Since Jan 01, 2000: District Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
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U3, U7 and U9 underground lines are the most important public transport connections through Wilmersdorf. S 7 runs through Grunewald as well. Traffic junctions like Zoo station or Westkreuz neighbour the district.
Further information: Bezirksamt Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Prestigious Wilhelminian buildings and the green expanses of Grunewald set Wilmersdorf apart. Kurfürstendamm, shared by the now consolidated districts Wilmersdorf and Charlottenburg, is associated with exclusive boutiques, nightlife, cafés, theatres and luxurious department stores - in short with big city life. No other part of Berlin has as many hotels and guesthouses as Ku'damm and its side streets. Just south of this boulevard the hectic of the city disappears and you step into a bourgeois, sporadically villa-like quarter which nonetheless has its fair share of restaurants, pubs and clubs. Bar jeder Vernunft hosts well-known performers with a variety of programmes. Berliners often meet at Fasanenplatz, Ludwigkirchplatz and Rüdesheimer Platz to enjoy the cultivated street cafés, trees and fountains. The brilliance of Fasanenstraße is underscored by its posh boutiques and galleries.
Various religious communities have shaped the Wilmersdorf landcape. The most striking examples include the mosque on Brenner Straße, the Russian Orthodox Christi Auferstehungskirche (Resurrection of Christ Church) from the thirties and the Jewish parish hall in Fasanenstraße.
In the west of Wilmersdorf the centre gives way to the relaxing wildlife sanctuary that is Grunewald. In the middle of the forest on a hill near the river Havel, the 56m Grunewaldturm tower provides a spectacular vista over the Havel lakes all the way to Potsdam. In the north of Grunewald the Teufelsberg hill was created from heaped up rubble after World War II. At 110m it is Berlin's highest point. What could be more relaxing after a stroll down the Ku'damm than a jaunt to Grunewaldsee or Hundekehlesee lakes?