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Friedenau, Berlin — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Friedenau is a compact, leafy quarter of Berlin, set around the garden square of Ceciliengärten and the Auenkirche.
About Friedenau
Where to stay in Friedenau
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Friedenau holds a compact grid of quiet residential streets in Berlin, wrapped around the garden square of Ceciliengärten. Friedenau offers only a handful of rooms. A few rooms sit among the blocks near the Auenkirche and the Lindenkirche, within walking distance of the German Red Cross Museum Berlin.
If you would rather base yourself in a calm, green quarter of Berlin around Ceciliengärten than in the crowded centre, and you value leafy squares over nightlife, Friedenau will suit you.
About Friedenau
What are the main landmarks in Friedenau?
Churches crowd the streets of Friedenau. The Auenkirche, the Lindenkirche, the Patmoskirche, St. Nathanael's Church and the Kirche Zum Guten Hirten stand among the blocks, alongside the garden square of Ceciliengärten. One tower breaks the skyline.
The Bierpinsel rises over the quarter, while the German Red Cross Museum Berlin and the Georg Hermann memorial add a museum and a monument to this part of Berlin.
What is the history of Friedenau?
Friedenau grew as a residential quarter on old meadow ground, and its name joins Frieden, peace, with the Au of that low, watered land. Peace named the place. As the streets filled, parish churches rose across the blocks, the Auenkirche, the Lindenkirche and the Patmoskirche, and the garden square of Ceciliengärten took shape within this corner of Berlin.
Where is Friedenau?
Friedenau is a compact, green quarter of Berlin, laid out around the garden square of Ceciliengärten and the Auenkirche.
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Updated July 2026