Tommy Weisbecker Haus

The Tommy Weisbecker Haus is a housing co-operative and self-managed social centre based in an apartment block in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. It was established in 1973 when young people squatted it as an autonomous youth homeless shelter.

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Type: Building
Description: building in Berlin, Germany
Also known as: “Tommy-Weisbecker-Haus” and “Tommyhaus”
Address: Wilhelmstraße 9, Kreuzberg, Berlin, 10963

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jewish Museum Berlin and Checkpoint Charlie.

Jewish Museum Berlin

Museum

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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 440 metres east of Tommy Weisbecker Haus.

Checkpoint Charlie

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Checkpoint Charlie was the Western Bloc's name for the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War, becoming a symbol of the Cold War, representing the separation of East and West. Checkpoint Charlie is situated 670 metres north of Tommy Weisbecker Haus.

Theodor Wolff Park

Park

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Theodor Wolff Park is a public park in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Friedrichstadt and Möckernkiez.

Friedrichstadt

Quarter

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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.

Möckernkiez

Neighborhood

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Möckernkiez is a neighborhood.

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.

Tommy Weisbecker Haus

Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

52.50148° or 52° 30′ 5″ north

Longitude

13.38904° or 13° 23′ 21″ east

Levels

Open location code

9F4MG92Q+HJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 52116531

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q2440924

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In Other Languages

From Esperanto to German—“Tommy Weisbecker Haus” goes by many names.

Esperanto: “Tommy Weisbecker Haus”
Esperanto: “Tommy-Weisbecker-Haus”
German: “Tommy Weisbecker Haus”
German: “Tommy-Weisbecker-Haus”

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