Berlin Districts
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Berlin is without doubt the most fascinating city in Germany. With an area of around 341 square miles Berlin’s landscape is unique, having numerous parks, lakes and wooded areas in addition to a modern, cosmopolitan city centre. The troubled history of this celebrated capital has for many years attracted the interest of tourists from around the world. It is estimated that around 80% of Berlin was destroyed during the Second World War; landmarks such as the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church stand as lasting reminders of the mass destruction this city once endured. One of Berlin's most famous landmarks is the Berlin Wall: the impassable concrete divider of this great city, which separated families and friends between 1961 and 1989. The East was governed by a communist regime, whilst the West was allowed to flourish under a democratic capitalist government. Even now, over a decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the differences between the former East and West are still very apparent. Berlin has an undeniable - and at times uncomfortable - air of mystery that has always been, and always will be, a major draw for tourists from around the world. With approximately 3,400,000 inhabitants, Berlin is the largest city in Germany. Berlin has twelve administrative districts, each one seeming like an individual small town in its own right. Each district has its own charm and special appeal and visitors are just as likely to encounter breathtaking natural scenery and tranquil areas, as the attractions of a bustling metropolis. This is what makes Germany's largest city so remarkable.
to top >Mitte
There are no end of major attractions in Berlin's Mitte district. The Brandenburg Gate is Berlin's most famous landmark and the emblem of the city. "Unter den Linden", the famous boulevard, leads from here to the Schlossbrücke bridge and each of the buildings along it has its own story to tell. Humboldt University, the State Opera, the Comic Opera, the Armoury and the Crown Prince's Palace are just a few of its best known sights. The imposing group of grand classical buildings on Berlin’s Museum Island has been designated a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. The Alexanderplatz square with its cold, yet impressive high-rise buildings remains the centre of East Berlin, dominated by the 365-metre high television tower. FriedrichStrasse's elegant boutiques and upmarket department stores are excellent places for shopping and browsing. Exclusive and quirky shops, chic cocktail bars and bohemian courtyards are packed together in the Hackesche Höfe complex. The reconstructed Nikolaiviertel quarter has preserved the charm of a small 18th century town. Gendarmenmarkt, designed by Schinkel and considered one of the most beautiful squares in Europe with its Concert Hall and the German and French Cathedrals, lies close to the prominent domed building of St Hedwig's cathedral. Potsdamer Platz at the heart of Berlin extends across the Mitte and Tiergarten districts.
Kreuzberg
In recent years, Kreuzberg has become a fashionable area, but has retained its bohemian feel. Berlin’s most populous district was once a melting pot of different nationalities, groups on the fringes of society and the ‘alternative scene’ in the days when Berlin was a divided city. When the Berlin Wall fell, the area suddenly found itself in the geographical centre of Berlin and its proximity to the upmarket Mitte district brought the advent of fashionable restaurants and cocktail bars.
Prenzlauer Berg
In the 19th century, Prenzlauer Berg was a traditional working-class district with five-storey tenement blocks dominating the skyline. The area went into decline under the GDR regime and became a focus for opposition movements. Numerous protest services and peace vigils were held in its churches in 1989. In recent years, Prenzlauer Berg has taken the place of Kreuzberg as the centre of autonomous, alternative culture. Schönhauser Allee is its main thoroughfare and shopping street, and the area around the water tower is a good place to stroll and relax.
Charlottenburg
The Charlottenburg District is situated north of the famous Kurfürstendamm, which became Berlin's main shopping street in the West during the years that Berlin was divided. The Charlottenburg district has a number of famous landmarks, perhaps the best known being Schloss Charlottenburg, an elegant palace commisioned in 1695 by Queen Sophie Charlotte. This part of Berlin is also home to some fine bookshops, bars and restaurants, mainly around the Savignyplatz.
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Wedding is an area within Mitte, which was formerly an independent borough in its own right until it was fused with Tiergarten and Mitte in 2001. The former borough of Wedding included the Gesundbrunnen district.
Situated in Wedding was the western terminus of one of the first refugee tunnels to be dug underneath the Berlin Wall. It extended from the basement of an abandoned factory on Schälnholzer Strasse in the Soviet sector underneath Bernauer Strasse, and led to another building in the west. Though marvellously well constructed and its secrecy maintained, the tunnel was plagued by water from leaking pipes, and had to be shut down after only a few days of operation. A section of the Berlin Wall has been reconstructed near the spot on Bernauer Strasse where the tunnel ended. Two sections of the Wall run parallel to one another down the street, with a strip of no man's land in the middle. A nearby museum documents the history of the Wall. The original character of Wedding has been preserved, more so than other 19th century working class districts. It is said to be a place to find the Schnauze mit Herz (big mouth with a big heart) of the working class. The population however is not entirely made up of Germans – Wedding’s multiculturalism is reflected in the bilingual shop signs (German and Turkish, or German and Arabic). The buildings of Wedding are relics of European post-war Modernism. Many are monolithic housing blocks. Some old buildings which survived the war still have coal heating, despite the urban renewal which has gone on all around them.
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Tiergarten (Zoological Garden) refers both to the name of the famous zoo and park in Berlin and to a neighborhood within the borough of Mitte. Before German reunification, Tiergarten was the name of a borough in West Berlin, consisting of the current neighbourhood (formerly called Tiergarten Süd), plus Hansaviertel and Moabit. A new system of road and rail tunnels running under the park is located in the neighbourhood, and Berlin's new central station, Berlin Hauptbahnhof, is located nearby in Moabit.
The Reichstag (parliament), the office of the German Chancellor and several embassies, as well as the residence of the German President, Schloss Bellevue, are located in Tiergarten. The Brandenburg Gate and the Potsdamer Platz are situated on its eastern border, which used to be the frontier between East and West Berlin. The Tiergarten also contains several notable sculptures and sites of interest, including the four-tiered Victory Column, the Bismarck Memorial and several other memorials to prominent Prussian generals, all of which were located in the ceremonial park facing the Reichstag before they were moved to their present location by the Nazis. In addition, the tree-lined walkways emanating from the Victory column contain several ceremonial sculptures of Prussian aristocrats enacting an 18th century hunt. At the Victory Column, located at the heart of the Tiergarten, the German Live 8 concert took place on July 2, 2005.
The Tiergarten was largely deforested after 1944 in order to serve as a source of firewood for the devastated city. In 1945, the Soviet Union built a war memorial along the Strasse des 17. Juni, the Tiergarten's main east-west artery, near the Brandenburg Gate.
Wilmersdorf
Wilmersdorf is an area of Berlin, formerly a borough but since 2001 part of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. The Kurfürstendamm runs through the area. Wilmersdorf was a village near Berlin (Deutsch-Wilmersdorf) and was made a part of "Greater Berlin" in 1920. The borough with the name of Wilmersdorf also included the areas of Halensee, Schmargendorf and Grunewald.
Schöneberg
Schöneberg inhabitants are known for their style - even if non-stylish is in ! The whole area is full of places offering the best in “trendy” modern living… Wacky shoes, exclusive antiques, gracious interiors, elegant restaurants and imaginative - even erotic - clothes. KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens), the largest department store in continental Europe, is located at Wittenbergplatz. It was at the Town Hall in Schöneberg that the US President John F Kennedy delivered his famous “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech in 1963.
One of the oldest and biggest dance halls is the Metropol at Nollendorfplatz. This includes the Loft, venue of legendary concerts, like Café Swing opposite. Genuine Schönebergers gather on Saturday mornings before 2 pm to go shopping at Winterfeldtmarkt and start the day amid the easy-going bustle wearing dark glasses after the long Friday nights. On the days when there's no market, inline skaters and various other kinds of boarders turn the flat expanse of the square into an arena. The surrounding cafés, Sidney, Berio and Belmundo invite you to a big leisurely breakfast. Habibi, one of the best falafel bars in the city, is also directly on Winterfeldtplatz. You can spend the whole day at Tim's Canadian Deli. Breakfast from 8 am, and later you can tuck into muffins, chicken wings, spare ribs, burgers and all those other tasty Canadian delicacies. But the place to really get you in the party mood is Green Door nearby. Watch out for the bouncers at the door !
Off the south side of the square, to the right in Hohenstaufenstrasse is the fashionable bar called Mutter (Mother). Further on in Goltzstrasse is a whole array of pubs and cafés. Next to the famous Indian eatery Rani, you will find the famous Café M, with Lux next door. They offer big cups of their highly popular café au lait at any time of day or night. Good cocktails are professionally mixed in Mr. Hu's Bar. And close by is Havanna with salsa, latino and hiphop on three dance floors. There's no lack of culinary delights here either: along with Indian food, there are snack bars for hot dogs, pizza, Tex-Mex and much more. It's well worth peeping into the side streets and strolling down Akazienstrasse towards Hauptstrasse - the network of cafés, restaurants and bars is expanding all the time.
Friedrichshain
The old working-class district south of Karl-Marx-Allee is now a thriving neighbourhood. Lots of students have moved in here since 1991 or simply transferred over the Spree from Kreuzberg because rents in the old houses were quite low. If you like places with rather austere charm where style isn't so important and prices are at rock bottom, Friedrichshain is just the right district for you.
Right by the Oberbaumbrücke, which offers a wonderful view across the Spree on both sides, is East Side Gallery, the longest remaining section of the Berlin Wall (more than 1 km long). The artworks were created immediately after German unification – this is a piece of wall that was never painted in communist times. Here on Spreeufer (the bank of the river Spree) is Speicher, an American-inspired amusement complex with discos and bars on 4 floors. A bit further to the east, directly under Warschauer Strasse S-Bahn station, dance fans can ‘strut their stuff’ in Matrix.
Around the corner you can relax in the lounge-room atmosphere of Karel Duba. Just a few steps away is Non Tox, where the weekend parties are full of subversive musical mixes.
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Tempelhof is a industrial and residential district for families. The northern part was mainly taken up by Tempelhof airport, which finally closed in October 2008. The airport remains a monument to the Berlin Airlift which lasted from 1948 to 1949. The Luftbrückdenkmal (Airlift Memorial) is located outside the airport to honour those who fought – or even died – for freedom in the city by participating in the supply operation. Future usage of the site is under discussion – a musuem, a creative industries industrial park with residential accomodation, even a film location for Berlin's Babelsberg Film Studios are among options currently being considered.
Lichtenberg
Lichtenberg is situated in the heart of the former East Berlin. Residents are spoilt by both its geographical position close to the city centre, and the spacious atmosphere of a suburban area. The Friedrichsfelde zoological garden with its 160 hectares ranks among Germany's largest; the neighbouring castle is designed in the style of a Dutch mansion. The park area was originally designed by Lenné in 1816 and has been home to the Tierpark (zoo) since 1955. The Tierpark is situated to the north west of the Zentralfriedhof (central cemetery), where Käthe Kollwitz – the famous German printmaker and sculptress - rests in peace. Her empathy for the less fortunate, expressed most famously through the graphic means of drawing, etching, lithography, and woodcut, embraced the victims of poverty, hunger, and war. In this cemetery there are many interesting and sometimes pompous graves, which remind of well-to-do Berliners of a bygone age.
Treptow
Treptow enjoys superb connections to the city-train network: the lines S3, S41/42 (‘loop’ service), S6, S8 and S9 open up the district, regional trains stop at Schöneweide train station. South of Treptow there is Schönefeld airport just outside the city's border. The narrow, longish district between Köpenick and Neukölln is one of Berlin's most popular locations for a day out: the vast Treptower Volkspark and the Plänterwald forest permit day trippers to get close to nature, without travelling too far from the centre. The leisure area on the Spree river can to be reached by city-train as well as by steamer. The Treptower Hafen marina is one of the main landing stages for Berlin's sightseeing ships. In the Treptower Volkspark the awe-inspiring Soviet Memorial designed by Stalinist architects recalls an ill-fated era. The Bridge of Hearts guides you to the "Insel der Jugend" (Island of Youth). People and institutions endeavouring to fulfil the dreams and hopes of children are honoured here with blue hearts which are embedded in the bridge. The giant sculpture (30 meters high) of the "Molecule Man" in the Spree points to the newly built office centre "Treptowers" facing the Volkspark. In Archenhold observatory, which houses the world's longest telescope with a 21 meter long lens, Albert Einstein presented his relativity theory to the public. A visit to Adlershof, where writer Anna Seghers resided, is home to the modern research and science centre WISTA with its futuristic buildings. The former television centre of the GDR is another attraction for the science- and technology enthusiast.
Neukölln
The U8 underground line connects Neukölln with the city centre, and the ‘loop’ service (S41/42) with the western and eastern districts. The U7 line links the district to the city border in the South. The northern part of Neukölln is dominated by well-preserved and populous old building quarters and in many ways resembles neighbouring Kreuzberg. One of Berlin's most busy squares is Hermannplatz with it enormous Karstadt department store. The store was originally opened in 1929, and was heralded as the most modern department store in Europe. Unfortunately the original Art Deco style building was razed to the ground in a bombing raid just before the end of WW2. The rebuild in 1950/1951 was a somewhat bland, square building, which has improved vastly in appearance after several makeovers in more recent years. Adjoining Hermannplatz is Karl-Marx-Strasse, a popular shopping avenue. Here you also will find what is probably Germany's most unconventional opera house, the Neuköllner Oper, which presents opera music to wider audiences and attempts to banish the idea that opera is somehow only for an elite few. A few steps on is Rixdorf, one of the most beautiful “Gründerzeit” areas (i.e. where buildings were constructed with ornate facades, during the mid 19th Century when the founders of business – the Gründer - were able to “get rich quick” due to the economic upswing of the time). Rixdorf also hosts a gem of urban history: the Böhmisches Dorf (Bohemian village) around Richardplatz. In the midst of the metropolis, the character of this village has been preserved by its architecture dating back over 250 years, the legendary (and still economically viable) forge featuring in the middle of the square. Neukölln's southside is completely different: canals and waterways, the castle Britz, the beautiful Garden of Britz (Britzer Garten, location of the National Garden Exhibition of 1985) and some detached single family homes can be found here. The Hufeisensiedlung ("horseshoe settlement") of Bruno Taut in Britz is well known by admirers of architecture.
Steglitz
The U9 underground, S1 and S25 city-trains connect Steglitz to the city centre. Car drivers can reach the centre via Schlossstrasse, and on its south-west extension "Unter den Eichen" to Berlin's surrounding areas. The old airport at Tempelhof is close by.
Steglitz' mix of accommodation close to the centre, exclusive residential areas, suburbs and greenery is typical for South Berlin. The district's axis is the Schlossstrasse, one of the city's major shopping avenues. In the area around the town hall there is an independent, vibrant centre with restaurants, cinemas and the Schlossparktheater and the pretty Wrangelschloss palace with its small park - nowadays used for cultural events. The Botanical Garden, home of more than 20,000 different species, displays exotic plants within large greenhouses throughout the year. Parts of the bourgeois, urban Friedenau (see also Schöneberg) belong to Steglitz. In the South there is Lichterfelde with its city mansions from the 19th century. The west of Steglitz is dominated by the Freie University.
City-trains S7 and S1 provide an excellent link to this favoured excursion destination to and from the city centre; Dahlem is traversed by the U1 underground. National rail services can be accessed from Wannsee, terminus of the S1.
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Zehlendorf, Berlin's classy and exclusive residential area lures city dwellers to summer resorts like Wannsee lake and Grunewald forest. There's hardly a Berliner who does not dream of a comfortable mansion in Berlin's most genteel district with its scenic landscape on the Havel river. The opportunity to view an especially beautiful villa is provided by a visit to the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin on the Wannsee shore, where writers of international rank convene regularly. The glamour of past times can be felt in the Max-Liebermann-Villa at the Wannsee, where the famous painter lived until his death in 1935. Nearby, a splendid mansion was the scene of an unsavoury conference. In January 1942 in the House on the Wannsee Conference, the Nazis plotted the most disgusting crime ever: the "final solution of the Jewish question", the systematic assassination of the European Jews.
The romantic paradise of the Pfaueninsel (peacock island) where peacocks stroll freely through scenic gardens, artificial ruins and a fairytale castle, can only be reached by ferry. Wannsee lake is not the only destination for swimmers and holidaymakers: The small lakes such as Nikolassee, Krumme Lanke or Schlachtensee offer tranquility in idyllic surroundings. Museum village Düppel, with its traditional farmhouses, takes visitors on a trip down memory lane. On the way to Potsdam you will find one of Berlin's most picturesque places: The classicistic summer residence of Glienicke Lenné and Schinkel, a castle with stunning gardens. The famous Glienicker bridge towards Potsdam was an impenetrable border until 1989. This bridge is best known for trade-offs of agents during the Cold War.
Closer to the city centre is Grunewald, where the Bauhaus style Brückemuseum exhibits paintings by the expressionist artists group "Die Brücke" (The Bridge). The museums in Dahlem, which house collections of mainly Asian art and ethnology, rank among Berlin's most important exhibition venues along side Tiergarten's Kulturforum and Museum Island in Mitte. In Dahlem there is also the Freie Universität (the Free University) that brings students and a youthful ambience to Zehlendorf. The university campus, founded as an alternative to the Humboldt university in the former East Berlin, is idyllically situated here in the south west of Berlin. The new library "Berlin Brain" in the main building, which is designed by Lord Norman Foster is a fascinating example of contemporary architecture.
Spandau
Spandau has been a district of Berlin since 1920. At its heart is the Citadel dating back to the 16th century. The Italian engineer Chiaramella de Gandino designed the bastioned square citadel on an island at the confluence of the rivers Spree and Havel. 200 Italian engineers were brought in to supervise the construction, which began in 1560. In 1594, after 34 years of construction, the citadel was finished. In addition to its original use for military purposes, the citadel has served as prison and treasury. It has since been restored and is now open to visitors.
Whereas most of Berlin is defined by Wilhelminian or modern architecture, Spandau's old town, which borders the citadel, retreats further into the past. The precursor of the Nikolai church, realised in North German gothic brickwork, dates back to around the year 1200, as do the fortress buildings. The narrow, winding lanes set the scene for Europe's biggest Christmas market every year. In contrast, modern industry has also left its mark on Spandau: Siemensstadt, Spandau's western offshoot, set the standards for social, architecturally commendable house-building, into which workers were moved from their overcrowded slums in between the two world wars.
Reinickendorf
A flight into Berlin will possibly bring you into Tegel in the district of Reinickendorf: Berlin's biggest airport, used as a military airfield by the French occupying forces until 1960, connects the city to Western Europe and overseas. But Tegel does not only host the airport. West of the pretty, old village centre is a favoured excursion destination, popular since the 19th century: Lake Tegel with its neighbouring forest draws ramblers and bathers alike for a stroll along the Greenwichpromenade. Close to Berlin's second largest lake, the architect Schinkel designed the elegant castle Tegel ("Humboldt-Schlösschen") for the statesman Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose descendants still reside here.
The vast site of the former Borsig works, where locomotive engines were once produced, can also be found in Reinickendorf, which is West Berlin’s largest district. The rest is characterized by contrasts: Villages and scenic landscapes vs. industry, old work sites and tower block communities such as the Märkisches Viertel, which adjoins the attractive village of Lübars with its village green and church.
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Towards the end of the 19th century, when Berlin’s metropolis was growing, prosperous citizens settled around the small village of Pankow and Niederschönhausen castle with its ample palace park. The bourgeois character and the Wilhelminian lifestyle have been preserved in the dignified surroundings of the Amalienpark. Since the 1950s the name of East Berlin's mansion quarter is closely connected to prominent politicians of the former GDR like Otto Grotewohl and Walter Ulbricht who lived here shoulder-to-shoulder with famous artists, writers and scientists; Carl von Ossietzky, Hanns Eisler, Arnold Zweig, Stephan Hermlin and Christa Wolf either did, or still do, reside in Pankow. Many still remember Udo Lindenberg's popular ironic song "Sonderzug nach Pankow" detailing the desire of the singer to visit Erich Honecker in the 1980s. Castle Schönhausen was a gift to Queen Christine from her husband Friedrich the Great, where she resided separately from him as soon as they were thrown together in a loveless marriage. The castle later became a place where the Nazis deposited modern artworks they deemed 'degenerate and decadent'. In its later history the castle became the office of GDR-president Pieck and then a national guest house, accommodating the likes of Fidel Castro and Michail Gorbachov. The demise of the GDR was also triggered here with the "Round Table" discussions and the negotiations for the reunification treaties.
Weilbensee
Berlin's smallest district in terms of inhabitants was always outshone by its neighbours Prenzlauer Berg and Pankow. But close to the centre Weissensee is an excellent choice for those seeking a middle road between urban life and privacy. The district that has grown up around the Weisse See (White Lake) has some historical architecture, and here Europe’s largest Jewish cemetery can be found. Prominent citizens have included the painter Lesser Ury. The publishers Samuel Fischer and Rudolf Mosse are buried here. The art school is of nationwide ranking.
Hohenschönhausen
Similar to Marzahn and Hellersdorf, Hohenschönhausen is a young district that was founded in the 1980s. Around the village centres of Old Hohenschönhausen, Malchow, Wartenberg and Falkenberg child- and family-friendly communities with vast recreation areas and attractive lakes for bathing have emerged. Taborkirche church in Old Hohenschönhausen is one of the typical Brandenburg field stone buildings and is situated next to the old castle. The mansion on Obersee lake by Bauhaus architect Mies van der Rohe is also worth a visit.
North of here is the nature-sanctuary of Fauler See lake (belonging to the district of Weissensee) - one the vast landscapes still in existence in the Berlin metropolis. The gym Sportforum Hohenschönhausen is home to the ice hockey team Eisbären Berlin. It is one of Berlin's top sport venues hosting halls for multiple purposes, a stadium and a cycle circuit.
Marzahn
Berliners and tourists alike are often pleasantly surprised when they visit the rejuvenated, vibrant district of Marzahn. The district boasts many parks, and for this reason a lot of young families feel comfortable living here. This makes the district the very opposite of grey and depressing, which earlier was a common preconception of these newly built neighbourhoods.
The village museum has a permanent exhibition of the lifestyle in times gone by. The core of the old village is still intact. So is the mansion Schloss Biesdorf that dates back to the year 1868 and is integrated in the park Biesdorfer Schlosspark. The trademark of the district is the Marzahner Mühle, a wooden windmill. Another interesting old building in Marzahn is a church from 1870, created by Stüler. Nowadays much time and effort is put into establishing culture in Marzahn. The ‘KulturGut Alt-Marzahn’ for instance, a studio for art and ceramics, is a good example of this strategy. The recreation park was inaugurated in 1987 for the 750th anniversary of Berlin. In 2000, the "Garden of the Regained Moon", Germany's largest Chinese Garden, was added to the recreation park. For the project "Gardens of the World" a Japanese, a Balinese, a Korean and an Oriental garden were also opened. These remarkable gardens celebrate the art of gardening throughout the world.
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Berlin's youngest district is a family-friendly place: From Hellersdorf you can easily reach the green landscape of Brandenburg with its many lakes and wooded areas. Berlin's city centre is also nearby. The tower block communities of the former GDR were reconstructed and modernised. Parks and playgrounds have been built. The old villages and residential areas like the "Lichtenberger Gartenheim", designed by Bruno Taut in the 1920s, remain intact. One of the most attractive villages in the district of Hellersdorf is Mahlsdorf, where a mansion hosts a museum of Wilhelminian style, fondly furnished by the famous transvestite Charlotte von Mahlsdorf.
Köpenick
This is the largest district of the city and it is even older than Berlin itself. Here in the south east of the city, the quality of life is of great importance. Woods and hills attract those people looking for fun and recreation. Especially the many large lakes are important for the relaxed atmosphere of Köpenick. For example around Müggelsee, the largest lake in Berlin, picturesque villages and woods can be found. Visitors can view the attractive sights of the district either on foot or by taking a boat trip. Köpenick was originally founded on a small island as a fisherman's village. In the present day it still retains the feel of a small town, with its city hall, churches and lanes.
When thinking of Köpenick, for most people the story of the "Hauptmann von Kopenick" (Captain of Köpenick) springs to mind. This is the story of an unemployed shoemaker who, in 1906, dressed up as a high-ranking member of the military and used peoples obedience to rob them. In this way, he exposed the Prussian’s blind belief in military authority, poked fun at it and turned it to his advantage.
The beautiful baroque castle, where Friedrich I put his son Friedrich II (later "the Great") on trial for desertion, has been beautifully restored. The castle in general is one of the high points of architecture in Berlin and is the sole building left from the time around 1700. Other attractions include Friedrichshagen on Müggelsee tunnel, where playwrights Gerhart Hauptmann and Erich Mühsam worked, or Neu-Venedig ("new Venice") in Rahnsdorf, where the residents row on their boats through narrow channels from house to house. Towards the city centre visitors can find a vast leisure and amusement park (FEZ) at the Wuhlheide, which is shaped like an amphitheatre and offers numerous activities for children and teenagers.
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