Wilmersdorf

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.

In 1923 the foundation stone for the first mosque in Germany was laid on the initiative of some Islamic students in Wilmersdorf.

Deutsche Bahn established a memorial on 27 January 1998 at the historic track 17 ("Gleis 17"), where most of the deportation trains departed.

Synagogue of Wilmersdorf, 1930
Plaque commemorating Maria von Maltzan , Detmolder Straße 11