Franziskaner-Klosterkirche

The Franziskaner-Klosterkirche was a church in the Klosterstraße in the Mitte district of Berlin, Germany, founded in 1250 and now in ruins. The church was once the church of the Graues Kloster.

Photo: Josef Streichholz, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Ruins
Description: church
Also known as: “Ruine der Franziskaner-Klosterkirche”
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fernsehturm Berlin and Alexanderplatz.

Fernsehturm Berlin

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The Fernsehturm in central Berlin was constructed between 1965 and 1969 by the government of the German Democratic Republic as both a functional broadcasting facility and a symbol of communist power. Fernsehturm Berlin is situated 340 metres northwest of Franziskaner-Klosterkirche.

Alexanderplatz

Square

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Alexanderplatz is a large public square and transport hub in the central Mitte district of Berlin. The square is named after the Russian Tsar Alexander I, which also denotes the larger neighbourhood stretching from Mollstraße in the north-east to Spandauer Straße and the Rotes Rathaus in the south-west. Alexanderplatz is situated 400 metres north of Franziskaner-Klosterkirche.

St. Nicholas Church

Museum

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The St. Nikolai-Kirche, is the oldest church in Berlin, the capital of Germany. The church is located in the eastern part of central Berlin, the borough of Mitte. St. Nicholas Church is situated 390 metres southwest of Franziskaner-Klosterkirche.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alt-Berlin and Mitte.

Alt-Berlin

Locality

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Alt-Berlin, also spelled Altberlin, is a neighborhood, situated in the Berliner locality of Mitte, part of the homonymous borough. In the 13th century it was the sister town of the old Cölln, located on the northern Spree Island in the Margraviate of Brandenburg.

Mitte

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Mitte, 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.