Waldsiedlung Zehlendorf

Bruno Taut's largest work of the group was built into standing pine woodland between 1926 and 1932, and the trees left between the rows are part of what is protected. The Landesdenkmalamt's case rested on three things you can check from the footpath: the embedding in the existing forest, the emphatic colour, and the flat roofs used throughout. The colour is why locals called it the Papageiensiedlung; the older name, Onkel Toms Hütte, came from the inn that gave the U-Bahn station its name. It became the seventh component of the World Heritage site on 26 July 2026.

Construction Period

1926–1932

World Heritage Criteria

(ii), (iv)

Wikipedia

de:Onkel Toms Hütte (Berlin)

Wikidata

Q138339876

Category: Culture & History

Tags: bruno taut, unesco world heritage, neues bauen, flat roofs, zehlendorf

Coordinates: 52.4485774, 13.2566027

Part of Berlin's Modernism housing estates on the World Heritage list

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