Lesegarten

Lesegarten is a garden in Berlin, Berlin. Lesegarten is situated nearby to the library Hansabibliothek, as well as near the railway station U-Bahnhof Hansaplatz.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hansabibliothek and Siegessäule.

Hansabibliothek

Library

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Hansabibliothek is a library.

The Victory Column is a monument in Berlin, Germany. Designed by Heinrich Strack after 1864 to commemorate the Prussian victory over Denmark in the Second Schleswig War, by the time it was inaugurated on 2 September 1873, Prussia had also defeated Austria and its German allies in the Austro-Prussian War and France in the Franco-Prussian War, giving the statue a new purpose. Siegessäule is situated 570 metres southeast of Lesegarten.

Hansaplatz

Square

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Hansaplatz is a square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hansaviertel and Westfälisches Viertel.

Hansaviertel

Suburb

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The Hansaviertel is the smallest Ortsteil of Berlin and is between Großer Tiergarten and the Spree River, within the central Mitte borough of Berlin. The district was almost completely destroyed during World War II but was rebuilt from 1957 to 1961 as a social housing project by international master architects such as Alvar Aalto, Egon Eiermann, Walter Gropius, Oscar Niemeyer, and Sep Ruf.