Mendelssohn Palace

The Mendelssohn Palace is located in the Berlin district of Grunewald at the corner of Bismarckallee/Herthastraße.

The property belonged to the Berlin banking family von Mendelssohn. In addition to the villa of Robert von Mendelssohn (1857–1917), his brother Franz (1865–1935) had the palace built around 1900 by the architect Ernst von Ihne in the English country house style with a landscaped park. During the Third Reich, the Mendelssohns were expelled from their property. During World War II, the palace was severely damaged.

After 1945, the British occupation forces took over the property. The reconstruction led to significant structural changes to the palace, which was then used as a school for the children of British military personnel. After the school was relocated and the building returned to the Mendelssohn heirs, the Johannische Kirche acquired the property in 1957 and renamed the building St.-Michaels-Heim. On the site of Robert von Mendelssohn's villa, residential buildings were erected after 1960. The core of the Mendelssohn Palace was integrated into a new building and is now used as a social center, youth hostel, and hotel.