Luisenstadt Canal

The Luisenstadt Canal, or Luisenstädtischer Kanal, was a 2.3-kilometre-long canal in , . It is named after the Luisenstadt district and ran through today's districts of and , linking the with the , and serving a central canal basin known as the Engelbecken or Angel's Pool.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Protected area
  • Description: canal in Berlin, 1852 to 1926
  • Also known as: “Luisenstädtischer Kanal und Engelbecken zwischen Waldemarstraße und Schillingbrücke”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Køpi and St. Thomas church.

Community center
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is a housing project located at 137 Köpenicker Straße in , . It was squatted in 1990 and legalised in 1991 as an autonomous housing project and self-managed social centre. is situated 240 metres northeast of Luisenstadt Canal.

Church
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The church St. Thomas is a Protestant church in the district of . Friedrich Adler designed and built the church between 1865 and 1869. The church was constructed in the shape of a Latin cross with two towers and a 56 metre high dome. is situated 270 metres southeast of Luisenstadt Canal.

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The Fernsehturm in central 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. is situated 2 km northwest of Luisenstadt Canal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mediaspree and East Central.

Quarter
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is one of the largest property investment projects in Berlin. It aims to establish telecommunication and media companies along a section of the banks of the river as well as to implement an urban renewal of the surrounding area.

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is a trendy, bohemian, artsy area that consists of Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain, Prenzlauer Berg, Wedding and Gesundbrunnen. The western district Kreuzberg was merged with the eastern district Friedrichshain in 2001.

Locality
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, also spelled Altberlin, is a neighborhood, situated in the locality of , part of the . In the 13th century it was the sister town of the old Cölln, located on the northern Island in the Margraviate of Brandenburg.

Luisenstadt Canal

Latitude
52.50657° or 52° 30′ 24″ north
Longitude
13.4231° or 13° 25′ 23″ east
Inception
1848—1852
Open location code
9F4MGC4F+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 443743437
Wiki­data ID
Q324404
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Luisenstadt Canal” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “canal de Luisenstadt”
  • Chinese: “路易森施塔特运河”
  • Danish: “Luisenstadtkanalen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قناة لوايزمشتات”
  • French: “canal de la Luisenstadt”
  • French: “Canal de la Luisenstadt”
  • German: “Engelbecken”
  • German: “Luisenstädtischer Kanal”
  • Hebrew: “תעלת לואיזנשטאדט”
  • Latin: “Canalis Luisianensis”
  • Latin: “Fossa Luisianensis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Louisenstadtkanalen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Luisenstädtische Kanal”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Luisenstadtkanalen”
  • Norwegian: “Luisenstadtkanalen”
  • Romanian: “Canalul Luisenstadt”
  • Russian: “Луизенштадтский канал”
  • Slovenian: “Luisenstädtischer Kanal”
  • Slovenian: “Luisenstadtski prekop”
  • Swedish: “Luisenstädtischer Kanal”
  • Swedish: “Luisenstadtkanalen”
  • Welsh: “Camlas Luisenstadt”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Luisenstädtischer Kanal Waldpflanzengarten and Sporthalle.

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