Carl-Herz-Ufer
District of Berlin
Land Berlin - Germany

Jewish Museum, Berlin

The Jewish Museum Berlin (Jüdisches Museum Berlin) is one of the largest Jewish Museums in Europe. In two buildings, one of which is a new addition specifically built for the museum by architect Daniel Libeskind, two millennia of German Jewish history are on display in the permanent exhibition as well as in various changing exhibitions.

Located at 52.502, 13.395 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Jewish museums, Museums in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Jewish German history, Buildings and structures completed in 2001, Museums established in 2001, Daniel Libeskind buildings, History museums in Germany, 2001 establishments in Germany

Killing of Peter Fechter

Peter Fechter (14 January 1944 – 17 August 1962) was a German bricklayer from Berlin in what became East Germany in 1945. He was 18 when he became one of the first victims of the Berlin Wall's border guards while trying to cross over to what was then West Berlin.

Located at 52.5078, 13.3935 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1944 births, 1962 deaths, Berlin Wall, Bricklayers, Deaths by firearm in East Germany, Manslaughter victims, People from Berlin

Kottbusser Tor (Berlin U-Bahn)

Kottbusser Tor is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U1 and U8. Many Berliners use the affectionate term Kotti. It is located in central Kreuzberg. The area has a bad reputation for the relatively high, mainly drug-related crime rate, instances of which have recently become quite rare in most other parts of the district. The original Kottbusser Tor was a southern city gate of Berlin; the road through the gate led via the Neukölln suburb to the town of Cottbus.

Located at 52.4992, 13.4181 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Railway stations opened in 1902

Prinzenstraße (Berlin U-Bahn)

Prinzenstraße is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U1.

Located at 52.4983, 13.4061 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Railway stations opened in 1902

Hallesches Tor (Berlin U-Bahn)

The underground station Hallesches Tor is part of the Berlin U-Bahn network at the intersection of the east-west bound U1 and the north-south bound U6 in the Kreuzberg district.

Located at 52.4978, 13.3911 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Railway stations opened in 1902

Berlin Observatory

The Berlin Observatory (Berliner Sternwarte in German) is a series of observatories and related organizations in and around the city of Berlin in Germany, starting from the 18th century. It has its origins in 1700 when Gottfried Leibniz initiated the Societät der Wissenschaften (Brandenburgische Science Society) which would later (1744) become the Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Located at 52.5039, 13.3942 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Astronomical observatories in Germany, Buildings and structures in Berlin

Märkisches Museum (Berlin U-Bahn)

Märkisches Museum is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U2 in the Mitte district. Since 1935 it has been named after the nearby Märkisches Museum, the municipal museum of the history of Berlin and the Mark Brandenburg.

Located at 52.5119, 13.4089 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Mitte

Spittelmarkt (Berlin U-Bahn)

Spittelmarkt is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U2 line in Mitte, at the eastern end of Leipziger Straße. It opened on 1 October 1908 (by A. Grenander), then the terminus of Berlin's second U-Bahn line, connecting it with Potsdamer Platz on the initial Stammstrecke route. It is named after Spittelmarkt square, former site of the Saint Gertrude hospital established about 1400.

Located at 52.5111, 13.4036 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Mitte

Gneisenaustraße (Berlin U-Bahn)

Gneisenaustraße is a station on the U7 U-Bahn in Berlin, Germany. The station was opened in 1924 and created by Alfred Grenander. 1945 it was closed for a few months, 1967/68 the platform was elongated. Due to this the station has lost its appearance as it was when Grenander has planned it. The station is named after August von Gneisenau, a 19th-century Prussian Generalfeldmarschall. The next station is Sudstern.

Located at 52.4914, 13.3961 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Railway stations opened in 1924

Kochstraße (Berlin U-Bahn)

Kochstraße is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U6. It is close to Checkpoint Charlie and the Checkpoint Charlie Museum. It was build by Grenander / Fehse in 1923. Due to a lack of money, the platform was made only 80 metres long. The station was closed for a few months in 1945, and from 1961 to 1990 it was the last stop in West Berlin. In 1995, the platform was lengthened by 26 metres.

Located at 52.5058, 13.3906 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

Mehringdamm (Berlin U-Bahn)

Mehringdamm is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U6 and the U7. Opened in 1924 as Belle-Alliance Strasse it was built by Grenander and later renovated by Rümmler. In 1946 the station was renamed Franz-Mehring-Straße, after the socialist politician. In 1947, the station received its current name Mehringdamm. Following renovations in 1965, passengers could transfer from the U6 to the U7 on the same platform.

Located at 52.4944, 13.3886 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

Südstern (Berlin U-Bahn)

Südstern is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U7. Opened as "Hasenheide" in 1924, the name changed to "Kaiser-Friedrich-Platz" in 1933 and to "Gardepionierplatz" in 1939. In 1947 the station got the name Südstern. In 1958 the platform was elongated. The next station is Hermannplatz (change here for U8). From 2010 the station will have additional support features for the blind and partially sighted as well as an elevator.

Located at 52.4894, 13.4078 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

Moritzplatz (Berlin U-Bahn)

Moritzplatz is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U8 line. Peter Behrens constructed this unusual subway station in Berlin in 1928. It was closed briefly in 1945 and between 1961 and 1990 it was the last station in West Berlin, after which the train passed through communist East Berlin until Gesundbrunnen.

Located at 52.5036, 13.4108 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

Mossehaus

Mossehaus is an office building on 18-25 Schützenstrasse in Berlin, renovated and with a corner designed by Erich Mendelsohn in 1921–1923. The original Mosse building housed the printing press and offices of the newspapers owned by Rudolf Mosse, mainly liberal newspapers such as the Berliner Tageblatt.

Located at 52.5089, 13.3969 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1923, Buildings and structures in Berlin, Expressionist architecture, Erich Mendelsohn buildings, Modernist architecture in Germany, Streamline Moderne architecture

Mehringplatz

Mehringplatz is a round plaza (or circus) at the southern peak of the Friedrichstadt neighbourhood in Kreuzberg, Berlin. It marks the southern end of Friedrichstraße. Until 1970 also Lindenstraße and Wilhelmstrasse ended in the square. Since 1947 it is named after the publicist Franz Mehring (1846–1919).

Located at 52.4989, 13.3917 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Squares in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

Landwehr Canal

The Landwehr Canal, or Landwehrkanal in German, is a 10.7-kilometre long canal parallel to the Spree river in Berlin, Germany, built between 1845 and 1850 according to plans by Peter Joseph Lenné. It connects the upper part of the Spree at the Osthafen (Eastern Harbour) in Friedrichshain with its lower part in Charlottenburg, flowing through Kreuzberg and Tiergarten.

Located at 52.4978, 13.3925 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Canals in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Buildings and structures in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Buildings and structures in Mitte, Federal waterways in Germany

Schwules Museum

The Schwules Museum (Gay Museum) is an LGBT museum in Berlin which opened in 1985.

Located at 52.4908, 13.3878 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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LGBT history in Germany, LGBT museums and archives, Museums in Berlin, LGBT organisations in Germany

Jerusalem Church (Berlin)

Jerusalem Church (German: Jerusalemkirche or Jerusalemer Kirche) is one of the churches of the Evangelical Congregation in the Friedrichstadt (under this name since 2001), a member of the Protestant umbrella organisation Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia. The present church building is located in Berlin, borough Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, in the quarter of Friedrichstadt.

Located at 52.5038, 13.3952 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Protestant churches, Churches in Berlin, Places of worship in Berlin, Heritage sites in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Religious buildings completed in 1731, Religious buildings completed in 1879, Religious buildings completed in 1968, Buildings and structures in Germany destroyed during World War II

Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek

The Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek (English: American Memorial Library) is one of the largest public libraries in Berlin, Germany. It was a donation from the United States after the Berlin Blockade, which took place in 1948/49. The building was designed by American and German architects, including Fritz Bornemann and Willy Kreuer. It was opened on September 17, 1954 and was originally planned to become the Central Library of Berlin.

Located at 52.4964, 13.3917 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Libraries in Berlin

Fichte-Bunker

The Fichte-Bunker is a nineteenth-century gasometer in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, Germany that was made into an air-raid shelter in World War II and subsequently was used as a shelter for the homeless and for refugees, in particular for those fleeing East Berlin for the West. It is the last remaining brick gasometer in Berlin. The Fichte-Bunker is located between Fichtestraße and Körtestraße in an area of Jugendstil apartment houses, many of which are now under historic protection.

Located at 52.4903, 13.4125 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Berlin, Home front during World War II

Berlinische Galerie

The Berlinische Galerie is a museum of modern art, photography and architecture in Berlin. It is located in Kreuzberg, on Alte Jakobstraße, not far from the Jewish Museum.

Located at 52.5042, 13.3989 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Art museums and galleries in Berlin, Modern art museums, Art museums established in 1975, 1975 establishments in Germany

Columbia concentration camp

Columbia concentration camp (also known as Columbia-Haus) was a Nazi concentration camp situated in the Tempelhof area of Berlin. It was one of the first such institutions established by the regime.

Located at 52.4836, 13.3992 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Nazi concentration camps in Germany, Buildings and structures in Berlin, Gestapo

Großgaststätte Ahornblatt

The Großgaststätte Ahornblatt (lit. "Great Maple Leaf Restaurant") was a building located in the Mitte district of Berlin. Built between 1971 and 1973 as part of the new Fischerinsel residential condominium project, it accommodated a self service restaurant with 880 seats and a shopping arcade for the employees of the East German Ministry of Construction and for the workers of other nearby offices. Despite protests, the building was demolished in 2000.

Located at 52.5132, 13.4058 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1973, Destroyed landmarks in Germany, History of East Germany, Former buildings and structures of Germany, History of Berlin, 20th century in Germany, 1989 disestablishments, Buildings and structures in Mitte

Core Tex Records

Core Tex Records is a punk and hardcore record label based in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, Germany. It was established in 1988 . Core Tex has become a centre for live music, playing host to a string of in-store live events as well as participating in an annual music festival called Myfest.

Located at 52.5033, 13.4122 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Hardcore record labels

Path of Visionaries

The Path of Visionaries is a city art project under construction in Berlin, Germany. Located on the southern end of Friedrichstraße in Kreuzberg plaques are embedded in the sidewalks.

Located at 52.5003, 13.3917 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Culture in Berlin, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg