Moritzplatz
Moritzplatz is a square in Berlin, Berlin. Moritzplatz is situated near the college Design Akademie Berlin, as well as near the community center Nachbarschaftsakademie Prinzessinnengarten.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Moritzplatz and Prinzessinnengarten.
Moritzplatz
Metro station
Moritzplatz is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U8 line. Peter Behrens constructed this unusual subway station in Berlin in 1928. It was closed briefly in 1945, and between 1961 and 1990 it was the last station in West Berlin, after which the train passed through communist East Berlin until Gesundbrunnen.
Jewish Museum Berlin
Museum
The Jewish Museum Berlin was opened in 2001 and is the largest Jewish museum in Europe. On 3,500 square metres of floor space, the museum presents the history of the Jews in Germany from the Middle Ages to the present day, with new focuses and new scenography. Jewish Museum Berlin is situated 1 km west of Moritzplatz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neukölln am Wasser and Friedrichswerder.
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.
Friedrichstadt
Quarter
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, who founded it in 1691 as the third expansion of the Berlin-Cölln city centre, after Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder.
Moritzplatz
- Type: Square
- Description: square in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
- Category: locality
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.50364° or 52° 30′ 13″ north
Longitude
13.41071° or 13° 24′ 39″ east
Named after
Open location code
9F4MGC36+F7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“Moritzplatz” goes by many names.
- French: “Moritzplatz”
- German: “Moritzplatz”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Moritzplatz”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Moritzplatz”
- Swedish: “Moritzplatz”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Design Akademie Berlin and Nachbarschaftsakademie Prinzessinnengarten.
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