Reich Chancellery
The Reich Chancellery was the traditional name of the office of the Chancellor of Germany in the period of the German Reich from 1878 to 1945. The Chancellery's seat, selected and prepared since 1875, was the former city palace of Adolf Friedrich Count von der Schulenburg and later Prince Antoni Radziwiłł on Wilhelmstraße in Berlin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
- Type: Historical site
- Description: Berlin building housing the Chancellor of Germany, 1878–1945
- Also known as: “Reichskanzlerpalais (1878-1945)” and “Reichskanzlerpalais (1878–1945)”
- Historically known as: “Alte Reichskanzlei”, “Palais Radziwil”, “Palais Schulenburg”, and “Reichskanzlerpalais”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brandenburg Gate and Holocaust Memorial.
Brandenburg Gate
Photo: Der Wolf im Wald, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Brandenburg Gate is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin. One of the best-known landmarks of Germany, 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 600 metres northwest of Reich Chancellery.
Holocaust Memorial
Photo: NoRud, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust committed by Nazi Germany, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and Buro Happold. Holocaust Memorial is situated 360 metres northwest of Reich Chancellery.
Embassy of the Czech Republic
Government office
Embassy of the Czech Republic is a government office, which is situated 100 metres southeast of Reich Chancellery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Friedrichstadt and Dorotheenstadt.
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.
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.
Friedrichswerder
Neighborhood
Friedrichswerder is a neighborhood, situated in the Berliner locality of Mitte, part of the homonymous borough. It is identical to the town of Friedrichswerder, founded in 1662, which was an independent town until 1710.
Reich Chancellery
- Categories: government agency, official residence, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Reich Chancellery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مستشارية الرايخ”
- Arabic: “مقر المستشارية الألمانية”
- Belarusian: “Рэйхсканцылярыя”
- Bulgarian: “Министерска сграда Радзвил”
- Bulgarian: “Райхсканцелария”
- Catalan: “Cancelleria del Reich”
- Chinese: “德國總理府”
- Czech: “Říšské kancléřství”
- Danish: “Rigskancelli”
- Danish: “Rigskancelliet”
- Dutch: “Reichskanzlei”
- Dutch: “Rijkskanselarij”
- Finnish: “Valtakunnankanslia”
- French: “chancellerie du Reich”
- French: “Chancellerie du Reich”
- Galician: “Chancelaría do Reich”
- German: “Reichskanzlei”
- German: “Zentralbehörde des Reichskanzlers”
- Hebrew: “בנין קנצלר הרייך”
- Hebrew: “לשכת קנצלר הרייך”
- Hungarian: “Új Birodalmi Kancellária”
- Indonesian: “Reichskanzlei”
- Japanese: “総統官邸”
- Korean: “국가수상부”
- Korean: “수상관저”
- Malay: “Reich Chancellery”
- Malay: “Reichskanzlei”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Reichskanzlei”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rikskanselliet”
- Norwegian: “Rikskanselliet”
- Persian: “صدارت عظمای رایش”
- Polish: “Kancelaria Rzeszy”
- Polish: “Reichskanzlei”
- Portuguese: “Chancelaria do Reich”
- Portuguese: “Reichskanzlei”
- Russian: “Reich Chancellery”
- Russian: “Имперская канцелярия”
- Russian: “Рейхсканцелярия”
- Spanish: “Cancilleria del Reich”
- Spanish: “Cancillería del Reich”
- Swedish: “Neue Reichskanzlei”
- Swedish: “Rikskansliet i Berlin”
- Tamil: “ரெய்க் வேந்தர் மாளிகை”
- Thai: “ทำเนียบนายกรัฐมนตรีไรช์”
- Turkish: “Reichskanzlei”
- Ukrainian: “Рейхсканцелярія”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Potsdamer Platz and Unter den Linden.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Frauenhotel Intermezzo and Englisches Haus.
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