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Who knows the neighbourhood of Halensee (Halen-lake)? Better said, where exactly is it? The answer would be: close to the lake and at the S-Bahn. But that鈥檚 only partly true. Because Halensee lake belongs to the Grunewald district, while the S-Bahn station belongs to Halensee.
Size-wise, Halensee ranks last amongst the boroughs in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, measuring just 1.27 square kilometres. Halensee is also the second smallest neighbourhood in Berlin. Only the Hansaviertel in Moabit is smaller.
So which areas belong to Halensee?
To the west, Rathenauplatz definitely belongs to Halensee, but eastward the Schaub眉hne theatre on Lehniner Platz does not. Hochmeisterplatz and Henriettenplatz belong to Halensee, along with Westf盲lische Strasse, Cicerostrasse and the streets named after noble Brandenburg electors.
In 2004, the district council of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf precisely defined the boundaries of Halensee as such, 鈥淭he metro railway and metro circle railway can be seen as a rough border of the district. Eastern boundary axis: Cicerostr. Hochmeisterplatz-Lehniner Platz- Damaschkestr.鈥� According to statistics from December 2022, Halensee has approximately 15,700 inhabitants. A far greater number than those living in the much larger Grunewald district: only 11,229 people live there.

Roscherstrasse is located precisely on the border between Halensee and Charlottenburg. The author Erich K盲stner lived in an apartment at number 16. He moved in on October 1st, 1929, writing to his mother, 鈥淲ell, the little flat is really lovely. In a side street off Kurf眉rstendamm. Nice and quiet 鈥� in a four-storey courtyard building. Some greenery on both sides. The flat itself: 3 rooms, morning sun, balcony 鈥� central heating, telephone. Monthly rent 170 M. 鈥� So not that expensive by Berlin standards鈥� .鈥� The courtyard building no longer exist, as it was burned down during an air raid in 1944.
K盲stner lived on Kurf眉rstendamm for 15 years. He was a regular at Caf茅 Leon, which was opposite where the Schaub眉hne theatre is located today. He played tennis on courts which were only a short walk from his apartment. There is no memorial plaque dedicated to K盲stner on Roscherstrasse. Not yet. A project run by the Goethe-Gymnasium high school in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, called the Emil Project, aims to rectify this. Cccompanied by their German teacher, pupils traced the footsteps of K盲stner鈥檚 life in Berlin. They visited places connected to K盲stner in both positive and negative ways. Bebelplatz, where his books were publicly burned by the National Socialists in May 1933. Nikolsburger Platz, where the characters of Emil and the Detectives shouted the 鈥楨mil slogan鈥�. Roscherstrasse and its neighbourhood. The pupils wrote articles about Erich K盲stner for their school newspaper and collected donations for a memorial plaque to be placed at number 16. One thousand euros have already been raised. As K盲stner might say, 鈥淣othing good, without first doing good.鈥�

The upper end of Kurf眉rstendamm is neither chic nor pleasant to stroll along. There are hardly any exclusive shops. In their place: car dealerships, body shops and repair services. You only have to walk along Karlsruherstrasse or Katharinenstrasse. Even at the end of the 1800s, there were car workshops here. The world鈥檚 first trolleybus was presented to the public in Halensee, the 鈥楨lectromote鈥�. It was an electrically powered vehicle that did not run on rails, relying on overhead wires instead. It could only travel a distance of 540 metres 鈥� the overhead line did not reach any further. The designer, or rather inventor, was Werner von Siemens, who fulfilled a dream with the Electromote. 鈥淲hen I have time and money, I want to build myself an electromagnetic carriage, which certainly won鈥檛 leave me sitting in the mud,鈥� he is reported to have said.
A curved fa莽ade. Blue and white mosaic tiles. Typical 1950s architecture. This is how the Eduard Winter House presents itself. Eduard Winter opened his first car dealership in Berlin more than 80 years ago. After World War II, he became a general representative for Volkswagen and Porsche. In 1954, he opened a famous VW showroom on the corner of Karlsruherstrasse in Halensee, which he had renovated. The architect in question, Hans Simon, is relatively unknown. Yet it was he who designed all of Eduard Winter鈥檚 workshops and car dealerships in west Berlin from the 1950s onwards. He lent the company properties a uniformity in appearance and architecture, thus helping establish its corporate design identity.
Hans Simon studied architecture at Charlottenburg Technical University. His teacher was the architect Hans Poelzig.
An interesting fact: in 1956, on Eduard Winter鈥檚 70th birthday, Kurf眉rstendamm boulevard was closed off. Volkswagen vehicles were parked at every corner up to Karlsruherstrasse, which Eduard Winter then slowly drove past to great promotional effect 鈥� expertly advertising his brand along the way.

What defines Halensee for florist Christian Koch? He doesn鈥檛 have to think long. 鈥淭he down-to-earth, regular folk,鈥� he answers. Is Westf盲lische Strasse middle-class? A bit, yes. The street became important very early, and very quickly. It connected the new, wealthy neighbourhoods in Grunewald to Wilmersdorf and Sch枚neberg at the end of the 19th century. In the decades that followed, more and more people were drawn to Luna-Park, the entertainment and amusement paradise at the upper end of Kurf眉rstendamm鈥� and thus to Halensee. Astute entrepreneurs knew that these large crowds of Berliners and Grunewald residents would be in need of everyday necessities, such as vegetables, fruit, milk, bread, meat, wine and flowers. Westf盲lische Strasse emerged as the central shopping area of Halensee.
鈥淜u鈥檇amm to the front, Grunewald to the back and Blumen Koch right in the middle, and now in its fourth generation,鈥� says Christian Koch proudly. His shop, Blumen Koch, has been on Westf盲lische Strasse since 1912 鈥� always at the same location. 鈥淭oday, there鈥檚 an Italian restaurant next door, but when I was an apprentice to my mum, it was a bike shop and a fishmonger,鈥� he explains. The fishmonger is no longer there, nor is the bike shop. Indeed some of the stores on Westf盲lische Strasse remain empty.
Christian Koch is a florist through and through. Twenty years ago, he and his wife renovated the shop. 鈥淲e keep redesigning our spaces,鈥� he says. This dedication to their business earned the couple the Grenander Prize, a Berlin Business Award for outstanding service and creativity.
Monsieur Degouy, on the other hand, has been selling the best wine in the neighbourhood for more than 40 years. La Cave du Bacchus on Westf盲lische Strasse was the first business in Berlin to offer only French wines.
And what defines Westf盲lische Strasse when compared to other streets? Quite simple, says Christian Koch, 鈥淲ide range, tradition, good quality.鈥�

Cicerostrasse runs precisely along the boundary of two boroughs. The pavement on the left-hand side belongs to Halensee, but the buildings on the right-hand side are partly in Wilmersdorf. One cannot walk down the street without admiring the houses, with their curved balconies and brick fa莽ades. 鈥淢arvellous,鈥� and other exclamations of astonishment are often heard. Time and again, passers-by stop to take photos. Reinhard Br眉ggemann deems the 鈥榃OGA鈥� complex on Cicerostrasse, designed by architect Erich Mendelsohn for the publisher Hans Lachmann-Mosse, to be a 鈥渨orld cultural heritage site鈥�. Lachmann-Mosse鈥檚 wife, Felicia Mosse, owned the Wohnungs-Grundst眉cks-Verwertungs-Aktiengesellschaft, or WOGA, which partly financed its construction.
The ensemble may not actually be a World Heritage Site, but it is a listed building. 鈥淚t鈥檚 Mendelsohn鈥檚 only urban development ensemble and is ingenious in terms of its architecture and mixed-use planning,鈥� says Reinhard Br眉ggemann, who is himself an architect and lives in the WOGA complex.
In 1918, Mendelsohn founded his own architectural firm in Berlin. His sketches were shown in an exhibition named 鈥楤uilding in Concrete and Iron鈥�. The sketches appealed to factory owner Gustav Hermann, who then commissioned Mendelsohn to design a hat factory. The building made the young architect famous. Mendelsohn had previously drafted the Einstein Tower in Potsdam, a solar observatory which tested Albert Einstein鈥檚 theory of relativity. Expressionist architecture with an organic feel became Erich Mendelsohn鈥檚 trademark. The buildings on Cicerostrasse were constructed between 1925 and 1931. A cinema 鈥� now the Schaub眉hne theatre 鈥� was part of the ensemble, as was the Kabarett der Komiker and Caf茅 Leon. That was Erich K盲stner鈥檚 favourite caf茅, and was opposite where he lived in Roscherstrasse. There are tennis courts in the centre of the complex, which existed before 1920. The Blau-Weiss (blue-white) tennis club had them built.
The courts have been unused since 2007 and are now overgrown with trees, bushes and weeds. Although they are a listed structure, the plot of land on which the courts are is set to be developed. Local residents are opposed to this, and the final word has not been spoken on the issue yet.