Guest rooms near Wannsee in Berlin Zehlendorf

The students village

The students village

place for relaxing and meeting friends

example of a single room

Location
Berlin Zehlendorf

Steglitz-Zehlendorf District lies in south-west Berlin and shares a border in the south and in the south west with the municipality Potsdam. The Havel landscape rich in lakes lies west of the district. Round 40 percent of Zehlendorf territory is covered with woods, water surfaces, parks and gardens. Over two thirds of all constructed plots of land have one- or two-storey buildings.

The guest houses are located on Wasgenstrasse in 14129 Berlin Zehlendorf.
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Berlin Schlachtensee
The peripheral residential area has retained its noble appearance to this day. A lot of historical manor houses and villas have been reconstructed. Alongside many shops, cafés, restaurants and pubs in the district centre of Zehlendorf, there are different smaller shops and supermarkets within walking distance (at S-Bahnhof Schlachtensee) to cover the daily needs. Schlachtensee, north of the S-Bahn, is a much loved destination for day-trips and relaxation among Berliners. The clean waters are ideal for swimming, hiring rowing boats, or having a picnic on the meadows along the lake banks.

The favourite outing destinations along Wannsee as well as the world historical and cultural inheritance of Potsdam are close to the students village.

Low Emissions Zone (LEZ) – LEZ stickers
The city zone (A) within the S-Bahn-Ring (city train circle) is part of the LEZ. If you want to drive with your car in the Berlin city centre, inform yourself here: LEZ stickers for tourists. This accommodation is located outside the LEZ. You can leave your car here and travel with public transport into the city centre.

Single rooms, double rooms for everyone in the guest houses of the Studentsvillage.

Location in Berlin Zehlendorf
The Student Village can be easily reached by car or by the very reasonable S-Bahn/ underground fares. The Freie Universität Berlin, several science institutes and the film high school of Potsdam University, along with the museums in Dahlem, are a few minutes away by bicycle.

The guest houses
There are two guest houses. The toilets and showers are on the same floor. On each floor there is a small kitchen, which you can book along with the apartment. Additionally, there are common kitchens and several lounges for relaxing and meeting friends.

guest house 1
30 single rooms, 2 double rooms

guest house 2
32 single rooms

Other:
seminar rooms, music rooms, bicycle loan on request
on-going night events at Club A18
WLAN (WiFi) connection free of charge
no hostel card or student card required

Prices for single/double room

bedding 5 euros per guest*
towels 1 euro each*
Discount for children: children up to 6 years can stay free parents' bed (please write us in the form)
Breakfast is not offered
currency converter

You pay 25 % in advance and 75 % in cash when you arrive. Only last minute booking: you pay 100 % when you arrive.

Dinner, warm and cold meals and snacks at Club A18 opened daily from 8.00 p.m.

Fitnessroom available on booking

Other Rooms
seminar rooms, music rooms, bicycle loan on request
on-going night events at Club A18
no hostel card or student card required

Check-In
Mon-Fri 9.00 a.m. - 6 p.m., you can get in the accommodation from 3 p.m.
Sat-Sun and out of office hours on arrangement only

Check-Out
daily 6.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.

Arrival

• by car
  Motorway A115 Exit “Steglitz/Zehlendorf” (3 min)
• by S-Bahn/Bus
  Schlachtensee S1 (10 min walk)
  Wannsee /Bus 118 (6 min)
  Mexicoplatz/ Bus 118 (6 min)

Distances within Berlin:
Station Zoologischer Garten: approx. 38 minutes, from station Wasgensteig by bus line 118 to the city train station Wannsee, then by city-train (S7 direction Ahrensfelde) to station Zoologischer Garten or from Wannsee by train in 10 minutes
Station Alexanderplatz: approx. 51 minutes, from station Wasgensteig by bus line 118 to the city train station Wannsee, then by city-train (S7 direction Ahrensfelde) to station Alexanderplatz
Fairground Berlin, ICC: approx. 38 minutes, from station Wasgensteig by bus line 118 to the city train station Wannsee, then by city-train (S7 direction Ahrensfelde or S41 direction Westend) to station Westkreuz, then by city-train (S46 direction Gesundbrunnen) to station Messe Nord / ICC
Airport Berlin Tegel: approx. 60 minutes, from station Wasgensteig by bus line 118 to city-train station Wannsee, then by city-train (S7 direction Ahrensfelde) to station Charlottenburg, then by bus line 109 to the airport
Potsdamer Platz: approx. 48 minutes, from Kurstraße by bus line 118 to city-train station Mexikoplatz, then by city train (S1 direction Oranienburg) to station Potsdamer Platz

The lake Schlachtensee

Place for relaxing or meetings

Club 18

The Club A18 is the meeting-place of inhabitants from all around the world. Also young and older people from the district of Berlin Zehlendorf visit the Club to enjoy the large offer of drinks and the substantial meals. Prices are moderate as they are set for students.

The Club is well-known for its events e.g. the annual "Oktoberfest", St. Patrick`s Day and Halloween-Party, the monthly "Dorfparty" (villageparty) for inhabitants and friends or concerts.

Opening hours are every evening from 8 p.m. Happy Hour from monday- wednesday 8 - 9 p.m.: Every beer is 50 Cents cheaper!

Kitchen opening hours are from 8 - 11.30 p.m. From Monday to Wednesday we serve a special dish of the day additionally to our menu. On Thursdays we invite you to try our "SchniPoSa" (Schnitzel, Pommes und Salat = escalope, chips and salad). On Fridays we have different kinds of pizza, and on Sundays our cooks recommend the fabulous Sunday-meal.

history of the studentsvillage

1957-1964: construction in various stages

Schlachtensee Students Village was a donation from the US administration. It was constructed in several stages from 1957 to 1964 by the team work of the architects from Fehling, Pfankuch and Gogel. Constructed according to the American model of a campus, it is one of the most outstanding examples of early post-war modern architecture. The total work of art, including the terrace-shaped residential buildings and the landscape-garden designed by Hermann Mattern, has remained unaltered to this day – and even in its use.

However, the students had very little say in the deeds of the foundation rights from the beginning. The community of flat-mates and students split into smaller groups and circles. In 1964 it finally came to a new decisive concept: the functions of the village leaders were cancelled and more rights were granted to the students self-administration. „New living instead of community ideology“ was the principle.

The 70s: building extensions

The generation conflict and the students movement of '68 was reflected in the village.

Also the sexual revolution made its entry: during a nighttime and stealthy action, both sexes met on the village ground and readily exchanged keys and rooms, so that males and females stopped living separately.

In 1977, 4 blocks of flats were added to the complex of terrace and community buildings. In the so-called community houses, 352 new housing places were created to counteract the anonymity at Berlin universities. Communities formed even amongst the residents of the old buildings and shared flats in the new buildings until the rental of the village was stopped, enabling a completely new form of living within a familiar environment to all residents

The 80s: housing shortage and transformation plans

In the mid-80s planning was geared to demolition and reconstruction. A new idea of the housing units conceived as apartments would bring a radical change to the original concept and eventually a high increase in rents. The students' protest– sometimes also backed up by politicians – did a lot to stop these plans. There was decisive intervention from a group of experts who had won the building contest and who, after a visit to the site, opposed the demolition plans. This event brought about the decision to safeguard the village buildings and gardens as historical landmarks.

The 90s: selling and demolition plans

At the end of 1998 the Students Village came once more under political attack in the Berlin Senate, as the ex-senator of culture Radunski wanted to exchange it well below its value with another plot of land owing to lack of revenue in the senate treasury.

Since then the students self-administration, the friends cycles and the Genossenschaft Studentendorf Berlin Schlachtensee e.G. founded in September 2002 have been protesting against this idea, along with different well-known scientific institutions and associations in Berlin, by historical building preservationists, by the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district and by different Berlin political parties.

Schlachtensee Students Village work community submitted in the spring of 2001 the first offer to the Berlin Senate to purchase and refurbish the property with its 1,061 residential units and continue its present use. After lengthy negotiations, Schlachtensee Students Village work community achieved a successful breakthrough in April 2002 in a follow-up bidding procedure. The village community succeeded in securing the purchase negotiations with the Land Berlin. Later on, Schlachtensee Students Village work community did substantial research into the economic viability of the project and into how this could be financed. The result was the founding of the Genossenschaft Studentendorf Berlin Schlachtensee e.G. on 30th September 2002, which will adopt the responsibility to run and renew the village in the future. in November 2002, it presented the detailed proposal to the Berlin Senate to acquire the site. In March 2003, the Senate decided to keep the gardens and the buildings in the Students Village as historical landmarks and as a residence for students in Berlin and intensified the sale negotiations which should be ratified by the end of the year 2003.