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HACKESCHE HÖFE
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The complex “Hackesche Höfe” consist of 8 interconnecting courtyards surrounded by tall and beautiful buildings. It’s a mixture of offices, workshops, factories and apartments. The Hackesche Höfe were restored after they had been damaged during the Second World War. The first courtyard (Endellscher Hof) was
Hackesche Höfe |
designed by the Jugendstil artist and architect August Endell and houses the “Chamäleon” cabaret theatre, a cinema, several bars and restaurants. In the second courtyard (Theaterhof) is the Hackesche Hof Theatre and many architects´ offices. In the remaining courtyards are smaller shops and galleries. In the area around the Höfe you find countless bars, restaurants and clubs. |
SOPHIENSTRASSE
The Sophienstrasse was originally the main street of Spandauer Vorstadt’ s area. It was reconstructed during the Eighties. Now these charming 18th century Neo-Classical buildings house different arts and crafts workshops, bars, unusual boutiques and interesting art galleries. One building is particularly interesting, the building at No. 18: it was erected in 1852 and the terracotta double doorway dates from the period of its extensive restoration in 1904, made by Joseph Franckel and Theodor Kampfmeyer. The main door of the house at No. 21 leads into a long row of interior courtyards. |
NEUE SYNAGOGE
The building in Moorish style of the New Synagogue was built in 1866 by the architect Eduard Knoblauch. The building was crowned by a golden dome. In 1938 the synagogue was partially destroyed during the “Kristallnacht”. The building was severely damaged by bombing in 1943, and in 1958 its main chamber was demolished. The reconstruction started in 1988 and was concluded in 1995. It houses the Centrum Judaicum and exhibitions, like for example the permanent exhibition “The New Synagogue 1866-1995”, which shows the history of the synagogue and of Jewish life in Berlin. |
MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE
The Natural History Museum in Berlin is one of the biggest in the world. Its collection contains more than 60 million exhibits. The old-fashioned Neo-Renaissance building was constructed between 1883 and 1889. The museum houses the world largest original dinosaur skeleton, which is 23 m long and 12 m high. It was discovered in Tanzania in 1909. Furthermore you find collections of colorful shells and butterflies, stuffed birds, mammals, minerals and meteorites. |
JÜDISCHER FRIEDHOF
This small Jewish Cemetery, dating back to 1827 (the oldest gravestone dates back to the 14th century), is Berlin´s second largest Jewish cemetery after the Jüdischer Friehof Weissensee. Here there are many resting of prominent Berliner, the painter Max Liebermann, the composer and musical director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. The serene atmosphere with tall trees attracts many visitors. |
| GEDENKSTÄTTE BERLINER MAUER
Between 1961 and 1989 the Berlin Wall divided Berlin and Germany into East and West. Along the Wall ran the “death zone”, an area controlled by armed guards and dangerous dogs. There were also 293 watch towers and 57 bunkers and alarms. On 9 November 1989 the Wall felt with the help of a Soviet leader. But dismantling the wall was very hard and took a long time. The Gedenkstätte Berlin is the only original piece of Berlin’ s Wall. Most residents nearby the memorial didn´t want a reminder of German separation in front of their houses. A documentation center illustrates the history of the Wall and division of Germany. You can even hear radio broadcasts from East and West reporting the building of the Wall and eye-witness accounts. Also part of the memorial is the Reconciliation Church, which was built in 2000 replacing the church destroyed by the Communists in 1985. |
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