Denkzeichen Georg Elser

Denkzeichen Georg Elser is a memorial in Berlin, Berlin. Denkzeichen Georg Elser is situated nearby to the memorial Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau, as well as near the government office Federal Ministy of Labour and Social Affairs.

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Type: Memorial
Description: sculpture in Berlin
Also known as: “Georg-Elser-Denkzeichen”
Inscription: “Ich habe den Krieg verhindern wollen. / Georg Elser, Ende November 1939”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Berlin Hbf and Brandenburg Gate.

Berlin Hbf

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Berlin Hauptbahnhof is the railway hub and main station of Berlin. Although the station isn't large, the multi-level station may appear confusing for first-time visitors.

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 560 metres northwest of Denkzeichen Georg Elser.

Holocaust Memorial

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The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also known as the Holocaust Memorial, 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 320 metres northwest of Denkzeichen Georg Elser.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Friedrichstadt and Dorotheenstadt.

Friedrichstadt

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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, who founded it in 1691 as the third expansion of the Berlin-Cölln city centre, after Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder.

Dorotheenstadt

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Photo: Fridolin freudenfett, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Denkzeichen Georg Elser

Categories: sculpture, monument, and historic site
Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

52.51231° or 52° 30′ 44″ north

Longitude

13.38274° or 13° 22′ 58″ east

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

9F4MG96M+W3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1986458966

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

Wikidata ID

Q1188708

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In Other Languages

“Denkzeichen Georg Elser” goes by many names.

German: “Denkzeichen Georg Elser”

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