Lankwitz: Kirche

Lankwitz Kirche forms the historic center of Lankwitz, with a village-like structure, local shops and surrounding residential areas. The defining local feature of Lankwitz Kirche is the surviving older street pattern, plot structure and building lines that remain legible beneath later development. How Lankwitz Kirche is used over the course of the day depends on the overlap of historic fabric with present-day housing, shops and local institutions. Lankwitz Kirche lies in the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, about 10 km southwest of central Berlin. Lankwitz Kirche merges gradually into Alt-Lankwitz and Komponistenviertel Lankwitz; building scale, street activity and open space change before any clear boundary is felt. The immediate streets and open spaces give Lankwitz Kirche a recognisable local identity of its own. Together, these elements make the continuity of the original settlement within modern Berlin central to the identity of Lankwitz Kirche.