Kolonie Drewitz
District of Kienwerder
Brandenburg - Germany

Wannsee Conference

The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of senior officials of the Nazi German regime, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on 20 January 1942. The purpose of the conference was to inform administrative leaders of Departments responsible for various policies relating to Jews that Reinhard Heydrich had been appointed as the chief executor of the "Final solution to the Jewish question".

Located at 52.4331, 13.1656 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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1942 in Europe, 1942 in Germany, Conferences, Planning the Holocaust, History of Berlin, Holocaust historiography, Holocaust commemoration, Steglitz-Zehlendorf

Fernmeldeturm Berlin

The Fernmeldeturm Berlin (Telecommunications Tower Berlin) is a telecommunication tower located atop the Schäferberg hill in Berlin-Wannsee. The tower was built between 1961 and 1964, and is not open to the public. Owner and operator of the site is Deutsche Funkturm (DFMG), a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom. The Fernmeldeturm Berlin is 212 metres tall, and its steel-reinforced concrete shaft extends to a height of 187 metres .

Located at 52.4172, 13.1275 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Buildings and structures completed in 1964

Ss. Peter and Paul, Wannsee

Ss. Peter and Paul Church on Nikolskoë is a Protestant church in the Volkspark Glienecke in Berlin. Its today congregation forms part of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia. The church has a Russian Orthodox profile, with the noteworthy difference that it has only one onion dome, instead of the five usually seen in Russia.

Located at 52.4244, 13.1192 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Protestant churches, Churches in Berlin, Protestant congregations established in the 19th century, Religious buildings completed in 1837, 19th-century Lutheran church buildings

Babelsberg Studio

The Babelsberg Film Studio, located in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany, is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world. Founded in 1912, it covers an area of about 25,000 square metres . Hundreds of films, including Fritz Lang's Metropolis and Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel were filmed there. Today, Studio Babelsberg remains operational mainly for feature film productions. Furthermore, it acts as co-producer on international high budget productions.

Located at 52.3869, 13.1194 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Film studios, Buildings and structures in Potsdam

Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion

The Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion is a football stadium in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany. It is the home stadium of 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam and SV Babelsberg 03. The stadium has a capacity of 10,499 for 9,027 standing and 1,472 seated guests.

Located at 52.3991, 13.0948 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Football venues in Germany, 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam, Buildings and structures in Potsdam, Sports venues in Brandenburg

Großer Wannsee

The Großer Wannsee (Greater Wannsee) is a bight of the Havel river near the locality of Wannsee and Nikolassee (in the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf), a south-western suburb of the German capital Berlin not far from Potsdam. At its borders is located the island of Schwanenwerder and, opposite from the Greater Wannsee on the other side of the Havel, is the locality of Kladow.

Located at 52.4433, 13.1614 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Lakes of Berlin, Steglitz-Zehlendorf, River bays, Federal waterways in Germany

American Academy in Berlin

The American Academy in Berlin is a research and cultural institution in Berlin whose stated mission is to foster a greater understanding and dialogue between the people of the United States and the people of Germany.

Located at 52.4247, 13.1797 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in 1994, Education in Berlin

Babelsberg

Babelsberg is the largest district of the Brandenburg capital Potsdam in Germany. The affluent neighbourhood named after a small hill on the Havel river is famous for Babelsberg Palace and Park, part of the Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin UNESCO World Heritage Site, as well as for Studio Babelsberg, a historical centre of the German film industry.

Located at 52.4, 13.1 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Geography of Potsdam, World Heritage Sites in Germany, Palaces in Brandenburg, Parks in Germany, Protected areas of Brandenburg, Visitor attractions in Potsdam

Berlin-Wannsee station

Berlin-Wannsee station (in German Bahnhof Berlin-Wannsee) is a railway station opened in 1874 which lies in the Wannsee district of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It is an important traffic junction in south-west Berlin that is served by the RegionalExpress and RegionalBahn trains of the Deutsche Bahn, the Harz-Berlin-Express of Veolia Verkehr and by the Berlin S-Bahn. In summer, Wannsee serves as the Berlin terminal for DB AutoZug car carrying trains to and from southern Europe.

Located at 52.4214, 13.1792 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Berlin S-Bahn stations, Railway stations in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Railway stations opened in 1874

Hasso Plattner Institute

The Hasso Plattner Institute (Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Softwaresystemtechnik GmbH), shortly HPI, is a German information technology university college, affiliated to the University of Potsdam and is located in Potsdam-Babelsberg nearby Berlin. Teaching and Research of HPI is focused on "IT-Systems Engineering". HPI was founded in 1998 and is the first, and still the only entirely privately funded university college in Germany.

Located at 52.3936, 13.1322 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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University of Potsdam, Systems science education, Universities in Germany, Buildings and structures in Potsdam, Educational institutions established in 1991

Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam

Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) is a German research institute. It is the successor of the Berlin Observatory founded in 1700 and of the Astrophysical Observatory Potsdam (AOP) founded in 1874. The latter was the world's first observatory to emphasize explicitly the research area of astrophysics. The AIP was founded in 1992, in a re-structuring following the German Reunification. The AIP is privately funded and member of the Leibniz Association.

Located at 52.405, 13.1042 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Astronomy organizations, Astronomical observatories in Germany, Research institutes in Germany, Astrophysics institutes, Buildings and structures in Potsdam

Jagdschloss Glienicke

Jagdschloss Glienicke is a small German hunting lodge in Berlin-Wannsee near Glienicke Bridge. The Glienicke Palace and Babelsberg Palace can be seen nearby. It was begun in 1682 by Charles Philippe Dieussart for Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg and completed in 1693 during the reign of Frederick William I of Prussia. Frederick I of Prussia used it as a military hospital.

Located at 52.411, 13.099 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Castles in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Hunting lodges

Liebermann Villa

The Liebermann Villa is the former summer residence of the German painter Max Liebermann. It is located directly at the shores of Lake Wannsee in Berlin. It has been open to public since April 30, 2006 and shows a collection of Liebermanns' paintings of his villa and its garden.

Located at 52.4289, 13.165 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Residential buildings in Germany, Museums in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Historic house museums in Germany, Art museums and galleries in Berlin, Biographical museums in Germany, Art museums established in 2006, 2006 establishments in Germany

Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee

The Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee (VSaW) is the second oldest yacht club in Germany after Segelclub RHE. It is located on the shores of the Greater Wannsee lake, southwest of Berlin. The club has mooring space for 250 yachts. It organizes yearly regatta series with both domestic and international participation. Together with the Yacht Club of Kiel, the Norddeutscher Regattaverein and the Hamburger Sailing Club, the Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee organizes the Kiel Week.

Located at 52.4333, 13.15 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Yacht clubs in Germany, 1855 establishments

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin

The Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin for Materials and Energy is a research centre and part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres. The institute carries out research into the structure and dynamics of novel materials and also investigates solar cell technology. Several large scale facilities are available, the most important of which are the 10 MW BER-II research reactor at the Lise Meitner campus in Wannsee and the 3rd generation BESSY synchrotron in Adlershof.

Located at 52.41, 13.1294 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Nuclear technology, Nuclear research centers, Neutron facilities

Griebnitzsee

Griebnitzsee is a lake in the western outskirts of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. At an elevation of 29.4 m, its surface area is ca. 0.592 km². The lake forms the border between the German states of Berlin and Brandenburg. It is bordered in the north by the Wannsee district of Berlin, and in the south and west by the Babelsberg district of Potsdam in Brandenburg.

Located at 52.3986, 13.1319 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Lakes of Brandenburg, Lakes of Berlin, Geography of Potsdam, Steglitz-Zehlendorf

Potsdam Griebnitzsee railway station

Potsdam Griebnitzsee is a railway station in the western outskirts of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. The station is located in the east of the Babelsberg suburb of the city of Potsdam in the state of Brandenburg, and about 600 metres outside the Berlin city boundary. It takes its name from the adjacent Griebnitzsee lake.

Located at 52.3949, 13.1285 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Potsdam, Transport in Potsdam, Berlin S-Bahn stations, Railway stations in Brandenburg, Berlin border crossings

Potsdam-Babelsberg station

Potsdam-Babelsberg is a railway station in the Babelsberg suburb of Potsdam. It is served by the S-Bahn line S7.

Located at 52.3913, 13.0921 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Potsdam, Transport in Potsdam, Berlin S-Bahn stations, Railway stations in Brandenburg

Checkpoint Bravo

Checkpoint Bravo ("Checkpoint B") was the name given by the Western Allies to the main autobahn border crossing points between West Berlin and the German Democratic Republic It was known in German as Grenzübergangsstelle Drewitz-Dreilinden. Drewitz is a community nearby, and Dreilinden is the name of the wooded area in Berlin through which the highway passes.

Located at 52.4164, 13.1969 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Berlin border crossings, History of Berlin, History of Brandenburg, Buildings and structures in Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Allied occupation of Germany, Checkpoints

Strandbad Wannsee

The Strandbad Wannsee is an open-air lido on the eastern shore of the Wannsee in Berlin, Germany, the largest inland lido in Europe, with a beach that is 1,275 metres long and 80 metres wide, widened with sand from the German shore of the Baltic Sea. The entire ensemble is listed as Cultural Heritage site. It is located on the eastern shore of the lake in the locality of Wannsee, in Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough, in southwestern Berlin.

Located at 52.4388, 13.1772 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Berlin, Heritage sites in Berlin, Visitor attractions in Berlin, Steglitz-Zehlendorf

Griebnitz Canal

The Griebnitz Canal, also known in German as the Griebnitzkanal or the Prinz-Friedrich-Leopold-Kanal, is a canal in the western suburbs of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It consists of a chain of small lakes, the Stölpchensee, Pohlesee and Kleiner Wannsee, together with artificial channels linking them together. The canal connects the Griebnitzsee, a lake on the course of the Teltow Canal, with the Großer Wannsee, a lake on the course of the River Havel.

Located at 52.4103, 13.1457 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Canals in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Federal waterways in Germany

Stolpe (Berlin)

Stolpe is a historic village in the western suburbs of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It is situated in the locality of Wannsee, in the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf. Stolpe has a documented history going back to 1299.

Located at 52.4125, 13.1414 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Zones of Berlin, Steglitz-Zehlendorf

Bäke (Telte)

Bäke is a river of Berlin and Brandenburg, Germany. The river has been moved largely into the Teltow Canal, which was constructed between 1900 and 1906.

Located at 52.3953, 13.2064 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Rivers of Brandenburg, Rivers of Berlin

Babelsberg Park

In the northeast of the city of Potsdam, bordering on the Tiefen See lake on the River Havel, lies the 114 hectare Babelsberg Park. The park was created in rolling terrain sloping down towards the lake by the landscape artist, Peter Joseph Lenné and, after him, by Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau, by order of Prince William, later Emperor William I and his wife, Augusta.

Located at 52.4054, 13.0927 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Parks in Germany, Heritage sites in Germany, Geography of Potsdam, Visitor attractions in Potsdam, Protected areas of Brandenburg

Babelsberg Palace

Babelsberg Palace lies in the eponymous park and quarter of Potsdam, the capital of the German state of Brandenburg. For over 50 years it was the summer residence of Prince William, later Emperor William I and his wife, Augusta of the House of Saxe-Weimar. On 22 September 1862 in the palace and adjoining park the discussion between King William I and Bismarck took place that ended with the nomination of Bismarck as Minister President and Foreign Minister of Prussia.

Located at 52.4076, 13.0933 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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World Heritage Sites in Germany, Palaces in Germany, Gothic Revival architecture in Germany, 1840s architecture, Buildings and structures in Potsdam, Visitor attractions in Potsdam