Dahlem ( or ) is a locality of the
Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough in southwestern
Berlin
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. Until
Berlin's 2001 administrative reform
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it was a part of the former borough of
Zehlendorf. It is located between the mansion settlements of
Grunewald Grunewald is the name of both a locality and a forest in Germany:
* Grunewald (forest)
* Grunewald (locality)
Grünewald may refer to:
* Grünewald (surname)
* Grünewald, Germany, a municipality in Brandenburg, Germany
* Grünewald (Luxembourg), ...
and
Lichterfelde West
Lichterfelde West is part of Lichterfelde in the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough of Berlin. It is known for its historic mansions, tree-lined streets and green squares.
Next to Dahlem and Grunewald, Lichterfelde West is one of the German capital's ...
.
Dahlem is one of the most affluent parts of the city and a center for
academic research
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. It is home to the
Freie Universität Berlin
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, with its architecturally significant
Philological Library ''("The Brain")''. Several other research institutions and museums, as well as parts of the
Grunewald Grunewald is the name of both a locality and a forest in Germany:
* Grunewald (forest)
* Grunewald (locality)
Grünewald may refer to:
* Grünewald (surname)
* Grünewald, Germany, a municipality in Brandenburg, Germany
* Grünewald (Luxembourg), ...
forest with its
renaissance
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hunting lodge, are located in Dahlem.
The
U3 line of the
Berlin U-Bahn
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system connects Dahlem to central Berlin.
History
![Domäne Dahlem (2012) 1129-1009-(120)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Dom%C3%A4ne_Dahlem_%282012%29_1129-1009-%28120%29.jpg)
The first written account of Dahlem dates to the year 1275. The history of the village is connected to the Dahlem
Demesne
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(''Domäne Dahlem'') first mentioned in 1450. Its estates were sold to the state of
Prussia
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in 1841 and developed by dividing it into
lots
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for building
villa
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s and
mansion
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s, similar to the development of the older mansion settlements of
Lichterfelde West
Lichterfelde West is part of Lichterfelde in the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough of Berlin. It is known for its historic mansions, tree-lined streets and green squares.
Next to Dahlem and Grunewald, Lichterfelde West is one of the German capital's ...
and
Grunewald Grunewald is the name of both a locality and a forest in Germany:
* Grunewald (forest)
* Grunewald (locality)
Grünewald may refer to:
* Grünewald (surname)
* Grünewald, Germany, a municipality in Brandenburg, Germany
* Grünewald (Luxembourg), ...
. The Demesne buildings today house a working farm and an
agricultural
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open-air
museum
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. In 1920 the village was amalgamated into
Greater Berlin
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. From 1931 on
Martin Niemöller
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, a leader of the
Confessing Church
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, was
pastor
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of the
United Protestant
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''Sankt-Annen-Kirche'' until he was arrested by the
Nazi
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s in 1937.
During the
Cold War
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Dahlem belonged to the
American
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Sector of
West Berlin
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. From 1945 to 1991 the seat of the
Allied Kommandatura
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of Berlin was in Dahlem on ''Kaiserswerther Straße''. Today it serves as the office for the president of the
local university
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. Until 1994, the headquarters of the
United States Army Berlin
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command and the
Berlin Brigade
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were located on ''Clayallee'' street. Parts of the building are still used by the
Embassy of the United States in Berlin
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. The former library and ''Outpost'' theater across the street today house the
Allied Museum
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. Because many of Berlin's artistic, cultural, and educational institutions were located in the city's historical center in the former
eastern part of Berlin, West Berlin authorities established many duplicates in Dahlem - above all the
Freie Universität Berlin
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(literally the "
Free University Berlin") in 1948, which was established by students and scholars as an
antipole to the increasingly communist "
Universität Unter den Linden". The newly founded university should uphold the traditional values of
academic freedom
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and the educational ideal proposed by
Wilhelm von Humboldt
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.
Rudi Dutschke
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, spokesman of the
German student movement in the 1960s, is buried at the
cemetery
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of the ''Sankt-Annen-Kirche''.
Institutions
*
Freie Universität Berlin
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''(Free University of Berlin, known as FU Berlin)''
*
Julius Kühn-Institut
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''(Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants)''
*
Prussian Privy State Archives The Secret State Archives Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (german: Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz or ''GStA PK'') is an agency of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation headquartered in Berlin, Germany. A Federal statutor ...
of the
Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
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*
German Archaeological Institute
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*
Institute for Museum Research
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*
Zuse Institute Berlin
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*Several branches of the
Max Planck Institute
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Animals
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''(former
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
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)'':
**The
Max Planck Institute Archives
**The
Fritz Haber Institute
**The
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
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**The
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
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**The
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
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Main sights
*The
Allied Museum
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of the
American
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,
British
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and
French forces in West Berlin
*The
Brücke Museum
*
Museum of European Cultures
*
Dahlem Manor
*Jesus-Christus church, where most of the legendary
Berlin Philharmonic
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History
The Berlin Philharmonic was fo ...
recordings were made from the 1950s through the 1980s owing to its fine acoustics
*
Jagdschloss Grunewald
The Jagdschloss Grunewald, a hunting lodge, is the oldest preserved castle of Berlin, Germany. It is on the south waterfront of the Grunewaldsee and is part of the locality Dahlem (Berlin), Dahlem in the borough Steglitz-Zehlendorf.
The Jagdsc ...
, a
renaissance
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hunting lodge built in 1543
Transportation
Dahlem is served by the
U3 line on the
Berlin U-Bahn
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system. As in the neighboring
Wilmersdorf
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History
The v ...
, the historic
metro station
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s are a special feature of the district. Stations in Dahlem include
Breitenbachplatz,
Podbielskiallee,
Dahlem-Dorf,
Thielplatz and
Oskar-Helene-Heim.
File:UBahnhf Breitenbachpl.JPG, Breitenbachplatz station
File:U-Bahnhof Podbielskiallee, Entry.jpg, Podbielskiallee station
File:Berlin U Dahlem Dorf.jpg, Dahlem Dorf station
File:U-Bahn Berlin U3 Thielplatz.jpg, Freie Universität ("Free University") Thielplatz station
File:U-Oskar-Helene-Heim (Oskar Helene Heim Tube Station) - geo.hlipp.de - 35968.jpg, Oskar-Helene-Heim station
Personalities
*
Brigitte Horney
*
Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler
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*
Wolf Jobst Siedler
*
Max Schmeling
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See also
*
Grunewald forest
References
Literature
*
*Michael Engel: "''Geschichte Dahlems''". Berlin-Verlag (Berlin, 1984),
External links
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