Schöneberg

Coordinates: 52°29′10″N 13°21′20″E / 52.48611°N 13.35556°E / 52.48611; 13.35556
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Schöneberg
Quarter of Berlin
Town Hall
Town Hall
Coat of arms of Schöneberg
Coat of arms
Location of Schöneberg in Tempelhof-Schöneberg and Berlin
Schöneberg is located in Germany
Schöneberg
Schöneberg
Schöneberg is located in Berlin
Schöneberg
Schöneberg
Coordinates: 52°29′10″N 13°21′20″E / 52.48611°N 13.35556°E / 52.48611; 13.35556
CountryGermany
StateBerlin
CityBerlin
BoroughTempelhof-Schöneberg
Founded1264
Area
 • Total10.6 km2 (4.1 sq mi)
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[1]
 • Total122,658
 • Density12,000/km2 (30,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
(nr. 0701) 10777, 10779, 10781, 10783, 10787, 10789, 10823, 10825, 10827, 10829, 12157, 12159, 12161, 12169
Vehicle registrationB

Schöneberg (German:

borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg
.

History

Gründerzeit building on the Rote Insel

The village was first documented in a 1264 deed issued by

Margrave Otto III of Brandenburg. In 1751, Bohemian weavers founded Neu-Schöneberg also known as Böhmisch-Schöneberg along northern Hauptstraße. During the Seven Years' War on 7 October 1760 Schöneberg and its village church were completely destroyed by a fire due to the joint attack on Berlin by Habsburg and Russian
troops.

Both Alt-Schöneberg and Neu-Schöneberg were in an area developed in the course of industrialization and incorporated in a street network laid out in the

Stadtkreis (independent city). Many of the former peasants gained wealth by selling their acres to the settlement companies of growing Berlin and built luxurious mansions on Hauptstraße. The large town hall, Rathaus Schöneberg, was completed in 1914. In 1920, Schöneberg became a part of Greater Berlin. Subsequent to World War II the Rathaus served as the city hall of West Berlin until 1991 when the administration of the reunited City of Berlin moved back to the Rotes Rathaus in Mitte
.

Gay life

The area around Nollendorfplatz has been the heart of gay life in Berlin, since the 1920s and early–1930s during the Weimar Republic.[2][3]

The

Nazis on coming to power in December 1932.[2][4] Holocaust survivor Elsa Conrad co-ran the lesbian bar Mali und Igel. Inside the bar, was a club called Monbijou des Westens.[5] The club was exclusive and catered for Berlin's lesbian, intellectual elite; one famous guest was the actress Marlene Dietrich.[5] Each year the club hosted balls with up to 600 women in attendance.[5]

The painter and printmaker Otto Dix used patrons of this establishment as subjects for some of his works.[6] Christopher Isherwood lived just around the corner on Nollendorfstraße. This apartment was the basis for his book Goodbye to Berlin (1939) and later the musical Cabaret (1966) and the film Cabaret (1972) and is commemorated by a historic plaque on the building.

Neighborhoods

The locality of Schöneberg includes the neighborhoods (Stadtquartiere) of Bayerisches Viertel (English: “Bavarian quarter [de]”; an affluent residential area with streets named after Bavarian towns) and the Rote Insel (English: “red island”) as well as Lindenhof and the large natural park area Südgelände (English: “south grounds”) on the outside of the Ringbahn railway circle line.

Popular sights

  • Schöneberg
  • The RIAS building in Berlin-Schöneberg
    The RIAS building in Berlin-Schöneberg
  • Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe), department store
    Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe), department store
  • Lesbian and Gay City Festival near Nollendorfplatz
    Lesbian and Gay City Festival near Nollendorfplatz
  • Rudolph-Wilde-Park
    Rudolph-Wilde-Park
  • Residential area Ceciliengärten
    Residential area Ceciliengärten
  • Squatted houses at Potsdamer Strasse
    Squatted houses at Potsdamer Strasse
  • Gasometer, a landmark of Rote Insel, as of 2022 in redevelopment into a building
    Gasometer, a landmark of Rote Insel, as of 2022 in redevelopment into a building

Notable people

Born in Schöneberg

  • Kitty Kuse, German lesbian activist and economist, born 17 March 1904, died 7 November 1999[8]
  • Blixa Bargeld, musician, born 12 January 1959
  • Eduard Bernstein, lived 1850-1932, Socialist economist and politician, member of Reichstag
  • Städtischer Friedhof III
    cemetery, Friedenau
  • Gisèle Freund, photographer, born 19 December 1908, Bayerisches Viertel, died 31 March 2000 in Paris
  • Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor, born 25 January 1886, Maaßenstraße 1 at Nollendorfplatz, died 30 November 1954 in Ebersteinburg, Baden-Baden
  • Alfred Lion, co-founder of the Blue Note jazz record label, born 21 April 1909, Gotenstraße 7, died 2 February 1987 in New York City
  • Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer and musicologist, born 8 December 1905, died 8 October 1988 in Berlin
  • Städtischer Friedhof III
    cemetery, Friedenau
  • Jürgen Ohlsen (1917–1994), child actor best-remembered for the role of Heini Völker in Hitlerjunge Quex (Our Flag Leads Us Forward) (1933).
  • Christian Ried (born 1979), racing driver
  • Nobel Prize for Literature, born 10 December 1891, Maaßenstraße 12, died 12 May 1970 in Stockholm
  • Margarete Seeler (1909–1996), was a German-born American artist, designer, educator, and author; known for her cloisonné work.[9]
  • Willi Stoph, politician, born 9 July 1914, Rote Insel, died 13 April 1999 in Berlin

Lived in Schöneberg

References

  1. ^ "Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner im Land Berlin am 31. Dezember 2020" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg. February 2021.
  2. ^ a b Warnecke, Tilmann (28 April 2015). "Die erste Weltmetropole für Lesben und Schwule". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Schöneberger Vergnügen (1880 bis 1930)". Nachbarschaftsheim Schöneberg e V. Berlin (in German). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  4. ^ Kuhrt, Aro (1 July 2015). "Das Eldorado". Berlin Street (in German). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  5. ^
    ISBN 978-3-8394-5332-2
    .
  6. ISBN 978-0-87586-356-6
    .
  7. ISBN 978-0-521-85824-3
    , pp. 125‒56, 223‒26.
  8. ISBN 3-88520-315-4, pp. 130–131 (131). Cited in : Sigrid Wiegand: "Kitty Kuse – Mit dem Strom und doch gegen den Strich"
    , Stadtteilzeitung Schöneberg, 1 March 2016.
  9. ISBN 978-0-9712772-8-1
    .
  10. ^ Pettis, Ruth M. (16 August 2005). "Roellig, Ruth Margarete (1878-1969)". GLBTQ: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

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