Alte Bibliothek

The Alte Bibliothek, nicknamed Kommode, is a listed building on 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.
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  • Type: Public building
  • Description: library building in Berlin, Germany
  • Also known as: “Königliche Bibliothek”
  • Address: Bebelplatz 2, Berlin, 10117

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Berlin Hbf and National Opera.

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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.

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 110 metres east of Alte Bibliothek.

Square
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The 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.

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.

Alte Bibliothek

Latitude
52.51644° or 52° 30′ 59″ north
Longitude
13.39316° or 13° 23′ 35″ east
Inception
1780
Levels
6
Roof shape
hipped
Open location code
9F4MG98V+H7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24247456
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Wiki­data ID
Q435399
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Alte Bibliothek” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Старая бібліятэка”
  • Dutch: “Alte Bibliothek”
  • Dutch: “Königliche Bibliothek zu Berlin”
  • Finnish: “Alte Bibliothek”
  • French: “Alte Bibliothek (Berlin”
  • French: “Alte Bibliothek”
  • German: “Alte Bibliothek”
  • German: “Churfürstliche Bibliothek zu Cölln an der Spree”
  • German: “Kommode”
  • German: “Königliche Bibliothek zu Berlin”
  • Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Lama”
  • Italian: “Alte Bibliothek”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alte Bibliothek (Berlin)”
  • Norwegian: “Alte Bibliothek”
  • Polish: “Alte Bibliothek”
  • Russian: “Старая библиотека в Берлине”
  • Russian: “Старая библиотека”
  • Spanish: “Alte Bibliothek”
  • Swedish: “Alte Bibliothek, Berlin”
  • Swedish: “Alte Bibliothek”
  • Turkish: “Eski Kütüphane, Berlin”
  • Ukrainian: “Стара бібліотека”

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Highlights include Law Library and Memorial for the Nazi book burnings.

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