Peter Fechter
Peter Fechter is a memorial in Berlin, Berlin. Peter Fechter is situated nearby to the government office Embassy of Kenya, as well as near Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft - Standort Markgrafenstraße.- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Peter Fechter 1944 - 1962 ...er wollte nur die Freiheit.”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Checkpoint Charlie and Wall Museum.
Checkpoint Charlie
Photo: Adrian Purser, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Checkpoint Charlie was the Western Bloc's name for the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War, becoming a symbol of the Cold War, representing the separation of East and West. Checkpoint Charlie is situated 190 metres west of Peter Fechter.
Wall Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wall Museum – Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie is a private museum in Berlin. It is named after the famous crossing point through the Berlin Wall, and was created to document the so-called "best border security system in the world". Wall Museum is situated 170 metres west of Peter Fechter.
Jewish Museum Berlin
Museum
Photo: Slimark, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Jewish Museum Berlin was opened in 2001 and is the largest Jewish museum in Europe. On 3,500 square metres of floor space, the museum presents the history of the Jews in Germany from the Middle Ages to the present day, with new focuses and new scenography. Jewish Museum Berlin is situated 630 metres south of Peter Fechter.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Friedrichstadt and Friedrichswerder.
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.
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.
Peter Fechter
- Category: historic site
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.50779° or 52° 30′ 28″ northLongitude
13.39306° or 13° 23′ 35″ eastOpen location code
9F4MG95V+46OpenStreetMap ID
node 3624148007OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft - Standort Markgrafenstraße and Embassy of Kenya.
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