Schöneberg is a locality of Berlin. deu Gründerzeit ( German, 'grʏndɐˌtsaɪ̯t literally “the founders' epoch” refers to the economic phase in 19th century Germany and Austria before Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it was a separate borough including the locality of Friedenau. Berlin is subdivided into 12 Boroughs ( Bezirke in German) which are administrative units with political Friedenau is a locality within the borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg in Berlin, Germany. Together with the former borough of Tempelhof it is now part of the new borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg. Tempelhof is an area in Berlin within the borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg. Berlin is both a city and one of Germany's federal states. It is made up of twelve boroughs ( Bezirke in German also known as districts or Localities Tempelhof-Schöneberg consists of six localities as from north to south Schöneberg Friedenau Tempelhof
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History
The village was first documented in 1264 by Margrave Otto III of Brandenburg. This article lists the Margraves and Electors of Brandenburg during the period of time that Brandenburg was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire The Margraviate of Brandenburg (Markgrafschaft Brandenburg was a major Principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1157 to 1806 In 1751 Bohemian weavers founded Neu-Schöneberg also known as Böhmisch-Schöneberg, along the current Hauptstraße. Bohemia (Čechy; Bohemia Czechy is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands, currently the This article describes textile weaving For other senses of this word see Weaving (disambiguation.
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 Austrian and Russian troops. The Seven Years' War (1756&ndash1763 involved all of the major European powers of the period causing 900000 to 1400000 deaths Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Year 1760 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending
Alt & Neu Schöneberg were combined as one entity in 1874 and received town privileges in 1898. 'City rights' redirects here See also Municipal charter. Town privileges were important features of European Towns during In 1920 Schöneberg became a part of Greater Berlin. The Greater Berlin Act (Groß-Berlin-Gesetz in full the Law Regarding the Reconstruction of the New Local Authority of Berlin (Gesetz über die Bildung einer neuen Stadtgemeinde Its town hall Rathaus Schöneberg was completed in 1914 and 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. Rathaus Schöneberg is the city hall for the Borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg in Berlin. West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990 The Rotes Rathaus (Red Town Hall is the town hall of Berlin, located on Rathausstraße in the borough of Berlin-Mitte. Localities of the Mitte borough The new borough of Mitte consists of six localities Mitte (the former Mitte borough Moabit
Neighbourhoods
The locality of Schöneberg includes the neighbourhoods of Bayerisches Viertel (an affluent residential area with streets named after Bavarian towns) and Rote Insel (Red Island) as well as the Südgelände (South Grounds) and Lindenhof areas outside the Ringbahn circle. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 Rote Insel (literally Red Island) is the name colloquially given to a neighborhood in the Schöneberg district of the German capital Berlin
Notable Individuals
born in Schöneberg
- Blixa Bargeld, musician, born January 12, 1959
- Marlene Dietrich, actress, born December 27, 1901, Sedanstraße 65 (today: Leberstraße 65), Rote Insel, died May 6, 1992 in Paris, buried in the Städtischer Friedhof III cemetery, Friedenau
- Gisèle Freund, photographer, born December 19, 1908, Bayerisches Viertel, died March 31, 2000 in Paris
- Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor, born January 25, 1886, Maaßenstraße 1 at Nollendorfplatz, died November 30, 1954 in Ebersteinburg, Baden-Baden
- Alfred Lion, co-founder of the Blue Note jazz record label, born April 21, 1909, Gotenstraße 7, died February 2, 1987 in New York City
- Helmut Newton, photographer, born October 31, 1920, Innsbrucker Straße 24, died January 23, 2004 in West Hollywood, buried in the Städtischer Friedhof III cemetery, Friedenau
- Nelly Sachs, writer, holder of the 1966 Nobel Prize for Literature, born December 10 1891, Maaßenstraße 12, died May 12, 1970 in Stockholm
- Willi Stoph, politician, born July 9, 1914, Rote Insel, died April 13, 1999 in Berlin
dwelt in Schöneberg
- Hans Baluschek, painter lived at the Ceciliengärten housing estate 1929-1933
- August Bebel (1840–1913) Hauptstraße 97. Blixa Bargeld (born Christian Emmerich on January 12, 1959 in West Berlin, Germany) is a composer author actor singer musician A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marlene Dietrich maɐˈleːnə ˈdiːtrɪç (December 27 &ndashMay 6) was a German -born American Actress, Singer and Entertainer An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Städtischer Friedhof III is a Cemetery in the Friedenau district of the borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg in Berlin, Germany. Gisèle Freund ( November 19, 1908 or 1912 - March 31, 2000) was a German-born French photographer famous for her Documentary A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Wilhelm Furtwängler (January 25 1886 &ndash November 30 1954 was a Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Nollendorfplatz is a square in the Schöneberg district of Berlin. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Baden-Baden is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River Alfred Lion (1909-1987 was a German-born American record executive who co-founded Blue Note Records in 1939 Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The City of New York Helmut Newton, born Helmut Neustädter ( October 31, 1920, Berlin, Germany &ndash January 23, 2004, West A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " West Hollywood, a city in Los Angeles County California, was incorporated on November 29, 1984. Städtischer Friedhof III is a Cemetery in the Friedenau district of the borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg in Berlin, Germany. Nelly Sachs, ( 10 December, 1891 – 12 May, 1970) was a German Poet and Dramatist whose Nazi experience A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the Willi Stoph (9 July 1914 &ndash 13 April 1999 was an East German politician A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e August Ferdinand Bebel ( February 22 1840 &ndash August 13 1913) was a German social democrat and one of the founders of the
- Gottfried Benn (1886–1956) Bozener Straße 20. Gottfried Benn ( 2 May 1886 &ndash 7 July 1956) was a German Essayist, Novelist and Expressionist
- David Bowie (Born 1947) and Iggy Pop (Born 1947) Hauptstraße 155. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. James Newell Osterberg Jr (born April 21, 1947) better known by his Stage name Iggy Pop, is an American rock singer Songwriter
- Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924) Viktoria-Luise-Platz 11. Ferruccio Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto Busoni (April 1 1866 &ndash July 27 1924 was an Italian Composer, Pianist, musical educator and conductor. Viktoria-Luise-Platz is an oval on Motzstraße in Schöneberg, Berlin. Buried in Städtischer Friedhof III cemetery, Friedenau
- Albert Einstein (1879–1955) Haberlandstraße 5. Städtischer Friedhof III is a Cemetery in the Friedenau district of the borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg in Berlin, Germany. Albert Einstein ( German: ˈalbɐt ˈaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯n; English: ˈælbɝt ˈaɪnstaɪn (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955 was a German -born theoretical
- Hans Fallada (1893–1947) Luitpoldstraße 11. Hans Fallada ( July 21, 1893 - February 5, 1947) born Rudolf Wilhelm Adolf Ditzen in Berlin, was one of the most famous German
- Sepp Herberger (1897–1977) Bülowstraße. Josef " Sepp " Herberger ( March 28, 1897 in Mannheim, Germany &mdash April 20, 1977 in Weinheim
- Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986) Nollendorfstraße 17. Christopher Isherwood ( August 26, 1904 &ndash January 4, 1986) was an Anglo-American Novelist.
Plaque, Nollendorfstraße 17. Christopher Isherwood lived here between March 1929 and January/February 1933. - Klaus Kinski, actor, lived on Wartburgstraße 3 1930-1944
- Hildegard Knef, actress lived on Sedanstraße 68 (Rote Insel). Klaus Kinski ( October 18, 1926 &ndash November 23, 1991) was a German Actor, famous for his ability to project onscreen An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef ( December 28, 1925 - February 1, 2002) was a German actress singer and writer An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works
- Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945) Motzstraße 7. Else Lasker-Schüler ( February 11, 1869 &ndash January 22, 1945) was a Jewish German Poet and playwright Motzstraße is a street in Schöneberg, Berlin which now runs from Nollendorfplatz via Viktoria-Luise-Platz to Prager Platz
- Friedrich Naumann (1860-1919) Naumannstrasse
- Rudolf Steiner and Marie Steiner-von Sivers Motzstraße 30 1903-1923
- Claire Waldoff, singer, born October 21, 1884 in Gelsenkirchen, died January 22, 1957 in Bad Reichenhall lived at Bamberger Straße, Starnberger Straße 2, Landshuter Straße 14, Regensburger Straße 33 1919–1933, Haberlandstraße 7
- Billy Wilder (1906–2002) Viktoria-Luise-Platz 11 from (1927 to1928). Friedrich Naumann ( March 25 1860 &ndash August 24 1919) was a German Politician and Protestant parish Rudolf Steiner ( 25 February 1861 – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian philosopher literary scholar educator artist playwright Marie Steiner-von Sivers (born Marie von Sivers - or Sievers - 14 March 1867 &ndash 27 December 1948) was the second wife of Rudolf Claire Waldoff (born October 21, 1884 in Gelsenkirchen; January 22, 1957) ( Clara Wortmann) was a German Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Gelsenkirchen (ˌgɛlzənˈkɪʁçən is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Bad Reichenhall is a Spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. Billy Wilder ( June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish - American Journalist Viktoria-Luise-Platz is an oval on Motzstraße in Schöneberg, Berlin. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- Paul Zech Naumannstraße 78
Sites or buildings of interest
- Dorfkirche (village church), 1766
- Rathaus Schöneberg, 1914 at John-F.-Kennedy-Platz, where on June 26, 1963 U.S. President John F. Kennedy held his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech. Rathaus Schöneberg is the city hall for the Borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg in Berlin. John-F-Kennedy-Platz (John F Kennedy Square formerly Rudolph-Wilde-Platz in Berlin-Schöneberg contains the former city hall of West Berlin ( Rathaus Schöneberg The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of " Ich bin ein Berliner " ("I am a Berliner quot is a quotation from a June 26, 1963 speech by U
- Headquarters of the RIAS Berlin (Radio in the American Sector) from 1948–1993, then headquarters of the DeutschlandRadio Berlin from 1994 until the station was renamed Deutschlandradio Kultur in 2005. RIAS ( Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor; Broadcasting in the American Sector) was a radio and Television station in the American Sector Deutschlandradio Kultur (abbreviated to DLR Kultur or DKultur) is the culture-oriented Radio station of the German national Deutschlandradio The building was erected in 1941 by the IG Farben conglomerate
- Headquarters of the BVG Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (Berlin Public Transportation Company) on Potsdamer Straße. IG Farben (short for Interessen-Gemeinschaft Farbenindustrie AG, "syndicate of dyestuff corporations" and also called I A conglomerate is a large Company that consists of seemingly unrelated Business sections
- KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens), the largest department store in continental Europe, at Wittenbergplatz
- The Heinrich-von-Kleist-Park, first laid out in 1656 by Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg as a nursery, later Berlin's Botanical Garden, which in 1910 moved to Dahlem. The Kaufhaus des Westens (English "Department Store of the West" commonly abbreviated KaDeWe) is a Department store in Berlin. Wittenbergplatz is a square in the western part of Berlin Germany, technically lying within the neighborhood of Schöneberg. The Prince-Electors (or simply Electors) of the Holy Roman Empire ( German: Kurfürst ( pl Frederick William (Friedrich Wilhelm February 16 1620 &ndash April 29 1688) was the Elector of Brandenburg and the A nursery is a place where Plants are propagated and grown to usable size With area of 43 Hectares and around 22000 different plant Species, the Botanical Garden in Berlin ( Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum This article refers to the neighborhood in Berlin For other places with the same name please see Dahlem (disambiguation. In 1913 the Kammergericht appellate court building was erected within the park, together with two colonnades by Carl von Gontard from 1780, which had been moved here from the Alexanderplatz. Court of Appeal, Court of Appeals, and Appellate Division redirect here for a list of specific courts using those titles see Court of Appeal In Classical architecture, a colonnade denotes a long sequence of Columns joined by their Entablature, often free-standing as in the famous elliptically Carl von Gontard ( January 13 1731 in Mannheim – September 23 1791 in Breslau) was a German Architect is a large open square and public transport hub in the Berlin district of Mitte in the city centre near the river Spree and the Berliner Dom On August 8, 1944 it was the site of the Volksgerichtshof show trial of members of the July 20 plot led by judge-president Roland Freisler. The People's Court (Volksgerichtshof was a court established in 1934 by German Dictator Adolf Hitler, who had been dissatisfied with the outcome of the The term show trial is a pejorative description of a type of highly Public trial. Early life In contrast to most of the Nazi leadership not much beyond basic details is known about Freisler From 1945 on the building served as the seat of the Allied Control Council in Berlin. The Allied Control Council or Allied Control Authority, known in German as the Alliierter Kontrollrat, also referred to as the Four Powers (German When the Soviet representatives left the Council in 1948 the Berlin Air Safety Center remained as the only four-power-organization (beside Spandau Prison), while the rest of the building was empty. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The Berlin Air Safety Center (BASC came into existence immediately after the close of World War II and was one of only three Cold War, Four-power organizations Following the defeat of Nazi Germany and then the partition of German territory two Four-Power Authorities, in which all 3 of the conquering forces (The United States Spandau Prison was a Prison situated in the borough of Spandau in western Berlin, constructed in 1876 and demolished in Today it again serves as the seat of the Kammergericht court.
- Pallasstraße hochbunker, built in 1943 by forced laborers. For the general article about fortified structures see Bunker. Unfree labour is a generic or collective term for those work relations especially in modern or early modern history in which people are employed against their will The large social housing estate across the street was the site of the Berlin Sportpalast, where Joseph Goebbels held his 1943 "Total War" speech. Subsidised housing (aka social housing) is government supported accommodation for people with low to moderate incomes The Berliner Sportpalast (built 1910 demolished 1973 was a multi-purpose winter sport venue and meeting hall in the Schöneberg section of Berlin Paul Joseph Goebbels (German pronunciation ˈɡœbəls English generally ˈɡɝbəlz (29 October 1897 1 May 1945 was a German politician and Reich Minister of Public The Sportpalast or total war speech ( German: Sportpalastrede) was a speech delivered by Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels The building was demolished in 1973. The nowadays housing estate is known to Berliners as the Sozialpalast ("Social Palace").
Gay Centre
The area around Nollendorfplatz has been a centre of gay life in Berlin since the 1920's and early 1930's during the Weimar Republic. Nollendorfplatz is a square in the Schöneberg district of Berlin. In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. The Golden Twenties in Berlin was a vibrant period in the History of Berlin, German history, and European history in general The term Weimar Republic ( ˈvaɪmarɐ repuˈbliːk is used by historians to signify the democratic and Republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933 The Eldorado Night Club on Motzstraße was closed down by the Nazis on coming to power in 1933. Motzstraße is a street in Schöneberg, Berlin which now runs from Nollendorfplatz via Viktoria-Luise-Platz to Prager Platz Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Otto Dix used patrons of this establishment as subjects for some of his famous works. Wilhelm Christopher Isherwood lived just around the corner on Nollendorfstraße. Christopher Isherwood ( August 26, 1904 &ndash January 4, 1986) was an Anglo-American Novelist. 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. Goodbye to Berlin is a short novel by Christopher Isherwood. It is often published together with Mr Cabaret is a musical with a book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander. Cabaret is a 1972 American Musical film directed by Bob Fosse and starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York
External links
- Berlin Tourist Information [1]
- Gay Berlin Tourist Information [2]
- Hear Claire Waldoff sing [3]
- Map of Schöneberg in 1897 [4]
- Map of Schöneberg in 1939 [5]
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