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184 Section 13. GRUNEWALD. Environs
scape of mingled wood and water, to which the more favoured parts
of the Mark of Brandenburg owe their characteristic charm, may
here be enjoyed to special advantage.
a. The Grunewald.
The Grunewald is reached from Berlin by various routes. 1. Via the
Stadtbahn (p. 12) to Grunewald Station, by the suburban trains to Pots¬
dam (p. 187) or to Nieder-Schoneweide-Grunewald (p. 203). — 2. Via the
Ringbahn (p. 13; 'Siidring') to Halensee (see below), from any station. —
3. By Tramway A (p. 21) to Hundekehle (restaurant 4 min. distant). —
4. The Wannsee Railway (p. 185) touches the stations of Zehlendorf-
Beerenstrasse and Nikolassne (p. 186). — Motor Omnibus (p. 23): from the
Brandenburger or Oranienburger Tor to Beelitzhof and Wannsee Station,
from the Nollendorf-Platz to Onkel Tom's Hlitte, from the Knie at Char¬
lottenburg to Pichelsberg and Schildhorn; also circular trips (comp. the
advertisements). — Steamboats between Spandau and Wannsee see p. 200.
— For Cyclists (pp. 43, 200) the best routes are via, the Kurfiirsten-Damm
and the Kaiser-Damm.
The Grunewald, a royal forest of coniferous trees, about
11,350 acres in area, is a favourite resort of the Berliners, and
offers a refreshing change to the tourist when jaded with sight¬
seeing and weary of the bustle of the city.
Near the station of Halensee, with its charming terraces and
villas, and within the precincts of the forest lies the fashionable
*"Villa Colony of Grunewald, consisting chiefly of elegant
and comfortable residences grouped on the banks of a number of
little lakes, some of which are artificial. Founded only in 1889, it
already numbers upwards of 4800 inhabitants. From the Bismarck-
Platz, embellished with a bronze Statue of Bismarck by M. Klein
(1897), we may proceed to the S. by the Hubertus - Allee to the
(1 M.) prettily situated Hubertus Restaurant and Cafe Grune¬
wald (good cuisine), or to the S.AV. by the Bismarck - Allee to the
(2 M.) * Hundekehle Restaurant (D. 3 JC). About 1 M. to the N.
of the latter, beyond the Hundekehlen Lake, is the Grunewuld
Stution.
From the Grunewald Station paths lead through the woods to
the W., in the direction of the Havel, to (3y2 M.) the peninsula of
Schildhorn (restaurants; steamboat station), where a monument
commemorates the legendary escape of the Wendish prince Jaczo,
when fleeing from Albert the Bear. Pichelsberg (Seeschloss Restaur¬
ant) lies iyg M. to the N., prettily situated on a bay opposite the
island of Pichelswerder (Koniggratzer Garten Restaurant). Near
Pichelsberg passes the new military road from the Knie at Char¬
lottenburg (4 M., see p. 181); beyond the island it is carried on from
Pichelsdorf (electric tramway to Spandau, p. 200) to the man¬
oeuvring ground of Dbberitz. Pleasant return-route to Grunewald
Station via the Teufels-See. — About iy2 M. to the S. of Schild¬
horn, on the lofty bank of the Havel (steamboat pier), rises the
*Kaiser Wilhelm Turin, erected in 1897 and commanding one of