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Gollanczstraße is a street in the Frohnau area in the northwestern part of Berlin. It is characterized by several large patrician villas from the 1920s, and several of the villas on the street are listed as cultural heritage sites by the state authorities. During the

Cold War The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...

, the street was located within West Berlin, a few hundred meters from the

Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall (german: Berliner Mauer, ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and East Germany (GDR). Construction of the Berlin Wall was commenced by the government ...

. The street is named for the British publisher and humanitarian, Sir Victor Gollancz. The street is found in an area with many parks and green spaces, and is located in one of the most affluent parts of Berlin. The

Ludwig Lesser Park The Ludwig Lesser Park (german: Ludwig-Lesser-Park) is a park in the Frohnau area in the northwestern part of Berlin. It is located between Schönfließer Straße to the north, Gollanczstraße to the west, Senheimer Straße to the east and Markgra ...

is found to the east of the street, and the Poloplatz to the north. The Victor Gollancz Elementary School is located in Gollanczstraße 18–24 and likewise named for Victor Gollancz.

Name

The street was formerly known as ''Speestraße'' (from before 1922 until 1935) in honour of Admiral Maximilian von Spee and as ''Lodystraße'' (from 1935 until 1955) in honour of the World War I era spy

Carl Hans Lody Carl Hans Lody, alias Charles A. Inglis (20 January 1877 – 6 November 1914; name occasionally given as Karl Hans Lody), was a reserve officer of the Imperial German Navy who spied in the United Kingdom in the first few months of the First Wo ...

. On 28 September 1955, the street was renamed Gollanczstraße by West Berlin authorities in honour of Sir Victor Gollancz, a British publisher noted for his postwar humanitarian work for German civilians and for his promotion of friendship and reconciliation based on his internationalism and his ethic of brotherly love. The Gollancz family ultimately took its name from the Polish/German town

Gołańcz Gołańcz (german: Gollantsch) is a town in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,349 inhabitants (2004). History Gołańcz was first mentioned in a document from 1222. It was granted town rights in the 14th century. I ...

Cultural heritage sites

The following properties are listed as cultural heritage sites: * Gollanczstraße 3/5, double villa built 1929–30 and designed by Erich TaenzerDenkmale in Berlin: Wohnhausgruppe Gollanczstraße
, berlin.de * Gollanczstraße 7, villa built 1929–30 and designed by Erich Taenzer * Gollanczstraße 9, villa built 1929–30 and designed by Erich Taenzer * Gollanczstraße 11, villa built 1928–29 and designed by Erich Taenzer * Gollanczstraße 18/24, school built 1928–29 and designed by Fritz Beyer, now known as the Victor Gollancz Elementary School * Gollanczstraße 32/38, garden landscaped 1937–38 by Hermann MatternDenkmale in Berlin: Garten des Landhauses Kraney
, berlin.de

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