Waldsiedlung - Former residential area of the East German government

 settlement, interesting place, residential area

The Waldsiedlung (English: forest settlement) in Wandlitz was a secured housing area in which highest functionaries of the SED lived, from 1960 to 1989.

It was about two square kilometers in size and off-limits up to the German reunification. Because of geographical proximity to Wandlitz the area was colloquially called Wandlitz among general populace as a synonym for the Waldsiedlung, or later Volvograd after the Swedish cars used.

The Waldsiedlung was built between 1958 to 1960 according to resolution of the SED Politbüro and was subordinated to theMinistry for Public Security (Stasi).
The members of the Politbüro could be secured in Waldsiedlung better than in the mansion at Berlin-Pankow's Majakowskiring. The reason for building the settlement was the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.