Chapter 4
In 1920, the municipality of Wilmersdorf together with the rural municipality of Schmargendorf, the villa settlement of Grunewald and the estate district of Grunewald-Forst formed the administrative district of Wilmersdorf, which was now part of Greater Berlin.
In October 1921, the heirs of Heinrich Schoeler sold the property to New York businessman and real estate developer Henry Erny. He sold it profitably in 1927 to the real estate development company Cassandra GmbH.
In 1929, the property came into the possession of the non-profit public corporation Heimstätten-Siedlung Berlin-Wilmersdorf. A land swap between the district office and the housing association Schlösschen and the central part of the park from demolition and development in 1930.
Aerial view of the area in 1928
By the end of the 1920s, Lake Wilmersdorfer had been completely filled in. However, the aerial photograph shows that what was then Hindenburgpark (now Volkspark Wilmersdorf) had not yet been landscaped. The park at Schoeler Schlösschen was also still undeveloped.
© Landesarchiv Berlin, Histomap Berlin
First mention of monument protection, 1923
After many old buildings in Wilmersdorf had to make way for new construction, a nostalgic revival began. Since the early 1920s, monument protection authorities, the district councel, and the neighborhood have been working to preserve the park and the Baroque house, which was from now on called Schoeler Schlöschen.
Bauaktenarchiv Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Sight from the street in the 1920s
Since neither the Schoelers nor the subsequent owners undertook any major renovation of the house, the property appeared partially neglected in the 1920s.