Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau
The statue of Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau is a bronze sculpture installed at Wilhelmplatz in Berlin, Germany. At the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763 a plan was formulated to erect marble statues of Prussian generals who died in the war.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Memorial
- Description: Statue in Berlin, Germany
- Also known as: “Statue of Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brandenburg Gate and Embassy of the Czech Republic.
Brandenburg Gate
Photo: Der Wolf im Wald, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Brandenburg Gate is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin. One of the best-known landmarks of Germany, 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 670 metres northwest of Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau.
Embassy of the Czech Republic
Government office
Embassy of the Czech Republic is a government office.
Holocaust Memorial
Photo: NoRud, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust committed by Nazi Germany, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and Buro Happold. Holocaust Memorial is situated 430 metres northwest of Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau.
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.
Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau
- Categories: statue, monument, and historic site
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.51152° or 52° 30′ 42″ northLongitude
13.38369° or 13° 23′ 1″ eastOpen location code
9F4MG96M+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 966034352OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q24976970
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In Other Languages
“Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau” goes by many names.
- German: “Denkmal des Alten Dessauers”
- German: “Dessau-Denkmal”
- German: “General Leopold Fürst von Anhalt-Dessau”
- German: “Leopold I. von Anhalt-Dessau”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau”. Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0.