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Should I let a landlord know that I have a big dog when applying for an apartment?
The person saying just don't mention it is taking a risk that could backfire badly. If your landlord finds out later and decides to enforce the clause in your contract, you could get a fristlose Kundigung and that's a headache you don't want as a student. Your ESA status doesn't carry the same legal weight here as it would in the US, so you're basically in the same position as any other tenant with a pet. Try looking at Genossenschaft apartments or smaller private landlords in outer districts like Lichtenberg or Marzahn, they tend to be more flexible and the rent is usually cheaper too.
Legally you're right that the German law change in 2015 means standard "no pets" clauses in rental contracts are usually void, but emotional support animals don't have the same legal standing here as service dogs do in the US. Landlords can still say no if they have a legitimate reason like allergy concerns from other tenants or documented building restrictions. I'd be upfront about the dog from the start, not because you have to, but because finding out later will get you a termination notice and a bad Schufa entry that makes the next search even harder. Focus your search on older buildings in neighborhoods like Neukölln or Wedding where landlords tend to be more relaxed and you'll have better luck than with the big corporate housing companies.
just say u have a small dog or dont mention it at all tbh. landlords rarely check unless theres complaints. emotional support animals arent really a thing here legally so thats not gonna help.
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What is the correct spelling for a street name that appears differently on multiple signs in Charlottenburg?
Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.
if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point
honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.