Halensee


Halensee is a locality of Berlin in the district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Until 2004 the former neighbourhood established about 1880 was part of the Wilmersdorf locality, and until 2001 of the same-named former borough. With an area of 1.27 km² it is the smallest locality of the city after the Hansaviertel.

History

Halensee was the site of the German shooting championship in 1921. On 26 September, one Jannich won the competition firing an Ortgies semi-automatic pistol.

Geography

The locality, the smallest of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district, is situated in its centre and borders with Charlottenburg, Wilmersdorf, Schmargendorf, Grunewald and Westend.
It is bounded by the Bundesautobahn 100 in the west and the Cicerostraße, a branch-off of the Kurfürstendamm in the east. The locality is named after the small, which however is part of the neighbouring Grunewald locality.

Transport

Halensee is served at Berlin-Halensee station and Berlin-Hohenzollerndamm station by the Berlin S-Bahn lines S4 and S46.

Education

Halensee-Grundschule, a primary school, is in Halensee.
The Japanische Ergänzungsschule in Berlin e.V., a weekend Japanese supplementary school, is held at Halensee-Grundschule.

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