Dahlem (Berlin)

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Dahlem
Quarter of Berlin
"Rost- and Silberlaube" complex of the FU Berlin
Location of Dahlem in Steglitz-Zehlendorf and Berlin
Dahlem Show map of Germany Dahlem Show map of Berlin
Coordinates: 52°27′29″N 13°17′15″E / 52.45806°N 13.28750°E / 52.45806; 13.28750
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Borough	Steglitz-Zehlendorf
Founded	1275
Area
• Total	8.39 km2 (3.24 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	16,916
• Density	2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	(nr. 0605) 12203, 14169, 14195
Vehicle registration	B

Dahlem (German:

The U3 line of the Berlin U-Bahn system connects Dahlem to central Berlin.

History

The first written account of Dahlem dates to the year 1275. The history of the village is connected to the Dahlem

During the

• Freie Universität Berlin
  (Free University of Berlin, known as FU Berlin)
• Julius Kühn-Institut (Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants)
• Prussian Privy State Archives of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
• German Archaeological Institute
• Institute for Museum Research
• Zuse Institute Berlin
• Several branches of the
  Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
  ):
  • The Max Planck Institute Archives
  • The
    Fritz Haber Institute
  • The Max Planck Institute for Human Development
  • The Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
  • The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Main sights

• The Allied Museum of the American, British 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 recordings were made from the 1950s through the 1980s owing to its fine acoustics
• Jagdschloss Grunewald, a renaissance hunting lodge built in 1543

Transportation

Dahlem is served by the

• 
  Breitenbachplatz station
• 
  Podbielskiallee station
• 
  Dahlem Dorf station
• 
  Freie Universität ("Free University") Thielplatz station
• 
  Oskar-Helene-Heim station

Personalities

• Brigitte Horney
• Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler
• Wolf Jobst Siedler
• Max Schmeling

See also

• Grunewald forest

References

Literature

• Durie, William (2012). The British Garrison Berlin 1945 - 1994: nowhere to go ... a pictorial historiography of the British Military occupation / presence in Berlin. Berlin: Vergangenheitsverlag (
  OCLC 978161722
  .
• Michael Engel: "Geschichte Dahlems". Berlin-Verlag (Berlin, 1984),
  ISBN 3-87061-155-3

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