In the year 1945 the allied armed forces from the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom accomplished an exchange of territory, among the area of Seeburg in Spandau.

It borders with the Brandenburg municipality of Dallgow-Döberitz (Havelland district) and with the localities of Staaken, Spandau, Gatow, Westend and Grunewald (both in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf).

The peninsula of Pichelswerder, part of its Ortslage Pichelsdorf (German pronunciation: [ˈpɪçl̩sˌdɔʁf] ⓘ) borders with the Grunewald forest,[3] and is separated from the rest of it by the Stößensee.

Wilhelmstadt is divided into 3 zones (Ortslagen): The locality is not served by urban railways but its nearest station, Berlin-Spandau (S+U-Bahn and long-distance transport), is not too far from its residential area.

In a plan to expand the U-Bahn it has been projected to prolong the U7 line from the terminus "Rathaus Spandau" to Staaken, with 3 new stops in the quarter, as of Seeburger Straße, Wilhelmstadt and Heerstraße-Wilhelmstraße.