Wilmersdorf (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlmɐsdɔʁf] ⓘ), an inner-city locality of Berlin, lies south-west of the central city.
The village near Berlin was first mentioned in 1293 as Wilmerstorff, probably founded in the course of the German Ostsiedlung under the Ascanian margraves of Brandenburg.
From the 1850s on Deutsch-Wilmersdorf was developed as a densely settled, affluent residential area, which in 1920 became a part of Greater Berlin.
During the era of the Weimar Republic Wilmersdorf was a popular residential area for artists and intellectuals.
Deutsche Bahn established a memorial on 27 January 1998 at the historic track 17 ("Gleis 17"), where most of the deportation trains departed.