Bebelplatz

The Bebelplatz is a public square in the central district of , the capital of . Following World War II, the square was renamed after August Bebel, a founder of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in the 19th century.
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  • Type: Square
  • Description: square in Berlin, Germany
  • Also known as: “Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Platz”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Opera and St. Hedwig’s Cathedral.

Theater building
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The Staatsoper Unter den Linden, also known as the Berlin State Opera, is a listed building on boulevard in the of , Germany.

Church
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St. Hedwig's Cathedral is the Catholic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Berlin on Bebelplatz in the of Berlin. Dedicated in honor of Hedwig of Silesia, it was erected from 1747 to 1773 by order of Frederick the Great according to plans by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff in Baroque style. is situated 110 metres southeast of Bebelplatz.

Public building
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The , nicknamed Kommode, is a listed building on Bebelplatz in the of . It was erected by order of Frederick the Great from 1774 to 1780 according to plans by Georg Christian Unger and Georg Friedrich Boumann in Baroque style.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Friedrichswerder and Dorotheenstadt.

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 .

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, 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.

Bebelplatz

Latitude
52.51653° or 52° 30′ 60″ north
Longitude
13.39382° or 13° 23′ 38″ east
Named after
August Bebel
Open location code
9F4MG98V+JG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 205728152
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­footway
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q699504
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Bebelplatz” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Bebelplatz”
  • Belarusian: “Бебельплац”
  • Belarusian: “Бэбэльпляц”
  • Belarusian: “Опэрнпляц”
  • Chinese: “倍倍尔广场”
  • Chinese: “倍倍爾廣場”
  • Czech: “Bebelplatz”
  • Danish: “Bebelplatz”
  • Danish: “Forum Fridericianum”
  • Danish: “Opernplatz”
  • Dutch: “Bebelplatz”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيبيلبلاتز”
  • Finnish: “Bebelplatz”
  • Finnish: “Forum Fridericianum”
  • Finnish: “Opernplatz”
  • French: “Bebelplatz”
  • French: “Forum Fridericianum”
  • German: “Bebelplatz”
  • Greek: “Μπέμπελπλατς”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר בבל”
  • Hebrew: “ככר בבל”
  • Hebrew: “שריפת הספרים בברלין”
  • Hebrew: “שריפת הספרים בכיכר האופרה”
  • Hebrew: “שריפת הספרים בככר בבל”
  • Hebrew: “שרפת הספרים בכיכר בבל”
  • Hebrew: “שרפת הספרים בכיכר בברלין”
  • Hebrew: “שרפת הספרים בכיכר האופרה”
  • Hebrew: “שרפת הספרים בככר בבל”
  • Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Kosong”
  • Italian: “Bebelplatz”
  • Italian: “Foro Federiciano”
  • Italian: “Forum Fridericianum”
  • Japanese: “ベーベル広場”
  • Korean: “베벨 광장”
  • Latin: “Forum Fridericianum”
  • Lithuanian: “Bebelio aikštė”
  • Malayalam: “ബെബെൽപ്ലാറ്റ്സ്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bebelplatz”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bebelsplatz”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Opernplatz”
  • Norwegian: “Bebelplatz”
  • Polish: “Bebelplatz”
  • Russian: “Бебельплац”
  • Russian: “Опернплац”
  • Russian: “Оперплац”
  • Slovenian: “Bebelplatz”
  • Spanish: “Bebelplatz”
  • Spanish: “Forum Fridericianum”
  • Swedish: “Bebelplatz”
  • Swedish: “Opernplatz”
  • Turkish: “Bebelplatz”
  • Urdu: “بیبل پلاتز”

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