While some houses were destroyed in World War II, Lichterfelde West has kept its 19th-century charm and boasts a large assortment of villas in an often extravagant mix of architectural styles.

The Prussian Main Cadet School, which contributed to Lichterfelde West's reputation of being home to many German aristocrats, was disbanded in 1920 by the Treaty of Versailles.

At the time, many streets were named after Swiss places and personalities, thus leading to this area of Lichterfelde West to getting referred to as "Schweizer Viertel" (en.

After the fall of the Berlin wall, areas formerly occupied by U.S. Armed Forces were developed into townhouses or converted into loft-style apartments.

Additionally, various bus lines offer public transportation service to Steglitz, Zehlendorf, Dahlem, and Lichterfelde Ost.

For a twenty-minute stroll leave Lichterfelde West train station direction South, cross Curtiusstrasse into Baselerstrasse.