Reichstag building
The Reichstag is a historic legislative government building on Platz der Republik in Berlin that is the seat of the German Bundestag. It is also the meeting place of the Federal Convention, which elects the President of Germany.Photo: Milseburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Times, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Administrative facility
- Description: seat of the German Bundestag and, before 1945, the eponymous parliament of the Weimar Republic
- Also known as: “Reichstag” and “Reichstagsgebaeude”
Photo: Avda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brandenburg Gate and Pariser Platz.
Brandenburg Gate
Photo: Der Wolf im Wald, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Brandenburg Gate is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin, Germany. One of the best-known landmarks of the country, it was erected on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to Brandenburg an der Havel, the former capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg. Brandenburg Gate is situated 220 metres southeast of Reichstag building.
Pariser Platz
Square
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pariser Platz is a square in the historic center of Berlin, Germany, situated by the Brandenburg Gate at the end of Unter den Linden boulevard. The square is named after the French capital of Paris to commemorate the victory of the Sixth Coalition over the French Empire at the Battle of Paris, and is one of the main focal points of the city. Pariser Platz is situated 260 metres southeast of Reichstag building.
Reichstag dome
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Mijozi, Public domain.
The Reichstag dome is a glass dome constructed on top of the rebuilt Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany. It was designed by architect Norman Foster, from an idea of Gottfried Böhm, and built by Waagner-Biro to symbolize the reunification of Germany.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dorotheenstadt and Europacity.
Dorotheenstadt
Quarter
Dorotheenstadt is a historic zone or neighbourhood of central Berlin, Germany, which forms part of the locality of Mitte within the borough also called Mitte.
Friedrichstadt
Quarter
Photo: Tanweer Morshed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Friedrichstadt was an independent suburb of Berlin, and is now a historical neighbourhood of the city itself. The neighbourhood is named after the Prussian king Frederick I.
Reichstag building
- Categories: government building, tourist attraction, parliament building, and government building
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Reichstag building” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Reichstag”
- Arabic: “الرايخستاج”
- Arabic: “الرايخستاغ”
- Arabic: “مبنى الرايخستاج”
- Arabic: “مبنى الرايخستاغ”
- Armenian: “Ռայխստագ”
- Balinese: “Gedung Reichstag”
- Basque: “Reichstag”
- Belarusian: “Райхстаг”
- Belarusian: “Рэйхстаг”
- Bosnian: “Reichstag”
- Breton: “Reichstag”
- Bulgarian: “Райхстаг”
- Catalan: “Edifici del Reichstag”
- Catalan: “Reichstag”
- Chinese: “德国国会大厦”
- Chinese: “德國國會大廈”
- Chinese: “德國國會大樓”
- Croatian: “Reichstag”
- Czech: “Budova Reichstagu”
- Czech: “Budova Říšského sněmu v Berlíně”
- Danish: “Rigsdagsbygningen i Berlin”
- Danish: “Rigsdagsbygningen”
- Dutch: “Reichstag”
- Dutch: “Rijksdaggebouw”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مبنى الرايخستاج”
- Esperanto: “Reichstag”
- Estonian: “Riigipäevahoone”
- Finnish: “Berliinin valtiopäivätalo”
- Finnish: “Reichstagsgebäude”
- Finnish: “Saksan valtiopäivätalo”
- Finnish: “Valtiopäivätalo”
- French: “palais du Reichstag”
- French: “Palais du Reichstag”
- French: “Reichstag”
- Galician: “Edificio do Reichstag”
- Galician: “Reichstag”
- Georgian: “რაიხსტაგი”
- Georgian: “რაიხსტაგის შენობა”
- German: “Plenarbereich Reichstagsgebäude”
- German: “Reichstag”
- German: “Reichstagsgebäude”
- Greek: “Κτήριο του Ράιχσταγκ”
- Greek: “Ράϊχσταγκ”
- Hebrew: “בניין הרייכסטאג”
- Hebrew: “הרייכסטאג”
- Hebrew: “רייכסטאג”
- Hebrew: “רייכסטג”
- Hungarian: “a Reichstag épülete”
- Hungarian: “Reichstag épülete”
- Hungarian: “Reichstag”
- Icelandic: “Ríkisþinghúsið í Berlín”
- Indonesian: “Gedung Reichstag”
- Indonesian: “Reichstag”
- Irish: “Reichstag”
- Italian: “Palazzo del Reichstag”
- Italian: “Reichstag”
- Japanese: “ドイツの国会議事堂”
- Japanese: “ドイツ国会議事堂”
- Japanese: “ドイツ連邦議会議事堂”
- Japanese: “国会議事堂”
- Javanese: “Gedhung Reichstag”
- Karachay-Balkar: “Рейхстаг мекям”
- Karachay-Balkar: “Рейхстаг”
- Kazakh: “Рейхстаг”
- Kölsch: “Reichsdaach”
- Korean: “국가의회 의사당”
- Korean: “국회의사당”
- Korean: “독일 국회의사당”
- Korean: “라이히스타크”
- Korean: “라이히스타크스게보이데”
- Latvian: “Reihstāgs”
- Lithuanian: “Reichstagas”
- Luxembourgish: “Reichstag”
- Luxembourgish: “Reichstagsgebai”
- Malay: “Bangunan Reichstag”
- Marathi: “राइखस्टाग”
- Marathi: “राइचश्टाग”
- Marathi: “राइशस्टाग”
- Mingrelian: “რაიხსტაგიშ ნოდგჷმი”
- Narom: “Reichstag”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Riksdagsbygningen i Berlin”
- Norwegian: “Riksdagsbygningen i Berlin”
- Persian: “رایشتاگ”
- Persian: “رایشس تاگ”
- Persian: “رایشستاگ”
- Persian: “رایشستاگ”
- Persian: “ساختمان رایشستاگ”
- Polish: “Budynek Reichstagu”
- Polish: “Gmach parlamentu Rzeszy w Berlinie”
- Portuguese: “Palácio do Reichstag”
- Portuguese: “Reichstag”
- Romanian: “Clădirea parlamentului german”
- Romanian: “Clădirea Reichstag”
- Romanian: “Clădirea Reichstagului”
- Russian: “Здание Рейхстага”
- Russian: “Рейхстаг”
- Scots: “Reichstag biggin”
- Serbian: “Rajhstag”
- Serbian: “Reichstag”
- Serbian: “Рајхстаг”
- Slovak: “Budova Ríšskeho snemu”
- Slovenian: “Reichstag”
- Spanish: “Edificio del Reichstag”
- Swedish: “Den tyska riksdagen”
- Swedish: “Reichstag”
- Swedish: “Reichstagsgebäude”
- Swedish: “Riksdagshuset i Berlin”
- Swedish: “Tyska riksdagen”
- Swiss German: “Reichstag”
- Tagalog: “Gusaling Reichstag”
- Tamil: “ரெய்க்ஸ்டாக் கட்டடம்”
- Tatar: “Рейхстаг”
- Thai: “อาคารไรชส์ทาค”
- Tosk Albanian: “Reichstag”
- Turkish: “Reichstag binası”
- Turkish: “Reichstag”
- Ukrainian: “Будівля Райхстагу”
- Upper Sorbian: “mócnarstwowy sejm”
- Upper Sorbian: “Reichstag”
- Upper Sorbian: “twarjenje Reichstaga”
- Urdu: “رائشتاگ بلڈنگ”
- Vietnamese: “Tòa nhà Reichstag”
- Waray (Philippines): “Balay Reichstag”
- Welsh: “adeilad y Reichstag”
- Welsh: “Reichstag”
- Welsh: “Y Reichstag”
- Western Frisian: “Ryksdeigebou”
- Western Panjabi: “ریشتاگ”
- Wu Chinese: “德国国会大厦”
- Yue Chinese: “德國國會大廈”
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