Plötzensee
District of Berlin
Land Berlin - Germany

Halemweg (Berlin U-Bahn)

Halemweg is a station on the Berlin U-Bahn line U7, located in the Charlottenburg-Nord district. It was opened on October 1, 1980 (architect R.G. Rümmler) with the line's extension from Richard-Wagner-Platz to Rohrdamm. The eponymous neighborhood street is named after Resistance fighter Nikolaus Christoph von Halem, who was executed in Brandenburg prison on October 9, 1944. The next station is Jakob-Kaiser-Platz.

Located at 52.5367, 13.2864 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Railway stations opened in 1980

Jakob-Kaiser-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn)

Jakob-Kaiser-Platz is a metro station on the Berlin U-Bahn line U7, located in the Charlottenburg-Nord district. It was opened on 1 October 1980 (architect R.G. Rümmler) with the line's extension from Richard-Wagner-Platz to Rohrdamm. The eponymous traffic circle located above the station is named after politician and Resistance fighter Jakob Kaiser (1888–1961). The next station is Jungfernheide (change here for DB and S-Bahn) The 109 bus runs to Berlin Tegel "Otto Lilienthal" Airport.

Located at 52.5344, 13.2936 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Squares in Berlin, Railway stations opened in 1980

Mierendorffplatz (Berlin U-Bahn)

Mierendorffplatz is a station on the Berlin U-Bahn line U7 in Charlottenburg. It was opened on 1 October 1980 with the line's extension from Richard-Wagner-Platz to Rohrdamm. The eponymous square is named after politician and Resistance fighter Carlo Mierendorff (1897–1943). Architect Rümmler designed this station walls like the pattern of a M as in Mierendorffplatz. The next station is Richard Wagner Platz.

Located at 52.5264, 13.305 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Railway stations opened in 1980

Berlin Jungfernheide station

Berlin Jungfernheide is a railway station located at Charlottenburg-Nord, in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district of Berlin, served by the S-Bahn lines S41 and S42, the U-Bahn line U7 and Regional-Express trains of the Deutsche Bahn. Its name literally translates into "maiden's heathland"; it was named after what was once a large forest in the proximity of this station.

Located at 52.53, 13.299 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Berlin S-Bahn stations, Berlin U-Bahn stations, Railway stations in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

Plötzensee (lake)

Plötzensee is a small glacial lake in Berlin. It is situated near the Rehberge public park in the former borough of Wedding, now a part of Mitte. The name stems from Plötze, one name for the roach in German, as the lake formerly teemed with it. Plötzensee is part of a chain of lakes stretching from the northeast to the Spree valley, formed in the last ice age. Until 1443 the nunnery of St. Mary at Spandau had the rights to the lake, but these were eventually assumed by the Prussian treasury.

Located at 52.5442, 13.3303 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Lakes of Berlin, Mitte, Glacial lakes

Charlottenburg Palace

Charlottenburg Palace is the largest palace in Berlin, Germany, and the only surviving royal residence in the city dating back to the time of the Hohenzollern family. It is located in the Charlottenburg district of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough. The palace was built at the end of the 17th century and was greatly expanded during the 18th century. It includes much exotic internal decoration in baroque and rococo styles.

Located at 52.5211, 13.2958 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Palaces in Berlin, Royal residences in Berlin, Prussian cultural sites, 17th-century architecture, 18th-century architecture, Baroque architecture in Berlin, Rococo architecture of Germany, Museums in Berlin, Historic house museums in Germany, Gardens in Berlin, Decorative arts museums in Germany

Kurt-Schumacher-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn)

Kurt-Schumacher-Platz is a station on the U6 line of the Berlin U-Bahn. There is a bus link outside the station connecting Berlin's Tegel International Airport to the U-Bahn network. The station was opened on May 3, 1956 and named after famous German politician Kurt Schumacher. The station was built by B. Grimmek, and has yellow tiles on the wall. The U6 extension between Seestrasse (Berlin U-Bahn) and Kurt-Schumacher-Platz was the first new subway line built after World War II in Berlin.

Located at 52.5633, 13.3275 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Reinickendorf, Railway stations opened in 1956

GVU

The Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung von Urheberrechtsverletzungen e.V. (GVU, Society for the Prosecution of Copyright Infringement) is a registered association under German law. According to its own description it works for the game and film industry and helps to protect intellectual property and to counter the illegal distribution of copied materials. For this purpose, the association cooperates with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).

Located at 52.524, 13.3281 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Trade associations, Organisations based in Germany, Copyright law, Entertainment organizations

Berlin rocket launching site

Rocket Launch Site Berlin (Raketenflugplatz Berlin) was the launch site of the Space Club (Verein für Raumschiffahrt) in Berlin-Reinickendorf at 52°33' N and 13°18' E directly adjacent to the current site of the Airport Berlin-Tegel in an area that is now Cité Pasteur. It was inaugurated in September 1930, using the site and the buildings of a disused French ammunitions depot which Rudolf Nebel managed to rent from the Prussian war ministry.

Located at 52.55, 13.3 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Berlin, Research and development in Nazi Germany, Rockets and missiles

Wachbataillon

The Wachbataillon is the German Bundeswehr's elite drill unit. The Wachbataillon is the largest battalion of the German forces with about 1,800 soldiers, split in two garrisons in Berlin and Siegburg. It consists of nine companies (see list below) and belongs to the Streitkräftebasis (Joint Service Support Command) of the Bundeswehr. The soldiers of the Wachbataillon often refer to themselves as Protter or Protokollsoldaten, meaning protocol soldiers.

Located at 52.5566, 13.3194 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Battalions of Germany, Guards regiments

Scharnweberstraße (Berlin U-Bahn)

Scharnweberstraße is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U6. It was constructed by B. Grimmek in 1958. Due to the extension of the U6, the trains had to go above ground after Kurt-Schumacher-Platz station. Soil for the embankment on which the line is built came from excavations for the U9, which was being built in parallel. As the trains had to go above ground, Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), who operate the Berlin U-Bahn, had to install windscreen wipers on the trains.

Located at 52.5669, 13.3128 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Reinickendorf

Afrikanische Straße (Berlin U-Bahn)

Afrikanische Straße is a station in the Wedding district of Berlin which serves the U6 line and is operated by the BVG. The station is named for one of the major streets which intersect nearby, but is actually located under the Müllerstraße, one of the district's major shopping streets and thoroughfares. It was opened on 3 May 1956, along with the rest of the route between Seestraße and Kurt-Schumacher-Platz.

Located at 52.5603, 13.3347 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Mitte, Railway stations opened in 1956

Richard-Wagner-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn)

Richard-Wagner-Platz is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U7 in the Charlottenburg district. The original station opened on May 14, 1906 under the name Wilhelmplatz, together with Deutsche Oper the first of several U-Bahn stations designed by Alfred Grenander. At the time it was the western terminus of the first Berlin U-Bahn line (Stammstrecke) after the line's extension from Knie (today Ernst-Reuter-Platz) to the Charlottenburg town hall.

Located at 52.5169, 13.3067 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Railway stations opened in 1906

Plötzensee Prison

Plötzensee Prison (German: Justizvollzugsanstalt Plötzensee, JVA Plötzensee) is a men's prison in the Charlottenburg-Nord locality of Berlin with a capacity for 577 prisoners, operated by the State of Berlin Department of Corrections. The detention center established in 1868 has a long history; it became notorious during the Nazi era as one of the main sites of capital punishment, where about 3,000 inmates were executed.

Located at 52.541, 13.322 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Prisons in Germany, Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Executions at Plötzensee Prison, Heritage sites in Berlin, Execution sites

Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (Berlin)

The Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte ("Museum for prehistory and early history"), part of the Berlin State Museums, is one of major archaeological museums of Germany, and among the largest supra-regional collections of prehistoric finds in Europe. It was previously located in the former theatre building by Carl Ferdinand Langhans, next to Schloss Charlottenburg, and encompasses six exhibition halls on three floors.

Located at 52.5206, 13.2922 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Antikensammlung Berlin, Museums in Berlin, Archaeological museums in Germany, Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Museums established in 1830, 1830 establishments in Germany, Berlin State Museums

Berlin Beusselstraße station

Beusselstraße is a station in the Moabit district of Berlin. It is served by the S-Bahn lines S41 and S42. There is an express bus link between this station and Tegel Airport.

Located at 52.5344, 13.3292 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Berlin S-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Mitte

Maria Regina Martyrum

Maria Regina Martyrum (German: Gedenkkirche Maria Regina Martyrum literally in English Commemorative church Mary Queen of Martyrs of the German catholics in honor of the martyrs for freedom of religion and conscience in the years 1933-1945) is a Roman Catholic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin in Berlin, borough Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, in the locality of Charlottenburg-Nord.

Located at 52.5403, 13.2985 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Roman Catholic churches in Germany, Churches in Berlin, Heritage sites in Berlin, Holocaust commemoration, Roman Catholic churches completed in 1963, Monuments and memorials in Berlin

Landgericht Berlin

The Landgericht Berlin is a regional court in Berlin, divided into two divisions for civil and criminal cases. In the German court hierarchy, it is above the eleven local courts of the city and below the Kammergericht, which is the highest regional court of Berlin. The Landgericht Berlin is the largest Landgericht in Germany, with about 900 employees.

Located at 52.5271, 13.2976 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Courts in Germany, Buildings and structures in Berlin

Protestant Church of Plötzensee

The Protestant Church of Plötzensee is situated in Berlin-Charlottenburg-Nord and was inaugurated in 1970 as the second church building of the Protestant Congregation in North-Charlottenburg. As it is located close to the former Plötzensee Prison, the church-building was designed as a memorial for the victims of National Socialism. The paintings Plötzenseer Totentanz painted by the Viennese artist Alfred Hrdlicka are an important part of this church.

Located at 52.5394, 13.3 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Holocaust museums, Christian ecumenism, Churches in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Berlin, Culture in Berlin, 20th-century Lutheran church buildings, Religious buildings completed in 1970

Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection

The Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection is an art museum in Berlin. Its collection of paintings, graphics and sculptures, spanning the period from French Romanticism to Surrealism, is currently housed in former rooms of the Egyptian Museum in Charlottenburg on a ten-year loan. It was founded in 2008, and is part of the National Gallery of Berlin.

Located at 52.5192, 13.2967 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Art museums and galleries in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Art museums established in 2008, 2008 establishments in Germany, Berlin State Museums

Berggruen Museum

The Berggruen Museum (also known as the Berggruen Collection) is a collection of modern art classics in Berlin, which the collector and dealer Heinz Berggruen, in a "gesture of reconciliation", gave to his native city for a price well below its actual value. The most notable artists on display include Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Georges Braque, Paul Klee and Henri Matisse. The Berggruen Collection is part of the National Gallery of Berlin.

Located at 52.5192, 13.2953 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Art museums and galleries in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Art museums established in 1996, 1996 establishments in Germany, Berlin State Museums

Bröhan Museum

The Bröhan Museum is a museum of art and design in Berlin. It is devoted to Art Nouveau, Art Deco and functionalism, and occupies a late-classicist former barracks in Charlottenburg, opposite Charlottenburg Palace. The museum is organised into "room ensembles", each containing examples of art, design and furniture from a particular phase in late-19th/early-20th century art history. Glassware, metalware and ceramics are displayed alongside paintings, in rooms furnished and decorated accordingly.

Located at 52.5181, 13.2939 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Art museums and galleries in Germany, Museums in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Art museums established in 1981, 1981 establishments in Germany

Westhafen Canal

The Westhafen Canal, or Westhafenkanal in German, is a canal in Berlin, Germany. The 3.1-kilometre long canal connects with the Westhafen inland port and the Berlin-Spandau Ship Canal at its eastern end, and with the River Spree in Charlottenburg at its western end. It has no locks. Construction was begun in 1938, but was interrupted by the Second World War, and only completed between 1954 and 1956.

Located at 52.5347, 13.3067 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Canals in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Buildings and structures in Mitte, Federal waterways in Germany

Charlottenburg Canal

The Charlottenburg Canal, or Charlottenburger Verbindungskanal in German, is a canal in Berlin, Germany. With a former length of 3.2 kilometres, the canal was built between 1848 and 1859, and originally connected the River Spree, in Charlottenburg, with the Berlin-Spandau Ship Canal.

Located at 52.5281, 13.3144 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Canals in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Buildings and structures in Mitte, Federal waterways in Germany

Charlottenburg Town Hall

Charlottenburg Town Hall is an administrative building situated in the Charlottenburg locality of Berlin in Germany. It was built between 1899 and 1905 at the behest of the then independent city of Charlottenburg in the Prussian province of Brandenburg.

Located at 52.5178, 13.3086 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf