Scharnhorst Memorial, Berlin
The Scharnhorst Memorial on Unter den Linden avenue in Berlin's Mitte district commemorates the Prussian military reformer and freedom fighter Gerhard von Scharnhorst.Photo: Beek100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Singlespeedfahrer, CC0.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: listed architectural structure in Berlin, Germany
- Also known as: “Gerhard von Scharnhorst” and “Memorial Gerhard von Scharnhorst”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Opera and New Guard House.
National Opera
Theater building
Photo: Slimark, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Staatsoper Unter den Linden, also known as the Berlin State Opera, is a listed building on Unter den Linden boulevard in the historic center of Berlin, Germany.
New Guard House
Photo: Code, CC BY 3.0 de.
The Neue Wache is a listed building on Unter den Linden boulevard in the historic centre of Berlin, Germany. Erected from 1816 to 1818 according to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel as a guardhouse for the Royal Palace and a memorial to the Liberation Wars, it is considered a major work of Prussian Neoclassical architecture.
German Historical Museum
Museum
Photo: Jörg Zägel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The German Historical Museum, known by the acronym DHM, is a museum in Berlin, Germany devoted to German history. It describes itself as a place of "enlightenment and understanding of the shared history of Germans and Europeans". German Historical Museum is situated 130 metres northeast of Scharnhorst Memorial, Berlin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Friedrichswerder and Dorotheenstadt.
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.
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.
Mitte
Mitte, literally meaning "the middle" and being a contraction of Stadtmitte, contains the historical heart of Berlin and represents in many ways the real centre of the city.
Scharnhorst Memorial, Berlin
- Categories: architectural structure, monument, statue, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.51714° or 52° 31′ 2″ northLongitude
13.39537° or 13° 23′ 43″ eastOpen location code
9F4MG98W+V4OpenStreetMap ID
node 279158435OpenStreetMap feature
historic=statueOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q61769308
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In Other Languages
“Scharnhorst Memorial, Berlin” goes by many names.
- German: “Denkmal Gerhard von Scharnhorst”
- German: “Scharnhorst-Denkmal”
- German: “Standbild General Gerhard von Scharnhorst”
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