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The Berlin-Steglitz Travel Guide

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Berlin-Steglitz Overview

The neighborhood of Steglitz is located in southwestern Berlin within minutes of any destination or event in Germany’s capital. Take a cruise on the Spree river, hear the world-famous Berlin Philharmonic, or attend the famous Berlinale film festival, which will celebrate its 60th anniversary from February 11-21, 2010. There is no end to what you can do in Berlin! Our featured 2-bedroom vacation apartment was built in 1905 and completely renovated in 2008.

Steglitz is a locality of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough in the south-west of Berlin, the capital of Germany. The locality also includes the neighborhood of Südende.

Steglitz is served by the Berlin S-Bahn line S1 at the stations Feuerbachstraße and Rathaus Steglitz as well as by the S25 at Südende. U-Bahn connection to the inner city is provided by the U9 line with the stations Walther-Schreiber-Platz, Schloßstraße and Rathaus Steglitz.






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Things to See

  • Gutshaus Steglitz (Steglitz Manor), a Neoclassical building designed by David Gilly in 1801, which since 1921 housed the small Schlossparktheater, one of the former Berlin state theatres, that nevertheless finally closed in 2006
  • The Schlossstrasse, the second largest shopping area in Berlin after Kurfürstendamm and Tauentzienstraße, including Forum Steglitz, one of Germany's first shopping malls opened in 1970
  • Neo-Gothic Steglitz town hall, erected in 1898
  • Lutheran Matthäuskirche, built in 1880
  • Catholic Rosary church from 1900, which received the title of a basilica in 1950
  • The notorious Steglitzer Kreisel, a 119 m (390 ft) highrise erected between 1968 and 1980. Before the construction was finished the developing company became insolvent in 1974, leaving a ruin in Steglitz' centre until the works were resumed in 1977. To avoid further vacancy the borough's administration moved in, but had to leave the building in 2007 due to a contamination with asbestos. The building includes the Berlin U-Bahn station Rathaus Steglitz, a bus station and a multi-storey car park
  • The Bierpinsel ("Beer Brush"), a tavern in a tower on Schlossstraße with an interesting architectural style built in 1976
  • Villenkolonie Lichterfelde West, historical district of 19th century mansion houses and cobbled streets in the adjacent Lichterfelde district
  • Titania-Palast, a large cinema erected in 1928 in New Objectivity style. On May 26, 1945 it was the site of the first concert of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra after World War II. On June 6, 1951 it saw the opening ceremony of the first Berlin International Film Festival
  • The Fichtenberg hill, highest point in Steglitz, 68 m (223 ft).
  • The Grundschule am Insulaner is an elementary and middle school near Südende.

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