakes. Additionally, it has large affluent residential neighborhoods, some withcobblestone streets and buildings that are over 100 years old.
The village of Zehlendorf was first mentioned asCedelendorp in a 1245 contract between the Margraves John I and Otto III ofBrandenburg and theLehnin Abbey. Probably aGerman foundation, the nameCedelen appears to be a dialect word for "settlement" (modern GermanSiedlung), or "noble" (Cedelendorp =Cedelen +dorp, "noble village" (seeJahresbericht über die Erscheinungen auf dem Gebiete der germanischen Philologie).
In the affluent and well-educated environment of Zehlendorf, top World War II figures mingled with opponents of the Nazi regime. Express S-Bahn trains, known as the "Banker Trains", whisked them at 120 km/h (75 mph) to the financial and government centers until the service was disrupted towards the end of World War II.[2]
During the Nazi period, Zehlendorf's mayor was Walter Helfenstein (1890–1945), a convinced Nazi. Helfenstein was responsible for erecting a memorial to theantisemitic publisherTheodor Fritsch (1853–1933), described as "the first antisemitic memorial in Germany"[3] in Zehlendorf in 1935. The memorial was the first memorial sculpted by the artistArthur Wellmann (1885–1960), who was a Zehlendorf resident (and who, after producing other Nazi memorials, including one to theSA, eventually emigrated to the United States).[4][5] The Fritsch memorial was melted down in 1943 to make armaments for the war.[6] Mayor Helfenstein committed suicide on 24 April 1945 as theRed Army took Berlin.[7] Helfenstein's death is referred to in the novelBerlin by the anti-Nazi novelistTheodor Plievier.
In 1944, Zehlendorf was the location of a subcamp of theSachsenhausen concentration camp for Polish women.[8]
Zehlendorf is subdivided into 6 zones:
Visitors can stop at the Dahlem Church, where the vicar, PastorMartin Niemöller, served from 1931 through 1937. Niemöller's sermons against the Nazis led to his imprisonment and the publication of them in English during the war helped shape discussion of the nature of National Socialism in Christian circles.[9]
Many walking trips are available in and around Zehlendorf. Popular destinations include the Grunewald trails north from the Onkel Toms Hütte U-Bahn station and neighborhood shopping center, the walk from Krumme Lanke U-Bahn station to the lake of the same name, and the cross-Zehlendorf walk from the end of the U-Bahn at Krumme Lanke to the S-Bahn station in the center of old Zehlendorf. Zehlendorf shopping center has undergone major changes with plenty of new construction centering on the S-Bahn station "Zehlendorf."
WhenAmerican forces occupied Berlin and later were stationed in Berlin during theCold War, Zehlendorf with the "Steuben Barracks", Dahlem andLichterfelde were the areas where most of those forces were centered, including elements of theBerlin Brigade stationed at theMcNair Barracks.
There is direct access to central Berlin via road andS-Bahn. TheS1 line makes 3 stops in Zehlendorf and runs right throughUnter den Linden, where theBrandenburg Gate is located. The newer portion of the borough of Zehlendorf developed around extendedU-Bahn service in the first third of the 20th century. It may be reached via theU3 line at the stationOnkel Toms Hütte and the terminusKrumme Lanke.
TheBundesstraße 1 federal highway runs through the locality along the streetsBerliner Straße,Potsdamer Straße andPotsdamer Chaussee. Zehlendorf has also access to theA 115Autobahn (the formerAVUS racing track) at theHüttenwegjunction.
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 Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf (4) | |
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 Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (2) | |
 Lichtenberg (11) | |
 Marzahn-Hellersdorf (10) | |
 Mitte (1) | |
 Neukölln (8) | |
 Pankow (3) | |
 Reinickendorf (12) | |
 Spandau (5) | |
 Steglitz-Zehlendorf (6) | |
 Tempelhof-Schöneberg (7) | |
 Treptow-Köpenick (9) | |
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