People’s Uprising of 1953 Plaza
People’s Uprising of 1953 Plaza is a memorial in Berlin, Berlin. People’s Uprising of 1953 Plaza is situated nearby to the government office Bundesfinanzakademie, as well as near Embassy of the Czech Republic.- Type: Memorial
- Also known as: “East German Uprising of 1953 Plaza” and “Platz des Volksaufstandes von 1953”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Checkpoint Charlie and Brandenburg Gate.
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 490 metres southeast of People’s Uprising of 1953 Plaza.
Brandenburg Gate
Photo: Der Wolf im Wald, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 1 km northwest of People’s Uprising of 1953 Plaza.
People’s Uprising of 1953 Plaza
Square
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
People’s Uprising of 1953 Plaza is a square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Friedrichstadt and Dorotheenstadt.
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.
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.
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.
People’s Uprising of 1953 Plaza
- Category: historic site
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.50967° or 52° 30′ 35″ northLongitude
13.38417° or 13° 23′ 3″ eastOpen location code
9F4MG95M+VMOpenStreetMap ID
node 5643775359OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=no
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Highlights include Bundesfinanzakademie and Embassy of the Czech Republic.
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