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Siegessäule

The Victory Column is a monument in , Germany. Designed by Heinrich Strack after 1864 to commemorate the Prussian victory over Denmark in the Second Schleswig War, by the time it was inaugurated on 2 September 1873, Prussia had also defeated Austria and its German allies in the Austro-Prussian War and France in the Franco-Prussian War, giving the statue a new purpose.
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  • Opening hours:
    November—March: Monday—Friday 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 AM—5:30 PM; 9:30 AM—7:00 PM
    April—October: Monday—Friday 9:30 AM—6:30 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: classical triumphal column in Berlin, Germany
  • Also known as: “Berlin Victory Column” and “Victory Column”
  • Wheelchair access: no
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Großer Stern and Bellevue Palace.

Square
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Der Große Stern is the central square of the Großer Tiergarten park in ; the Berlin Victory Column is sited in it. It is crossed by the , at its half.

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, located in 's district, has been the official residence of the president of Germany since 1994. The schloss is situated on the banks of the river, near the Berlin Victory Column, along the northern edge of the Großer Tiergarten park. is situated 370 metres northeast of Siegessäule.

Park
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The , formal German name: Großer , is a prominent park in 's inner-city area, located completely in the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tiergarten and Hansaviertel.

Suburb
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is a locality within the borough of , in central . Notable for the great and homonymous urban park, before German reunification, it was a part of West Berlin.

Suburb
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The is the smallest Ortsteil of and is between Großer Tiergarten and the , within the central borough of Berlin. The district was almost completely destroyed during World War II but was rebuilt from 1957 to 1961 as a social housing project by international master architects such as Alvar Aalto, Egon Eiermann, Walter Gropius, Oscar Niemeyer, and Sep Ruf.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Siegessäule

Latitude
52.51451° or 52° 30′ 52″ north
Longitude
13.35011° or 13° 21′ 0″ east
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
Open location code
9F4MG972+R2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 718035022
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­civic
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
6255002
Wiki­data ID
Q154987
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Siegessäule” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عمود النصر”
  • Armenian: “Հաղթանակի սյուն”
  • Basque: “Garaipenaren Zutabea”
  • Belarusian: “Калёна Перамогі”
  • Belarusian: “Калона Перамогі”
  • Breton: “Siegessäule”
  • Bulgarian: “Колона на победата”
  • Catalan: “Columna de la Victòria”
  • Catalan: “Siegessäule”
  • Cebuano: “Siegessäule”
  • Chinese: “勝利紀念柱”
  • Chinese: “胜利纪念柱”
  • Czech: “Siegessäule”
  • Czech: “Vítězný sloup”
  • Danish: “Siegessäule”
  • Dutch: “Siegessaeule”
  • Dutch: “Siegessaule”
  • Dutch: “Siegessäule”
  • Estonian: “Berliini võidusammas”
  • Finnish: “Siegessäule”
  • French: “Berliner Siegessäule”
  • French: “colonne de la Victoire”
  • French: “Colonne de la Victoire”
  • French: “Siegessaule”
  • French: “Siegessäule”
  • German: “Berliner Siegessäule”
  • German: “Goldelse”
  • German: “Siegessäule Berlin”
  • German: “Siegessäule in Berlin”
  • German: “Siegessäule”
  • Greek: “Στήλη Νίκης του Βερολίνου”
  • Hebrew: “זיגסזוילה”
  • Hebrew: “עמוד הניצחון של ברלין”
  • Hungarian: “Győzelmi oszlop”
  • Icelandic: “Sigursúlan í Berlín”
  • Indonesian: “Tugu Kemenangan Berlin”
  • Interlingue: “Li Colonne del Victorie (Berlin)”
  • Interlingue: “Li Colonne del Victorie”
  • Italian: “Colonna della Vittoria”
  • Italian: “Siegessäule”
  • Japanese: “戦勝記念塔”
  • Korean: “베를린 전승기념탑”
  • Latvian: “Berlīnes Uzvaras kolonna”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Berliner Siegessäule”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Seierssøyla”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Seierssøylen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Siegessäule”
  • Norwegian: “Seierssøylen”
  • Persian: “ستون پیروزی برلین”
  • Polish: “Kolumna Zwycięstwa w Berlinie”
  • Polish: “Siegessaule”
  • Polish: “Siegessäule”
  • Portuguese: “Siegessaule”
  • Portuguese: “Siegessäule”
  • Russian: “Колонна Победы”
  • Serbian: “Берлински стуб победе”
  • Slovenian: “Berlinski steber zmage”
  • Spanish: “Berliner Siegessäule”
  • Spanish: “Columna de la victoria”
  • Spanish: “Columna de la Victoria”
  • Spanish: “Siegessäule Berlin”
  • Spanish: “Siegessäule in Berlin”
  • Spanish: “Siegessäule”
  • Swahili: “Safu ya Ushindi ya berlin”
  • Swahili: “Siegessäule”
  • Swedish: “Großer Stern”
  • Swedish: “Siegessäule”
  • Tagalog: “Haligi ng Tagumpay ng Berlin”
  • Thai: “เสาแห่งชัยชนะ เบอร์ลิน”
  • Turkish: “Berlin Zafer Sütunu”
  • Turkish: “Berliner Siegessäule”
  • Turkish: “Siegessäule”
  • Ukrainian: “Колона перемоги”
  • Ukrainian: “Колона Перемоги”
  • Urdu: “برلن وکٹری کالم”
  • Western Panjabi: “جت دا کالم”

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