WALKING TOUR BERLIN SCHÖNEBERG

walking tour Berlin Schöneberg, town hall

An exciting walking tour through
the Bavarian Quarter of Berlin-Schöneberg

The founding of the German Reich in 1871 led to an unprecedented building boom. Farmers from the village of Schöneberg sold building land to the growing city of Berlin. These “millionaire farmers” founded the prosperity of Schöneberg, which received city rights in 1898.

The newly-born city became attractive to the upper middle class and developed rapidly.  The Bavarian Quarter with its magnificent Gründerzeit facades still bears witness to this today.

walking tour Berlin Schöneberg, Nollendorfplatz

Decorative squares such as Bayerischer Platz and Viktoria-Luise-Platz were laid out.
In 1910, the people of Schöneberg even got their own subway – a symbol of the influence and prosperity of Schöneberg’s citizens. It still runs today from Innsbrucker Platz to Nollendorfplatz.

Before the Nazis wiped out Jewish life in Berlin, over 6,000 Jewish Berliners lived in the Bayerisches Viertel. Among them were Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Albert Einstein and Gottfried Benn. The monument “Places of Remembrance in the Bavarian Quarter” commemorates the persecution and destruction.

In the “Golden Twenties”, Schöneberg was famous for its nightlife. Around Nollendorfplatz developed the queer neighborhood, which also today is an integral part of Berlin’s colorful scene.
The Metropol, the former Piscator stage, would still be the site of raucous parties if Covid-19 hadn’t struck.

During the Cold War, Schöneberg City Hall was the city hall of West-Berlin. Here John F. Kennedy held his famous speech in 1963, in which he uttered, among other things, his most famous words – for us Germans: “Ich bin ein Berliner”.

Private walking tour Berlin Schöneberg – Highlights:

Schöneberg City Hall, Rudolph-Wilde Park, Bavarian Square, Auguste-Viktoria-Square, Motzstr., Nollendorfplatz, Metropol and more …

Basics:

  • Tour parameters: private walking for you and your group only
  • Date and time: according to your requests
  • Starting location: Schöneberg City Hall
  • Length:  min. 2 hrs
  • tour characteristics: walking tour through the Bavarian Quarter
  • Languages: engl., span., ital., french, russ. and more

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Berlin off the beaten Track:
Private walking tour Berlin Schöneberg