Wannsee
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| Quarter of Berlin | |
The beach of Wannsee (Strandbad Wannsee)
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Location of Wannsee in Steglitz-Zehlendorf and Berlin
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| Coordinates: 52°25′00″N 13°09′00″E / 52.41667°N 13.15000°ECoordinates: 52°25′00″N 13°09′00″E / 52.41667°N 13.15000°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Berlin |
| City | Berlin |
| Borough | Steglitz-Zehlendorf |
| Founded | 1870 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23.7 km2 (9.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2008-06-30) | |
| • Total | 9,044 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (990/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | (nr. 0607) 14109 |
| Vehicle registration | B |
Wannsee (German: [ˈvanˌzeː]) is a locality in the southwestern Berlin borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Germany. It is the westernmost locality of Berlin. In the quarter there are two lakes, the larger Großer Wannsee (Greater Wannsee) and the Kleiner Wannsee (Little Wannsee), are located on the River Havel and are separated only by the Wannsee Bridge. The larger of the two lakes covers an area of 2.7 km2 (1.0 sq mi) and has a maximum depth of 9 m (30 ft).
At the western rim of the Wannsee locality the Glienicke Bridge connects it with the city of Potsdam. The late neoclassical Glienicke Palace as well as the Pfaueninsel are nearby. Since 1990 these palaces and parks are part of the Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The locality is centred on the ancient village of Stolpe, known to exist in 1299. The locality also includes the districts of Kohlhasenbrück, named after the 1811 novella Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist, and Steinstücken, which in the Cold War days became famous as a tiny exclave of West Berlin within the GDR.
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