New Guard House

The Neue Wache is a listed building on boulevard in the of , . Erected from 1816 to 1818 according to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel as a guardhouse for the and a to the Liberation Wars, it is considered a major work of Prussian Neoclassical architecture.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: historical building in Berlin, Germany
  • Also known as: “Haupt- und Königswache” and “Neue Wache”
  • Address: Unter den Linden 4, Mitte, Berlin, 10117
  • Roof shape: pyramidal
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Berlin Hbf and German Historical Museum.

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Berlin Hauptbahnhof is the railway hub and main station of . Although the station isn't large, the multi-level station may appear confusing for first-time visitors.

Museum
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The , known by the acronym DHM, is a museum in Berlin, Germany devoted to German history. It describes itself as a place of "enlightenment and understanding of the shared history of Germans and Europeans". is situated 100 metres east of New Guard House.

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. is situated 140 metres south of New Guard House.

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
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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.

New Guard House

Latitude
52.51789° or 52° 31′ 4″ north
Longitude
13.39554° or 13° 23′ 44″ east
Inception
1818
Levels
2
Open location code
9F4MG99W+56
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24240381
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­pyramidal
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q152341
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“New Guard House” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Նոյե Վախե”
  • Chinese: “新岗哨”
  • Chinese: “新崗哨”
  • Danish: “Neue Wache”
  • Dutch: “Neue Wache”
  • Finnish: “Neue Wache”
  • French: “Neue Wache (Berlin)”
  • French: “Neue Wache”
  • German: “Neue Wache”
  • Hebrew: “בית המשמר החדש”
  • Hebrew: “נויה ואכה”
  • Indonesian: “Neue Wache”
  • Italian: “Neue Wache”
  • Japanese: “ノイエ・ヴァッヘ”
  • Kölsch: “Neue Waach”
  • Korean: “노이에 바헤”
  • Korean: “신위병소”
  • Luxembourgish: “Neue Wache”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Neue Wache”
  • Norwegian: “Neue Wache”
  • Persian: “نویه واخه”
  • Polish: “Neue Wache”
  • Polish: “Nowy Odwach”
  • Portuguese: “Neue Wache”
  • Russian: “Новая караульня”
  • Russian: “Нойе Вахе”
  • Russian: “Нойе-Вахе”
  • Spanish: “Edificio de la Nueva Guardia de Berlin”
  • Spanish: “Edificio de la Nueva Guardia de Berlín”
  • Spanish: “Neue Wache”
  • Spanish: “Nueva Guardia”
  • Swedish: “Neue Wache”
  • Turkish: “Neue Wache”
  • Western Panjabi: “نواں واخے”

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