History Living

In 1992 the district celebrated its 750th birthday.

In 1242 Lehniner monks had established on their way to the "Barnimer possessions" of the monastery a base here. The "Zehlendorfer Feldmark", which was considerably expanded in 1251 through the purchase of "Krummensee" with its settlement, guaranteed the livelihood of about 140 people.

The monks managed the site for 300 years until 1542, where in the awake of the reformation all possessions of the church were withdrawn and Zehlendorf under the administration of the electoral office Mühlenhof fell.

In the 19th century the "prussian arcadia", with its foothills, the "hunting lodge Dreilinden" and the "manor Düppel", reached almost the little church in downtown Zehlendorf via Glienicke and the "Pfaueninsel".

A foundation for the development of a Berlin suburb in the West was laid with the construction of the first prussian railway "Potsdam - Zehlendorf - Berlin" (maiden voyage: 09/22/1838) in 1838/39. 35 years later it was easily and quickly possible to work in the city and live on "the country".

Many of germany's most renowned architects of their time not only lived here, but also realized their buildings: Hermann Muthesius with his on the english model based great country houses counts to them as much as Bruno Taut with his architecturally pioneering large housing estates on the outskirts of the Grunewald.

Since Berlin is the federal capital, many people from Bonn found their new home in the district of Zehlendorf, whereby the for decades noticeable american way of life, which is still mediated by a large German-American school, is now supplemented by rhenish lifestyle.

Zehlendorf was merged with its neighbour district Steglitz on 01/01/2001 as part of the Berlin district reform.