Britz: Taut's Horseshoe Estate and the old village: a walk in Berlin

A short walk in south Neukölln between two Berlins: the Horseshoe Estate of 1925-33, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the medieval village of Britz with its fieldstone church and manor house. Start at U Parchimer Allee (U7). Britzer Garten is a 20-minute walk further south-west if you want to add a large park.

Best time: Friday or Sunday afternoon, when the estate's info station is open (14:00-18:00); in spring the Schloss Britz park is at its best

The route, stop by stop

1
Horseshoe Estate (Hufeisensiedlung Britz)
Built 1925-33 by Bruno Taut and Martin Wagner with gardens by Leberecht Migge. The 350 m horseshoe-shaped block wraps around a pond left by the ice age. The info station is open Friday and Sunday 14:00-18:00, and the holiday house 'Tautes Heim' has been restored with 1920s fittings. UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2008. 40 min.
The largest of Berlin's six UNESCO-listed Modernism housing estates and the reform movement's reference project: terraces and multi-storey blocks around a central pond, on land…
2
Dorfkirche Britz
A fieldstone village church from about 1310 above the village pond, with a baroque pulpit altar of 1720. 15 min.
3
Schloss Britz
A manor house that is now a museum of Gründerzeit living culture, in an estate park about 300 years old (Gustav-Meyer-Preis 1997). Museum Neukölln is in the old estate yard. 45 min with the museum.

Walking directions

Britz: Taut's Horseshoe Estate and the old village

The route, stop by stop

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