The path that someone called "Black Path" in the 1990s was called Müggelbergalle (Müggelberg Alley) in 1960. Müggelbergalle ran from the ferry in Wendenschloß to the road leading to the Müggelturm (Müggel Tower). It was a road through the forest that drivers from Wendenschloß often used to shortcut the route to Müggelheim and Gosen. In the 1990s, the path was closed to vehicular traffic.
It was originally laid out as Goethestraße (Goethe Street) around 1893—surely organized by Carl Spindler, who wanted to make the Müggelberge attractive to day-trippers—to create a direct connection from the newly constructed ferry between Grünau and the Eichhorn (now Wendenschloß) into the Müggelberge and the newly built Müggelturm (Müggel Tower). From 1939 to 1960, it was called Laubingerstraße, named after the actor Otto Laubinger (1892 to 1935). In fact, it was initially possible to take a carriage from the ferry to the Müggelberge and back.
The street in the Köpenick district of Wendenschloß between the ferry and the edge of the forest is still called Müggelbergallee.