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Wittenau, Berlin — Area Guide & Where to Stay
A village green survives at Wittenau, a district of Berlin in the borough of Reinickendorf, ringed by the old Dorfkirche Wittenau.
About Wittenau
Where to stay in Wittenau
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Wittenau stays low and local, a district of Berlin in the borough of Reinickendorf where rooms are few and most beds sit nearer the centre. Options are few and far between. Visitors who base themselves in Wittenau trade the crowds for quiet streets around the Dorfkirche Wittenau and the green of the Dorfanger, with the wider transport network of Berlin running through Reinickendorf.
If you want a plain, out-of-centre base over a central room, Wittenau will suit you.
About Wittenau
What are the main landmarks in Wittenau?
Wittenau keeps an old village core. The Dorfkirche Wittenau stands on the Dorfanger, the green at the heart of the settlement, joined across the district by the Thomaskirche. Another parish sits nearby.
The St.-Nikolaus-Kirche marks a quiet corner of Berlin-Wittenau, another brick church in the borough of Reinickendorf.
What is the history of Wittenau?
Wittenau began as a village long before Berlin reached it. Its core still shows in the Dorfanger, the old village green, and the Dorfkirche Wittenau that stands on it, the church around which the early settlement grew. The parish widened over time.
Newer churches like the Thomaskirche followed as Wittenau filled in and joined the borough of Reinickendorf within Berlin.
Where is Wittenau?
Wittenau sits within Berlin in the borough of Reinickendorf, its old core set around the Dorfanger and the Dorfkirche Wittenau.
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Updated July 2026