The landmarked Düppel campus has a colorful history. Founded in 1828 as a feudal estate, it had a brief interlude as a schnapps distillery. In 1859 it was taken over by Prince Karl Friedrich von Preußen, who set up a horse stud farm there. The animal husbandry facilities were thus already in place when the Department of Veterinary Medicine at Freie Universität was founded there in 1951. After World War II the site was turned over to the Americans as part of the four-power agreement for the city of Berlin. The Americans used it for a military riding school and a veterinary hospital. Ultimately, Freie Universität took over the American veterinary clinic. With nine institutes, the Veterinary Library, the Dean’s Office, and a dining hall, most of the facilities of the Department of Veterinary Medicine are located in Düppel.

• Website of the Department of Veterinary Medicine, history of the department (in German)
• About the Düppel Campus