Schlachtensee () is a locality within the borough of
Steglitz-Zehlendorf
Steglitz-Zehlendorf () is the sixth Boroughs of Berlin, borough of Berlin, formed in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform by merging the former boroughs of Steglitz and Zehlendorf, Berlin, Zehlendorf.
Home to the Free University of Berlin, the Be ...
in
Berlin
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. It was formed as a new administrative district in 2020, combining parts of the
Nikolassee and
Zehlendorf localities.
History
In the
Middle Ages
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, the village of Slatdorp existed on the southern shore of Schlachtensee, but it fell
desolate after 1300. The first buildings of modern times were the Old Fishing Lodge, built in 1759 on the northwestern shore of Schlachtensee, and the New Fishing Lodge, built in 1853 on the southern shore. Otherwise, the present district consisted of unsettled forest and farmland until well into the 19th century.
In the late 19th century, a small train station on the
Wannsee railway line was built south of
Schlachtensee lake. A private development company bought the land south of the station and incorporated it into Zehlendorf. Under the name "Landhausgemeinde Schlachtensee", small country houses, containing around 3 to 4 rooms each, were built for the (lower) middle class. Later, larger houses and mansions were built north of Spanische Allee ("Spanish Avenue"), as part of a new mansion settlement within the administrative district of
Nikolassee. Around this time, many small businesses started opening up around Breisgauer Straße, today's commercial center of Schlachtensee.
In May 2020, the district council of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district approved a citizens' initiative to establish a separate Locality of Schlachtensee. The new Locality was formed from parts of the existing localitys of Nikolassee and Zehlendorf with an announcement in the Official Gazette for Berlin on 11 December 2020.
Transport
Schlachtensee is connected to the
Berlin S-Bahn
The Berlin S-Bahn () is a rapid transit railway system that services the reigon in and around Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It has been in operation under the name since December 1930, having been previously called the special tariff are ...
commuter rail network by its station on the ''S1'' line.
References
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Localities of Berlin
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