Schöneberg

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first documented in 1264.
1751 Neu-Schöneberg also known as "Böhmisch-Schöneberg", the current Hauptstraße, founded by Bohemian Weavers.
1760 On 7th October 1760 Schöneberg and its Dorfkirche (Village Church) completely destroyed by fire during the joint attack on Berlin by Austrians and Russians.
1874 Alt & Neu Schöneberg combined as one entity
1898 Became a Municipiality.
1914 Completion of Rathaus Schöneberg
1920 Joined with Friedenau as the 11th Administrative Borough of Greater Berlin.
2001 Joined with Tempelhof to form Tempelhof-Schöneberg.

Among those who were born, or have dwelt in Schöneberg are:-

Hans Baluschek Ceciliengärten.
Blixa Bargeld (Born1959)
August Bebel (1840 - 1913) Hauptstraße 97.
Gottfried Benn (1886 - 1956) Bozener Straße 20.
David Bowie (Born1947) and Iggy Pop (Born 1947) Hauptstraße 155.
Ferruccio Busoni (1866 - 1924) Viktoria-Luise-Platz 11.Buried in Städtischer Friedhof III, Stubenrauchstraße 43-45.
Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992) was born in Sedanstraße (now Leberstraße 65) and is now buried in the Städtischen Friedhof III, Berlin-Schöneberg, Stubenrauchstraße 43-45.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) Haberlandstraße 5.
Hans Fallada (1893 - 1947) Luitpoldstraße 11.
Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886 - 1954) was born Nollendorfplatz/Maaßenstraße.
Sepp Herberger (1897 - 1977) Bülowstraße.
Christopher Isherwood (1904 - 1986) Nollendorfstraße 17.
Hildegard Knef (1925 - 2002) Rote Insel.
Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945) Motzstraße 7.
Alfred Lion (1909- 1987) co-founder of the Blue Note jazz record label, was born in Gotenstraße 7.
Nelly Sachs (1891 - 1970) holder of the 1966 Nobel Prize for Literature was born Maaßenstraße 12.
Claire Waldoff (Born 1884 als Clara Wortmann, Died 1957 Bad Reichenhall). Bamberger Straße, Starnberger Straße 2, Landshuter Straße 14, Regensburger Straße 33 1919 - 1933, Haberlandstraße 7.
Billy Wilder (1906 - 2002) Viktoria-Luise-Platz 11 from (1927 to1928).
Paul Zech Naumannstraße 78

Dorfkirche (Village Church) (Hauptstraße).
Headquarters of RIAS Berlin (Radio in the American Sector) from 1946 - 1993 de:RIAS (Kufsteiner Straße).
Headquarters of DeutschlandRadio Berlin from 1994 until renamed Deutschlandradio Kultur in 2005. (Kufsteiner Straße).
Headquarters of BVG (Berlin Public Transportation Company)(Potsdamer Straße).
KaDeWe Wittenbergplatz
Kleistpark first laid out in 1656 by the Großer Kurfürst as a Nusery which later became the Botanischer Garten. Also the site of the Allied Control Council in post-war Berlin.
Pallasstrasse air-raid shelter.

The area around Nollendorfplatz was a main center of Gay-life in Berlin during the 1920s and 1930s (Weimar Republic). The Eldorado Night Club on Motzstraße was closed down by the Nazis on coming to power in 1933. Otto Dix used patrons of this establishment as subjects for some of his famous works. Christopher Isherwood lived just around the corner on Nollendorfstraße. This apartment was the basis for his book "Goodbye to Berlin" and later the film Cabaret and is commemorated by a plaque on the building.