Location
Quiet, green and yet 5 minutes from the city center
Westend, on the edge of Grunewalder Forest and just a few minutes from Berlin city center, combines peace and nature with excellent transport links. The Heerstraße S-Bahn station, which is within walking distance, and numerous bus routes along Heerstraße ensure a quick connection to Zoologischer Garten station and Kurfürstendamm – both by public transport and by car.
The nearby Reichsstraße forms the lively center of the district. Here you will find a variety of shops, delicatessens, boutiques as well as cozy restaurants, cafés and traditional pubs. Westend also offers numerous educational facilities, including nurseries, elementary school and grammar schools, and is characterized by its family-friendly infrastructure.
Since its foundation in the 19th century as a villa colony, Westend has been one of the most sought-after residential areas in Berlin. Spacious plots, tree-lined avenues and impressive architecture characterize the cityscape and create an exclusive residential atmosphere between tradition and modernity.
Luxury Between Nature and the Metropolis
Nestled in a picturesque landscape of ponds, meadows, and winding paths, Villa Tannenberg is set in an oasis of peace and nature – yet just a few minutes away from the vibrant Kurfürstendamm. Directly adjacent to the property, a charming forest path invites you to pass through the gates into an expansive parkland of Grunewald. Westend, located in the western part of Berlin’s Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district, was inspired by the prestigious London neighborhood of the same name. However, it has long been more than just an elegant villa colony. This intimate district captivates particularly with its proximity to the lush Grunewald forest, numerous parks and lakes, as well as its high recreational value, separate from nature itself.
Centrally located, surrounded by nature
Centrally located, surrounded by nature
A place with a storied past
The property at Tannenbergallee 28, on which the “Tannenberg” urban villa is being built, is far more than just a plot of land in Grunewald – it bears the history of its creative and visionary residents. The Pölzig family home was built here in 1930 according to the designs of Marlene Poelzig. The modern, two-storey villa was not only a place to live, but also an architectural highlight of its time, which was far ahead of the living style of the era with its innovative concept and division into separate living spaces.
The garden areas were designed by the renowned garden architects Karl Foerster, Hermann Mattern and, in particular, Herta Hammerbacher, who developed a modern, unique concept that was groundbreaking for the time. After the death of her husband, Hans Poelzig, in 1936, Marlene Poelzig continued to run the studio alone for a few years until pressure from the NSDAP forced her to dissolve the studio and sell the house in 1937. She left Berlin and spent the rest of her life in Hamburg.
Although the building was heavily remodeled in 1954, the Berlin State Office for the Protection of Monuments refused to protect it in 1990 due to its severely altered condition. The decision to demolish the residential building was finally made in 2021 after it was in a desolate state and had lost its original architecture due to the extensive alterations.
View of the cultivated rear garden of the former Poelzig residence with small pool and large terrace.
Marlene Moeschke-Poelzig
Marlene Moeschke-Poelzig was born in Hamburg on October 22, 1894. After training as a sculptor at the Hamburg School of Arts and Crafts (1914-1916) and working at the Munich School of Arts and Crafts in 1916/1917, she received a studio scholarship from the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin in 1917/1918. In the spring of 1918, she met the architect Hans Poelzig, with whom she would form a close and artistically very fruitful partnership until his death in 1936. The first of the couple’s three children was born in 1923. In 1930, the family moved into the studio and home designed by Marlene Moeschke-Poelzig at Tannenbergallee 28.
From 1918, Marlene Moeschke-Poelzig worked not only on sculptures but also on arts and crafts projects, gravestones and furniture designs. In 1919, she was significantly involved in the conversion of the former Berlin market hall “Großes Schauspielhaus” for Max Reinhardt. In 1920/1921, she founded the “Bauatelier Poelzig” together with Hans Poelzig.
