Molkenmarkt
Molkenmarkt is the oldest square in Berlin. It is located in the Alt-Berlin quarter of the Mitte district, in the historic centre of the city. With approximately 9,200 square metres in size, it is today a major traffic junction, dominated by the large Altes Stadthaus administrative building on its southeastern side.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Nicholas Church and Fernsehturm Berlin.
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 130 metres west of Molkenmarkt.
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 450 metres north of Molkenmarkt.
Hemp Museum
Museum
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The Hemp Museum was opened in Berlin on 6 December 1994. It is the only museum in Germany focused on the cannabis plant. The museum also actively promotes the protection of children and young people and offers individually tailored tours of the exhibition with care staff. Hemp Museum is situated 110 metres southwest of Molkenmarkt.
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
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.
Molkenmarkt
- Type: Square
- Description: public square in Berlin-Mitte, Germany
- Category: locality
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.51679° or 52° 31′ 0″ northLongitude
13.4094° or 13° 24′ 34″ eastNamed after
dairyOpen location code
9F4MGC85+PQOpenStreetMap ID
way 377052425OpenStreetMap feature
place=squareWikidata ID
Q876074
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Molkenmarkt” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “摩爾肯市場”
- Dutch: “Molkenmarkt”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مولكنماركت”
- Finnish: “Molkenmarkt”
- German: “Molkenmarkt”
- Swedish: “Molkenmarkt”
- “Molkenmarkt”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ausgrabungen am Molkenmarkt and Theater im Nikolaiviertel.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Molkenmarkt”. Photo: Platte, CC BY-SA 3.0.