Oskar-Helene-Heim is an

U-Bahn Rapid transit in Germany consists of four U-Bahn systems and fourteen S-Bahn systems. The U-Bahn commonly understood to stand for Untergrundbahn (''underground railway'') are conventional rapid transit systems that run mostly underground, while ...

station in

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, located in the southwestern Dahlem district on the line. U-Bahnhof Oskar-Helene-Heim, Bahnsteig

The station was inaugurated on 22 December 1929 with the last surface section of the line to

Krumme Lanke is a lake in the south west of Berlin, in the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough of the city and on the edge of the Grunewald forest. After Nikolassee and the neighbouring Schlachtensee, it is the southernmost of the Grunewald chain of lakes. Overv ...

station. It was named after a nearby

orthopedic Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics ( alternatively spelt orthopaedics), is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal ...

hospital, a foundation of Oskar Pintsch (1844–1912), son of industrialist

Julius Pintsch Carl Friedrich Julius Pintsch (6 January 1815 – 20 January 1884) was a German tinsmith, manufacturer and inventor who is primarily known for the invention of Pintsch gas. The gas, distilled from naphtha or other petroleum products, was wi ...

, and his wife Helene (1857–1923). The clinic, opened in 1914, became a pioneering institution caring for people with physical disabilities and invalids of World War I. Numerous up-to-date

neurosurgery Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and peri ...

techniques were developed here, as well as new methods of treating

rickets Rickets is a condition that results in weak or soft bones in children, and is caused by either dietary deficiency or genetic causes. Symptoms include bowed legs, stunted growth, bone pain, large forehead, and trouble sleeping. Complications may ...

with UV irradiation, based on the studies of practising doctor

Kurt Huldschinsky Kurt Huldschinsky (1883 in Berlin – 31 October 1940, in Alexandria) was a German pediatrician of Prussian heritage. He completed his medical studies prior to serving in the Deutsches Heer as a field medic in World War I and later, after the Grea ...

. The facility closed in 2000. Today Oskar-Helene-Heim is the closest U-Bahn station to the United States Consulate, part of the former US Army headquarters in

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, which is located nearby on ClayalleeJ. Meyer-Kronthaler: Berlins U-Bahnhöfe. be.bra Verlag (1996) The

Allied Museum The Allied Museum (german: AlliiertenMuseum) is a museum in Berlin. It documents the political history and the military commitments and roles of the Western Allies ( US, France and Britain) in Germany – particularly Berlin – between 1945 a ...

, documenting the local history of the Western Allies in the Cold War era, is nearby.

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