Wilhelmstadt
District of Berlin
Land Berlin - Germany

Spandau Prison

Spandau Prison was a prison situated in the borough of Spandau in western Berlin, constructed in 1876 and demolished in 1987 after the death of its last prisoner, Rudolf Hess, to prevent it from becoming a neo-Nazi shrine.

Located at 52.5211, 13.1853 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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1876 establishments in Germany, Buildings and structures demolished in 1987, Defunct prisons in Germany, Aftermath of World War II, Buildings and structures in Spandau, Allied occupation of Germany

Spree

The Spree is a river that flows through the Saxony, Brandenburg and Berlin states of Germany, and in the Ústí nad Labem region of the Czech Republic. It is a left bank tributary of the River Havel and is approximately 400 kilometres in length. The reach of the river between the Dämeritzsee and Müggelsee to the east of Berlin is known as the Müggelspree.

Located at 52.5361, 13.2086 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Rivers of Berlin, Spree basin, International rivers of Europe, Rivers of Brandenburg, Rivers of Saxony, Rivers of the Ústí nad Labem Region, Federal waterways in Germany

Spandau Citadel

The Spandau Citadel is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island created by the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin. In recent years it has been used as a museum and has become a popular tourist spot.

Located at 52.5414, 13.2122 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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16th-century architecture, Buildings and structures in Spandau, Forts in Germany, Renaissance architecture in Germany, Museums in Berlin, History museums in Germany, Water castles

Rathaus Spandau (Berlin U-Bahn)

Rathaus Spandau is one of the terminals of the Berlin U-Bahn line U7 (the other one being Rudow). It was opened on 1 October 1984 with the line's extension from Rohrdamm to Rathaus Spandau. The station takes its name from the nearby Rathaus Spandau, the historic city hall of Spandau. Close to the U-Bahn station Rathaus Spandau is the Berlin-Spandau railway station of the Berlin S-Bahn line S75 and the Deutsche Bahn for regional and intercity transport.

Located at 52.535, 13.2003 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Spandau, Railway stations opened in 1984

Altstadt Spandau (Berlin U-Bahn)

Altstadt Spandau is a station in the Spandau district of Berlin, on that city's U-Bahn line U7. It takes its name from the Altstadt Spandau, the historic central area of the former independent city of Spandau. The station was opened on 1 October 1984 (architect R.G. Rümmler) with the line's extension from Rohrdamm to Rathaus Spandau. It lies between Rathaus Spandau and Zitadelle stations. The next station is Zitadelle.

Located at 52.5389, 13.2064 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Spandau, Railway stations opened in 1984

Zitadelle (Berlin U-Bahn)

Zitadelle is a station on the Berlin U-Bahn line U7. It was opened on 1 October 1984 with the line's extension from Rohrdamm to Rathaus Spandau. Its name means "Citadel" in English and it was named for the historic Spandau Citadel. Unlike most u-bahn stations, Zitadelle has side platforms. The station's interiors were also designed to resemble the citadel's style. It lies between the stations Altstadt Spandau and Haselhorst. It was built/opened by R.G.

Located at 52.5378, 13.2178 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Spandau, Railway stations opened in 1984

Haselhorst (Berlin U-Bahn)

Haselhorst is a station on the Berlin U-Bahn line U7. It was opened on 1 October 1984 with the line's extension from Rohrdamm to Rathaus Spandau. Its name means "hazel eyrie" in English; it was named for the locality where it lies: Haselhorst in the borough of Spandau. It lies between the stations Zitadelle and Paulsternstraße. It was build by R.G. Rümmler, mentionable are interesting light effects on the ceiling. The next station is Paulsternstraße.

Located at 52.5389, 13.2328 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Spandau, Railway stations opened in 1984

Grunewald Tower

The Grunewald Tower or Grunewaldturm is a historical tower in the Grunewald forest of southwestern Berlin, Germany, built in 1897-99 according to plans designed by Franz Heinrich Schwechten.

Located at 52.4783, 13.1967 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Berlin, Towers in Germany, Emperor William I monuments

Transmitter Stallupöner Allee, Berlin

The Transmitter Stallupöner Allee, Berlin is a transmission site for medium wave radio broadcasts situated on the Stallupöner Allee ("Stallupone Avenue") in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany. This transmission site was established in 1948. It uses as aerial a 130 metre high guyed steel framework mast with triangular section, which is insulated against ground. Until 1998 there was a second insulated guyed steel framework mast on the site.

Located at 52.5044, 13.2333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Berlin

Bell Tower of Berlin Olympic Stadium

The Bell Tower of Berlin Olympic Stadium was a 77 metres high observation tower that was built in 1934 after plans by professor Werner March. The steel skeleton construction was covered with limestone plates. After the Second World War the Soviet troops accidentally set the tower's contents on fire and it was no longer stable. Therefore the British engineers blew it up in 1947.

Located at 52.5139, 13.2317 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Towers in Germany, Buildings and structures in Berlin

Altstadt Spandau

Altstadt Spandau is the historic centre (the old city) of the borough (Bezirk) of Spandau in the western suburbs of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It is one of the four zones of the locality (Ortsteil) of Spandau. The Altstadt is situated on the west bank of the River Havel by its confluence with the River Spree. It was protected from attack by the Spandau Citadel, on an island between the two rivers.

Located at 52.5389, 13.2064 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Zones of Berlin, Spandau

Berlin-Spandau station

Berlin-Spandau is a railway station situated in the Spandau district of Berlin, Germany located at the western end of the S-Bahn line S5.

Located at 52.5347, 13.1958 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Berlin S-Bahn stations, Railway stations in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Spandau

Berlin 1939-1945 Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

The Berlin 1939-1945 Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery is one of two Commonwealth cemeteries in Berlin, the other being the World War I Berlin South-Western Cemetery in Stahnsdorf, Brandenburg. The Berlin 1939-1945 Commonwealth Cemetery was established in 1945 as a central burial ground for aircrew and prisoners of war who were interred in the Berlin area and in East Germany. There are also 260 burials from the post-war British Occupation Authorities staff, or their relatives.

Located at 52.5072, 13.2211 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Germany, World War II cemeteries in Germany, Cemeteries in Berlin

Berlin-Stresow railway station

Stresow is a railway station in the Spandau district of Berlin, named after the Stresow neighbourhood east of the Havel river. It is served by the S-Bahn line S5. The station opened on December 15, 1846 at the railway line from Berlin's Hamburger Bahnhof to the city of Hamburg. Then the main station in the area, it bore the name Spandau.

Located at 52.532, 13.2089 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Berlin S-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Spandau

Berlin-Pichelsberg railway station

Berlin Pichelsberg is a railway station in the Westend district of Berlin. It is served by the S-Bahn line S5.

Located at 52.5102, 13.2274 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Berlin S-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

Neu-Jerusalem

The Siedlung Neu-Jerusalem (New Jerusalem settlement) is a residential complex along federal route No. 5, here named Heerstraße, in the locality of Staaken, part of Berlin's Borough of Spandau. The Deutsche Gartenstadt Gesellschaft commissioned Erwin Gutkind (German), who designed between 1923 and 1924 following the style of New Objectivity the plans for the complex, which was completed until 1925.

Located at 52.528, 13.126 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Berlin, Zones of Berlin, Spandau, Modernist architecture

Berlin-Staaken station

Berlin-Staaken is a railway station located in Staaken, a locality in the Spandau district of Berlin. It is, also with Berlin Albrechtshof, the only Berliner DB station not served by the S-Bahn.

Located at 52.5378, 13.1414 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
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Railway stations in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Spandau

Berlin Albrechtshof station

Berlin Albrechtshof is a railway station located in Staaken, a locality in the Spandau district of Berlin. It is, also with Berlin Staaken, the only Berliner DB station not served by the S-Bahn.

Located at 52.5494, 13.1283 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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Railway stations in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Spandau

Rathaus Spandau

The Rathaus Spandau is the town hall of the borough of Spandau in the western suburbs of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It was designed by Heinrich Reinhardt and Georg Süßenguth, and was built between 1910 and 1913. Until 1920, when Spandau was incorporated into Greater Berlin, it was the city hall of the independent city of Spandau. The Rathaus Spandau is situated on Carl-Schurz-Straße at the southern edge of the Altstadt Spandau.

Located at 52.535, 13.2003 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Spandau, City and town halls in Germany

Wilhelmstraße (Spandau)

The Wilhelmstraße in the Berliner district of Spandau is the connecting street between Spandau and Potsdam. In the north, at Seeburger Straße and the Ziegelhof, the Wilhelmstraße runs into the Klosterstraße, about a kilometre south of Spandau Station. It crosses the Heerstraße and from there on it is also the Bundesstraße 2. At its southern end, at the „Seeburger Zipfel“ at Karolinenhöhe the Wilhelmstraße runs into the Potsdamer Chaussee.

Located at 52.5167, 13.1786 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Streets in Berlin, Spandau

Heerstraße (Berlin)

The Heerstraße runs from Theodor-Heuss-Platz in Berlin-Charlottenburg until the western city border of Berlin in the locality of Staaken in the borough of Spandau. In its intire length it is part of the Bundesstraße 5; from Theodor-Heuss-Platz to Wilhelmstraße it is also Bundesstraße 2. With its length of about 10 kilometres, it is one of the longest streets in Berlin and an important commuter route.

Located at 52.5133, 13.1953 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Streets in Berlin, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Spandau

Britannia Centre Spandau

The former Britannia Centre Spandau, before known as British Forces Families Centre (BFFC), was built in 1990 by PSA for the British Authorities on the site where Spandau Prison used to be located. It centralised the main shopping, welfare, employment and broadcasting facilities for the British military community in Berlin. The Britannia Centre consisted of a new shopping and cinema complex and five existing and completely refurbished two and three-storey buildings.

Located at 52.5208, 13.1856 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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British Army deployments, History of Berlin

Charlotten Bridge

Charlotten Bridge (German Charlottenbrücke) in Spandau links the old town of Spandau on the west bank of the Havel with the east bank. It was one of the few bridges over which some of the German garrison of Berlin were able to escape during the night of 1 May 1945 just hours before the city fell to Soviet forces.

Located at 52.5351, 13.2062 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Road bridges in Germany, Bridges in Berlin

Hakenfelde Prison

Hakenfelde Prison (German: Justizvollzugsanstalt Hakenfelde, JVA Hakenfelde) is a low-security prison in Hakenfelde in Berlin, operated by the State of Berlin Department of Corrections. It was opened on 1 March 1978 in then West Berlin, and was originally a branch of Düppel Prison. It became an independent correctional institution in 1991. Between 1995 and 1998, its old barracks were replaced by a modern prison building. It has a capacity of 908 prisoners.

Located at 52.5692, 13.2114 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Prisons in Germany

2013 Berlin helicopter crash

On 21 March 2013 around 10:30 CET, two helicopters of the German Federal Police collided in front of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. Amid a large-scale training exercise, one helicopter apparently had landed on top of the other in snowy weather. The accident left one pilot dead and injured several other persons.

Located at 52.5135, 13.2361 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Aviation accidents and incidents in Germany, Aviation accidents and incidents in 2013, Mid-air collisions, Accidents and incidents involving helicopters, 2013 in Germany, History of Berlin, Accidents and incidents involving the Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma