Neighborhood Management in Berlin - Quartiersmanagement Berlin

Dammwegsiedlung / Weiße Siedlung
Neighborhood O�ce
Weisse Siedlung
Dieselstrasse 9
12057 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0)30-30644666
www.weisse-siedlung.de
weisse-siedlung-dammweg@weeberpartner.de
Implementing partner: Weeber + Partner Institut für
Stadtplanung und Sozialforschung
The area is bordered by Aronstrasse to the
north, Dieselstrasse to the east, Dammweg to
the south and Sonnenallee to the west. The
neighboring allotments and the park-like
green areas of the settlement provide for su�cient
public green spaces and areas.
The social infrastructure is well developed,
with a day care center, a primary school, a
neighborhood center, a tenants‘ café, a recreation
center for older residents, a gardening
school, a youth meeting point, a social counseling
center, a children club house and a youth
center nearby. Even though most apartments
have a balcony or a conservatory and a spacious
layout which used to make the settlement
equally attractive to young and old, the area
has lost some of its appeal in recent years.
Families with a stable social background have
moved into other neighborhoods, whereas
socially deprived families have remained or
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© NM Dammwegsiedlung / Weiße Siedlung
The neighborhood “Dammwegsiedlung/ Weisse Siedlung“ is a public housing area of the 1970‘s. Distinctive are its large building strips of
up to 18 storeys that stand in sharp contrast to the neighboring buildings. The characteristic light colors of the buildings, which is now
owned by Puma Brandenburg Limited, gave the area its name: the “White Settlement“.
arrived in the area.
Today, the majority of the population
living in the “White Settlement“ are
migrant families from Turkey and the
Arab countries.
The proportion of recipients of social transfer
payments is at approximately 52.2%, exceeding
the overall average in Berlin. This a�ects
purchasing power, which is comparably low in
the White Settlement. In some classes of the
neighborhood‘s primary school, more than
90% of the pupils are of foreign nationalities.
There are social tensions in the neighborhood,
often marked by a feeling of insecurity or even
defensiveness.
Aggressive behavior is prevalent even among
children and particularly arises between the
various ethnic groups and nationalities. These