ZEHLENDORF

Bezirk (district) of Berlin, Ger., in the southwestern corner of the city. It is a prosperous residential district. The Free University (1948), parts of the Berlin Technical University, several branches of the Max Planck Institute, and the Dahlem art museums occupy the grounds of the former Dahlem manorial estate, broken up in 1901. More than half the district is preserved as parkland or water. Along its northwestern boundary runs the Havel River, with a southward bay called the Grosser Wannsee, which is popular with boaters and swimmers. Area 27 square miles (71 square km). Pop. (1986 est.) 85,161.