Kochstraße

Kochstraße is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U6. It is close to and the .
Wikipedia
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: Underground station in Berlin, Germany
  • Also known as: “Kochstraße/Checkpoint Charlie” and “U-Bahnhof Kochstraße”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Checkpoint Charlie and Wall Museum.

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was the Western Bloc's name for the best-known 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. is situated 160 metres north of Kochstraße.

Museum
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The – Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie is a private museum in . It is named after the through the , and was created to document the so-called "best border security system in the world". is situated 130 metres north of Kochstraße.

Museum
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The 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. is situated 530 metres southeast of Kochstraße.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Friedrichstadt and Friedrichswerder.

Quarter
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was an independent suburb of , and is now a historical neighbourhood of the city itself. The neighbourhood is named after the Prussian king Frederick I.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood, situated in the locality of , part of the . It is identical to the town of , founded in 1662, which was an independent town until 1710.

Quarter
is a historic zone or neighbourhood of central , , which forms part of the locality of within the borough also called .

Kochstraße

Latitude
52.50605° or 52° 30′ 22″ north
Longitude
13.39061° or 13° 23′ 26″ east
Operator
Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Open location code
9F4MG94R+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5116771809
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q201849
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Kochstraße” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “科赫街站”
  • Dutch: “Kochstraße”
  • Finnish: “Kochstraßen metroasema”
  • French: “Kochstraße”
  • German: “U-Bahnhof Kochstraße (Checkpoint Charlie)”
  • German: “U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse”
  • German: “U-Bahnhof Kochstraße”
  • Italian: “Kochstraße”
  • Japanese: “コッホシュトラーセ駅”
  • Korean: “코흐슈트라세역”
  • Lombard: “Kochstraße (metropolitana de Berlin)”
  • Lombard: “Kochstraße”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kochstraße undergrunnsstasjon”
  • Norwegian: “Kochstraße undergrunnsstasjon”
  • Polish: “Kochstraße”
  • Russian: “Кохштрассе”
  • Spanish: “Kochstraße”
  • Swedish: “Kochstrasse”
  • Ukrainian: “Кохштрасе”
  • “Kochstraße”
  • “Kochstraße (Checkpoint Charlie)”

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