Since Jan 01, 2000: District Tempelhof-Schöneberg
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Alongside Tempelhofer/Mariendorfer Damm, the district's main traffic axis, the U6 underground opens up Tempelhof, whereas the West and the South are connected by the S2 city-train to downtown.
Further information: Bezirksamt Tempelhof-Schöneberg
The longish district in the South of Berlin is counted among the capital's unobtrusive quarters. Here you can dwell remote of the downtown jostle, while Kreuzberg and Schöneberg are just a few minutes away.
A piece of history is Tempelhof airport: the stern, monumental architecture already witnesses the Third Reich's style, whose biggest accomplished construction project the airport is. The large building is the fifth biggest in the world. When the Soviet Union blocked every access in 1948/9 to famish the city, Tempelhof became West Berlin's vital connection. The airlift memorial reminds of the "candy bombers" by which Americans and British supplied the city for months by air. Since October 2008 the historic airport is closed.
Horse racing devotees sure will know Mariendorf racing track in the district's South. One of the most striking buildings from the 1920s is the Ullsteinhaus, a former newspaper and printing plant today being used as exhibition and office rooms. The Ufa-Fabrik offers alternative culture programmes on the former site of the legendary Ufa film studios.