Wannsee
Sign in to saveWannsee () 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), located on the Havel and separated by the Wannsee Bridge. The larger of the two lakes covers an area of and has a maximum depth of .
Key facts
- German place.name
- Wannsee
- German place.image_caption
- The beach of Wannsee (Strandbad Wannsee)
- German place.type
- Quarter
- German place.City
- Berlin
- German place.state
- Berlin
- German place.borough
- Steglitz-Zehlendorf
- German place.divisions
- 5 zones
- German place.elevation
- 103
- German place.area
- 23.7
- German place.postal_code
- 14109
- German place.licence
- B
- German place.year
- 1870
- German place.plantext
- Location of Wannsee in Steglitz-Zehlendorf and Berlin
- German place.image_plan
- Berlin Steglitz-Zehlendorf Wannsee.svg
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Steglitz-Zehlendorf
- Population
- 9719
- Area
- 23.68
- Elevation
- 40
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Kladow
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- Commons category
- Berlin-Wannsee
- topic's main category
- Category:Berlin-Wannsee
- postal code
- 14109
- Commons gallery
- Berlin-Wannsee
- native label
- Wannsee
- series ordinal
- 0607
- different from
- Vanzay
- P8168
- Schillersdorf
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Overview
- Großer and Kleiner Wannsee
- History
- Transport
- Education
- People
- See also
- References
- External links
Wannsee () 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), located on the Havel and separated by the Wannsee Bridge. The larger of the two lakes covers an area of and has a maximum depth of .
==Geography== ===Overview=== 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 have formed part of the Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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