Halensee () is a locality ( Ortsteil) of Berlin in the district ( Bezirk) of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Halensee was established as a villa and tenement settlement in about 1880, in the suburb of Wilmersdorf, which became part of Greater Berlin in 1920. In 2004, Halensee became its own Ortsteil. With an area of 1.27 km2 it is the smallest Ortsteil in Berlin after 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 (Stadtring) 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 (the circular
Berlin Ringbahn) and S46.
Education
Halensee-Grundschule, a primary school, is in Halensee.
[" Halensee-Grundschule ." City of Berlin. Retrieved on April 2, 2015. "Halensee-Grundschule Joachim-Friedrich-Str. 35-36 10711 Berlin–Wilmersdorf"]
The Japanische Ergänzungsschule in Berlin e.V. (ベルリン日本語補習授業校 Berurin Nihongo Hoshū Jugyō Kō), a Hoshuko, is held at Halensee-Grundschule.[" 2014 年度 " ( Archive). Japanische Erganzungsschule in Berlin. Retrieved on February 14, 2015. "Japanische Ergänzungsschule in Berlin e.V. c/o Halensee - Grundschule Joachim - Friedrich - Str. 35/36 10711 Berlin"]
Photo gallery
File:HalenseeHenriettenplatz.jpg|Old and new architecture at Henriettenplatz
File:Berlin Kurfürstendamm 119 120 02.jpg|Office Building Kurfürstendamm
File:Halensee BHF Hohenzollerndamm.jpg|Berlin Hohenzollerndamm station
File:Halensee Westfälische Straße-001.JPG|Westfälische Straße
File:Halensee Kurfürstendamm 143.JPG|Kurfürstendamm-Center
See also
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