Schoneberg

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(see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sch%C3%B6neberg)

 Schoneberg 

Located to the south of Nollendorfplatz, Schoneberg has transformed over the last 30 years from an almost provincial village to one of the city's classiest, most upscale districts. Home to a large number of Bavarians, the district is also sometimes called the Bavarian Quarter. But it is the district's Jewish population who are chiefly responsible for its transformation. Starting in the late 19th century, the textile manufacturer Salomon Haberland and his son Georg began buying up properties in the village of Schoneberg and building large, country-style houses with an eye toward creating a desirable commuter suburb for well-off Berliners. The plan worked better than they might have hoped, and by the dawn of the Great War, the town was populated with sprawling 10-room estates, all decked out in full Wilhelmine splendor.

The district's centerpiece is Viktoria-Luise Platz (called "Vicki" by the locals). Less than a mile south of The Ku'damm (Kurfurstendamm), with its fountains and border colonnades, it it feels like a different world entirely. Here may be found some of Schoneberg's finest mansions, as well as a variety of restaurants and cafes catering to locals and visitors alike.

The area around Bayerischer Platz, meanwhile is home to many artists and intellectuals, including psychoanalyst Erich Fromm and film writer/director Billy Wilder. The district's most well-known resident, however, is unquestionably the physicist Albert Einstein, who maintains a residence at Haberlandstrasse 5 from 1911 to 1933.