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Breitscheidplatz

Breitscheidplatz is a major public square in the inner city of , . Together with the Kurfürstendamm boulevard, it marks the centre of former West Berlin and the present-day . It is named after Rudolf Breitscheid.
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  • Type: Square
  • Description: square in Berlin
  • Also known as: “Auguste-Viktoria-Platz” and “Gutenbergplatz”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and Berlin Zoologischer Garten Railway Station.

Church
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The , mostly known simply as the Memorial Church is a Protestant church affiliated with the Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia, a regional body of the Protestant Church in Germany.

Railway station
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Berlin Zoologischer Garten station is a railway station in , . It is located on the Berlin Stadtbahn railway line in the district, adjacent to the Berlin Zoo. is situated 340 metres northwest of Breitscheidplatz.

Shopping center
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The is a building complex on Breitscheidplatz in the district of , with a shopping mall and a high-rise tower 86 metres tall. Built between 1963 and 1965, by 2003 it had been designated as a historically preserved building. is situated 200 metres east of Breitscheidplatz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include City West and Kielgan-Viertel.

Photo: Meho29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the heart of former West Berlin and even after reunification it represents the main retail centre of Berlin — all the best and most expensive shops are here.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Breitscheidplatz

Latitude
52.50488° or 52° 30′ 18″ north
Longitude
13.33524° or 13° 20′ 7″ east
Named after
Rudolf Breitscheid
Open location code
9F4MG83P+X3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 491328295
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Wiki­data ID
Q698370
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Breitscheidplatz” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Breitscheidplatz”
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  • Armenian: “Բրայթշայդպլաց”
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  • Chinese: “布莱兹雪德广场”
  • Chinese: “布賴特施德廣場”
  • Chinese: “布赖特施德广场”
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  • Hebrew: “ברייטשייד פלאץ”
  • Hebrew: “ברייטשיידפלאץ”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר ברייטשייד”
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  • Jamaican Creole English: “Breitscheidplatz”
  • Japanese: “ブライトシャイト広場”
  • Korean: “브라이트샤이트 광장”
  • Korean: “브라이트샤이트플라츠”
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  • Romansh: “Breitscheidplatz”
  • Russian: “Брайтшайдплац”
  • Russian: “Брейтшейдплац”
  • Russian: “Площадь Брейтшейда”
  • Russian: “Площадь Рудольфа Брейтшейда”
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