Bärenzwinger
Bärenzwinger is an art gallery in Berlin, Berlin which is located on Im Köllnischen Park. Bärenzwinger is situated nearby to the museum Lapidarium Köllnischer Park, as well as near the playground Spielplatz Köllnischer Park.Photo: Goethe20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 11:00 AM—7:00 PM
- Type: Art gallery
- Also known as: “Berliner Bärinnen im Zwinger (Ursus arctos)”
- Address: Im Köllnischen Park, Berlin, 10179
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Köllnischer Park and Fernsehturm Berlin.
Köllnischer Park
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Köllnischer Park is a public park located near the River Spree in Mitte, Berlin. It is named after Cölln, one of the two cities which came together to form Berlin; the park location was originally just outside it.
Fernsehturm Berlin
The Fernsehturm in central Berlin was constructed between 1965 and 1969 by the government of the German Democratic Republic as both a functional broadcasting facility and a symbol of communist power. Fernsehturm Berlin is situated 1 km north of Bärenzwinger.
Lapidarium Köllnischer Park
Museum
Photo: Singlespeedfahrer, CC0.
Lapidarium Köllnischer Park is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mitte and Alt-Berlin.
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.
Alt-Berlin
Locality
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Alt-Berlin, also spelled Altberlin, is a neighborhood, situated in the Berliner locality of Mitte, part of the homonymous borough. In the 13th century it was the sister town of the old Cölln, located on the northern Spree Island in the Margraviate of Brandenburg.
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.
Bärenzwinger
- Categories: breeding pen and tourism
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.51279° or 52° 30′ 46″ northLongitude
13.41446° or 13° 24′ 52″ eastOperator
Bezirksamt Mitte von BerlinOpen location code
9F4MGC77+4QOpenStreetMap ID
node 9553980268OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=galleryOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q6662898
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In Other Languages
From German to Hebrew—“Bärenzwinger” goes by many names.
- German: “Bärenzwinger”
- Hebrew: “מכלאת הדובים של ברלין”
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Highlights include Spielplatz Köllnischer Park and Wusterhausener Bär.
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