What KaDeWe is known for

KaDeWe brings fashion and home departments together with food shopping at Wittenbergplatz in Berlin's City West. Adolf Jandorf opened the department store in 1907, establishing the business on Tauentzienstraße before its later rebuilding. Today's store continues the department-store format, so a visit can span clothing purchases and food rather than one specialty.

KaDeWe opened at Wittenbergplatz in 1907, following Adolf Jandorf's plan for a department store in western Berlin. Its full name, Kaufhaus des Westens, reflects that location within the developing city of the period. Early departments included fashions from Paris and imported food, placing different kinds of merchandise within one building.

The store's later history includes severe wartime damage and reconstruction, so the premises have changed since that opening. Its history also records services and architectural features that belonged specifically to those earlier years. They provide context for the business rather than a list of facilities promised to a visitor today.

The present store continues to combine fashion with interiors and food, maintaining the broad department-store approach. A shopper can plan around clothing or goods for the home before considering a separate food purchase. Its position on Tauentzienstraße makes the store a defined stop in Berlin's City West shopping area. The varied assortment should be approached by department rather than as a collection of products made in one country.