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.
  • Public building
  • …was formerly known as “Königliche Bibliothek”
  • …dates from 1780
  • …has 6 floors
  • …has a hipped roof
  • Description: library building in Berlin, Germany
  • Address: Bebelplatz 2, Berlin, 10117

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Berlin Hbf and National Opera.
Berlin Hauptbahnhof is the railway hub and main station of .
Theater building
The Staatsoper Unter den Linden, also known as the… is situated 110 metres east of Alte Bibliothek.
Square
The is a public square in the central district of , the capital of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Friedrichswerder and Dorotheenstadt.
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Latitude
52.51644° or 52° 30′ 59″ north
Longitude
13.39316° or 13° 23′ 35″ east
Open location code
9F4MG98V+H7
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Open­Street­Map feature
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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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