Topography of Terror
Topography of Terror is a museum in Berlin, Berlin which is located on Niederkirchnerstraße. Topography of Terror is situated nearby to the forest Robinienwäldchen, as well as near Relexa Hotel Stuttgarter Hof.- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—8:00 PM
- Email: info@topographie.de
- Type: Museum
- Address: Niederkirchnerstraße 8, Kreuzberg, Berlin, 10963
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Topography of Terror and Checkpoint Charlie.
Topography of Terror
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The Topography of Terror is an outdoor and indoor history museum in Berlin, Germany. It is located on Niederkirchnerstrasse, formerly Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse, on the site of buildings, which during the Nazi regime from 1933 to 1945 was the SS Reich Security Main Office, the headquarters of the Sicherheitspolizei, SD, Einsatzgruppen and Gestapo.
Checkpoint Charlie
Photo: Adrian Purser, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Checkpoint Charlie was the Western Bloc's name for the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War, becoming a symbol of the Cold War, representing the separation of East and West. Checkpoint Charlie is situated 430 metres east of Topography of Terror.
Brandenburg Gate
Photo: Der Wolf im Wald, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Brandenburg Gate is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin, Germany. One of the best-known landmarks of the country, it was erected on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to Brandenburg an der Havel, the former capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg. Brandenburg Gate is situated 1¼ km north of Topography of Terror.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Friedrichstadt and Friedrichswerder.
Friedrichstadt
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Photo: Tanweer Morshed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Friedrichstadt was an independent suburb of Berlin, and is now a historical neighbourhood of the city itself. The neighbourhood is named after the Prussian king Frederick I.
Friedrichswerder
Neighborhood
Friedrichswerder is a neighborhood, situated in the Berliner locality of Mitte, part of the homonymous borough. It is identical to the town of Friedrichswerder, founded in 1662, which was an independent town until 1710.
Dorotheenstadt
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Dorotheenstadt is a historic zone or neighbourhood of central Berlin, Germany, which forms part of the locality of Mitte within the borough also called Mitte.
Topography of Terror
- Categories: tourism, historic site, memorial, and tourist attraction
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.50619° or 52° 30′ 22″ northLongitude
13.38434° or 13° 23′ 4″ eastOperator
Stiftung Topographie des TerrorsOpen location code
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way 24368681OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
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In Other Languages
From German to Polish—“Topography of Terror” goes by many names.
- German: “Topographie des Terrors”
- Hebrew: “טופוגרפיה של הטרור”
- Italian: “Topografia del terrore”
- Polish: “Topografia Terroru”
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