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with about 38,500 inhab., extends from the Potsdam railway (Gross-
Lichterfelde West Station) to beyond the Anhalt line (East Station;
suburban trains, see p. 13). Tramways ply from one station to the
other, passing the Cadet School, and also to Steglitz (p. 185) and
Machnower Schleuse (p. 187). In the middle of the village, which
is intersected by the Teltow Canal (p. 187), is a Monument to
Emperor William I., by Wenck. Near the E. station, Wilhelm-
Str. 36 a, is the large Orthopaedic Sanatorium of Georg Hessing.
— At the AV. end of the village is the Royal Central Cadet School
(1000 pupils; entr. on the N. side), which was founded in 1717 and
transferred hither from Berlin in 1878. The 'Field-Marshals' Hall',
in the school-building, contains the portraits of 61 Prussian marshals.
The 'Flensburg Lion', originally erected by the Danes at Flensburg
in 1862 in memory of the battle of Idstedt (1850), stands in the court.
At (7>/2 M.) Zehlendorf(B\irg Hotel), a village with 15,000 inhab.,
the Wannsee line diverges to the right from the main Potsdam
railway. Beyond (83/4 M.) Zehlendorf-Beerenstrasse we pass
(9'/4M.) Schlachtensee (Schloss-Restaurant) and (10y2 M.) Nikolas-
see, two groups of villas situated in the Grunewald (p. 184).
12 M. Wannsee (Restaurants: Kaiser - Pavilion; Schwe-
discher Pavilion), in the Potsdam Forest, a fashionable villa-colony,
the handsome and sometimes imposing houses of which are grouped
in a wide curve on the elevated banks of the picturesque Wannsee.
At the N.E. angle of the Little Wannsee, 3/4 M. from the station, is
the grave of the poet Heinrich von Kleist, who shot himself and
his friend Henriette Vogel here in 1811.
Steamer from Wannsee to Potsdam, plying on week-days 13, on
Sun. 19 times; highly recommended. Stations: Schwedischer Pavilion
(see above), Pfauen-Insel, Moorlake, Sakrow, Glienicke Bridge, and
Potsdam (p. 189). Pare to Pfauen-lnsol 30, to Potsdam 55 pf. — Steamer
to Neu-Babelsberg Station see p. 187; to Spandau see p. 204.
To the W. of AVannsee the main road traverses the Glienicker
Werder and runs straight on to the Glienicke Bridge; by the road
diverging to the X. after 1f4 hr. we reach (1 hr. from Wannsee) the
ferry (and steamboat-station) for the *Pfauen-Insel, the favourite
resort of Frederick William III. The pleasant park laid out by the
king abounds in fine oaks. The Royal Villa, of the end of the 18th
cent., presents the appearance of a ruined castle; the Kavalier-Haus
is constructed of the materials of a late-Gothic house brought from
Dantsic. — Above the road, which farther on skirts the Havel, rises
the Church of SS. Peter & Paul, built in the Russian style by
Schadow, containing the tombs of Prince and Princess Frederick
Charles (d. 1885 and 1906). Beside it is the log-house of Nikolskoe
(rfmts.; view). — About l]/2 M. farther, beyond Moorlake Restaur¬
ant (steamboat-pier), situated on a bay, we ferry to Sakrow
(restaurant on the river; steamboat-pier), with the Heilands-Kirche
(St. Saviour's), built by Persius. A walk may be taken hence through