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Lichterfelde, Berlin — Area Guide & Where to Stay
A botanic garden edges Lichterfelde, a quarter of Berlin in Germany, from the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin to the Dorfkirche Lichterfelde.
About Lichterfelde
Where to stay in Lichterfelde
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Lichterfelde is a green, low-rise quarter of Berlin, its streets running from the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin past the Dorfkirche Lichterfelde. Guesthouses are scattered. Those who stay in Lichterfelde often come for the botanic garden, the local churches, or the Steglitz-Museum, and many still choose a room nearer the centre of Berlin.
The gardens set the tone. If you would rather settle in a leafy quarter near the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin and the Johanneskirche than in the busy centre, Lichterfelde will suit you.
About Lichterfelde
What are the main landmarks in Lichterfelde?
The Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin is the great draw of Lichterfelde, its glasshouses and beds spreading across one edge of the district. Around it the parish churches gather, the Dorfkirche Lichterfelde, the Johanneskirche, the Pauluskirche, and the Martin-Luther-Kirche, while the Steglitz-Museum keeps the local record. Old Prussia lingers here.
The Memorial königlich Preußisches Kadettenkorps recalls the cadet academy that once trained here.
What is the history of Lichterfelde?
Lichterfelde grew from an old village that Berlin drew in as it spread, its beginnings kept in the Dorfkirche Lichterfelde. Planned streets and parishes followed, and a Prussian cadet academy took root here, its memory held by the Memorial königlich Preußisches Kadettenkorps. The village church stayed put.
Later churches such as the Johanneskirche and the Pauluskirche rose as the quarter filled out.
Where is Lichterfelde?
Lichterfelde lies within Berlin in Germany, a green quarter set around the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin and the Dorfkirche Lichterfelde.
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Updated July 2026