What is "dahlem"

Dahlem can refer to:

• Dahlem (Berlin), a district of Berlin, part of the borough Steglitz-Zehlendorf.
• Dahlem, North Rhine-Westphalia, a municipality in western Germany.
• Dahlem, Rhineland-Palatinate, a municipality in south-western Germany.
• Dahlem, Lower Saxony, a municipality in northern Germany.

Dahlem is a locality of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough in southwestern Berlin. Until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it was a part of the former borough of Zehlendorf. Dahlem is one of the most affluent parts of the city and an important historical center for academic research. Dahlem is home to the renowned Freie Universität Berlin with its Philological Library ("The Brain") by Norman Foster as an important local landmark. Several other research institutions, the Berlin Botanical Garden (officially on the ground of neighbouring Lichterfelde) and many museums are located there. Although Dahlem has a reputation of an idyllic and quiet area, it is very busy with students arriving by U-Bahn on weekdays. The western part of the locality includes parts of the Grunewald forest, including the Renaissance Grunewald hunting lodge built in 1543.