Halensee () is a ''locality'' (''Ortsteil'') of
Berlin
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in the
district
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(''Bezirk'') of
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Halensee was established as a villa and tenement settlement in about 1880, in the suburb of
Wilmersdorf, which became part of Greater Berlin in 1920. In 2004, Halensee became its own ''Ortsteil''. With an area of 1.27 km
2 it is the smallest Ortsteil in Berlin after
Hansaviertel.
History
Halensee was the site of the German shooting championship in 1921. On 26 September, one Jannich won the competition firing an
Ortgies semi-automatic pistol.
Geography
The locality, the smallest of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district, is situated in its centre and borders with
Charlottenburg
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,
Wilmersdorf,
Schmargendorf,
Grunewald and
Westend.
It is bounded by the
Bundesautobahn 100 ''(Stadtring)'' in the west and the ''Cicerostraße'', a branch-off of the
Kurfürstendamm in the east. The locality is named after the small , which however is part of the neighbouring Grunewald locality.
Transport
Halensee is served at
Berlin-Halensee station and
Berlin-Hohenzollerndamm station by the
Berlin S-Bahn lines
S4 (the circular ''
Ringbahn'') and
S46.
Education
''Halensee-Grundschule'', a primary school, is in Halensee.
[Halensee-Grundschule]
." City of Berlin. Retrieved on April 2, 2015. "Halensee-Grundschule Joachim-Friedrich-Str. 35-36 10711 Berlin–Wilmersdorf"
The ''Japanische Ergänzungsschule in
Berlin
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e.V.'' (ベルリン日本語補習授業校 ''Berurin Nihongo Hoshū Jugyō Kō''), a
weekend Japanese supplementary school, is held at ''Halensee-Grundschule''.
2014 年度
"
Archive
. ''Japanische Erganzungsschule in Berlin''. Retrieved on February 14, 2015. "Japanische Ergänzungsschule in Berlin e.V. c/o Halensee - Grundschule Joachim - Friedrich - Str. 35/36 10711 Berlin"
Photo gallery
File:HalenseeHenriettenplatz.jpg, Old and new architecture at Henriettenplatz
File:Berlin Kurfürstendamm 119 120 02.jpg, Office Building Kurfürstendamm
File:Halensee BHF Hohenzollerndamm.jpg, Berlin Hohenzollerndamm station
File:Halensee Westfälische Straße-001.JPG, Westfälische Straße
File:Halensee Kurfürstendamm 143.JPG, Kurfürstendamm-Center
See also
* Electromote
References
External links
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Localities of Berlin
*
1880 establishments in Germany