Charlotten Bridge
Charlotten Bridge in Spandau links the old town of Spandau on the west bank of the Havel with the east bank. It was one of the few bridges over which some of the German garrison of Berlin were able to escape during the night of 1 May 1945 just hours before the city fell to Soviet forces.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Spandau Citadel and Berlin-Stresow station.
Spandau Citadel
The Spandau Citadel is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin. Spandau Citadel is situated 800 metres northeast of Charlotten Bridge.
Berlin-Stresow station
Railway station
Photo: Jcornelius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stresow is a railway station in the Spandau district of Berlin, named after the Stresow neighbourhood east of the Havel river. It is served by the S-Bahn lines S3 and S9. Berlin-Stresow station is situated 410 metres southeast of Charlotten Bridge.
Berlin-Spandau station
Railway station
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Berlin-Spandau station is a Deutsche Bahn station in the Berlin district of Spandau on the south-western edge of the old town of Spandau. The railway junction station is one of the 80 stations classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 2 station. Berlin-Spandau station is situated 710 metres west of Charlotten Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Altstadt Spandau and Tiefwerder.
Altstadt Spandau
Quarter
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Altstadt Spandau is the historic centre of the Spandau borough in the western suburbs of Berlin, situated on the right bank of the Havel river by its confluence with the Spree tributary.
Tiefwerder
Neighborhood
Photo: Lienhard Schulz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tiefwerder encompasses both a village and a Werder along the Havel River in the Berlin district of Spandau. While the village of Tiefwerder, along with the neighboring southern port of Spandau, falls under the jurisdiction of the district of Spandau, the surrounding forested areas, meadows, and water areas of the Werder are administratively part of the district of Wilhelmstadt.
Murellen mountains, Murellen gorge and Schanzenwald forest
Locality
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The Murellenberge, the Murellenschlucht and the Schanzenwald are a hilly landscape formed during the Weichselian Ice Age in the Berlin district of Ruhleben in the Westend part of the District of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Murellen mountains, Murellen gorge and Schanzenwald forest is situated 2½ km southeast of Charlotten Bridge.
Charlotten Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Description: listed architectural structure in Berlin-Spandau
- Categories: road bridge, tied-arch bridge, and transportation
- Location: Brandenburg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.53512° or 52° 32′ 6″ northLongitude
13.20616° or 13° 12′ 22″ eastInception
1928Named after
Sophia Charlotte of HanoverOpen location code
9F4MG6P4+2FOpenStreetMap ID
way 376730203OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q5086224
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Charlotten Bridge” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “夏洛頓橋”
- German: “Charlottenbrücke”
- Japanese: “シャルロッテ橋”
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