State Council Building

The State Council Building is a building in the former East Berlin that hosted the State Council, the collective head of state of the German Democratic Republic, from 1964 to 1990.
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  • Type: Government building
  • Description: architectural structure
  • Address: Schloßplatz, Berlin, 10178

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Humboldt Forum and Berlin Cathedral.

Museum
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The is a museum dedicated to human history, art and culture, located in the on the in the historic centre of . is situated 150 metres north of State Council Building.

Church
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, also known as the Evangelical Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church, is a monumental German Protestant church and dynastic tomb at the on the in . is situated 380 metres north of State Council Building.

Museum
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The is a listed building on the in the of , Germany. It was built from 1910 to 1930 by order of Emperor Wilhelm II and according to plans by Alfred Messel and Ludwig Hoffmann in Stripped Classicism style. is situated 670 metres northwest of State Council Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Friedrichswerder and Mitte.

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.

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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.

Locality
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, also spelled Altberlin, is a neighborhood, situated in the locality of , part of the . In the 13th century it was the sister town of the old Cölln, located on the northern Island in the Margraviate of Brandenburg.

State Council Building

Latitude
52.5157° or 52° 30′ 57″ north
Longitude
13.40145° or 13° 24′ 5″ east
Inception
1964
Levels
3
Height
22 metres (72 feet)
Open location code
9F4MGC82+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23075450
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­government
Wiki­data ID
Q318235
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Slovenian—“State Council Building” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Edificiu del Conseyu d’Estáu”
  • Chinese: “东德国务委员會大廈”
  • Chinese: “東德國務委員會大廈”
  • Czech: “Budova Státní rady”
  • Dutch: “Gebouw van de Staatsrat”
  • Dutch: “Staatsratsgebaeude”
  • Dutch: “Staatsratsgebaude”
  • Dutch: “Staatsratsgebäude”
  • Finnish: “Staatsratsgebäude”
  • French: “Staatsratsgebäude”
  • German: “Staatsratsgebäude”
  • Hebrew: “בית מועצת המדינה”
  • Italian: “Staatsratsgebäude”
  • Japanese: “国家評議会ビル”
  • Slovenian: “stavba Državnega sveta”

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