Kochstraße/Checkpoint Charlie
Kochstraße/Checkpoint Charlie is a railway stop in Berlin, Berlin. Kochstraße/Checkpoint Charlie is situated nearby to the art gallery Loge, as well as near Alexander Levy.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 120 metres north of Kochstraße/Checkpoint Charlie.
Wall Museum
Museum
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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".
Kochstraße
Metro station
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kochstraße is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U6. It is close to Checkpoint Charlie and the Checkpoint Charlie Museum.
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.
Kochstraße/Checkpoint Charlie
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.50638° or 52° 30′ 23″ northLongitude
13.39064° or 13° 23′ 26″ eastOpen location code
9F4MG94R+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 3904484932OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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