Schinkelplatz

Schinkelplatz is a square in , Germany, named after Karl Friedrich Schinkel. On one side of the square stands the , under wraps waiting to be rebuilt, and on the other, the neo-Gothic .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include German Historical Museum and Pergamon Museum.

Museum
Photo: Jörg Zägel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , known by the acronym DHM, is a museum in Berlin, Germany devoted to German history. It describes itself as a place of "enlightenment and understanding of the shared history of Germans and Europeans". is situated 160 metres northwest of Schinkelplatz.

Museum
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The is a listed building on the in the of , Germany. It was built from 1910 to 1930 by order of Emperor Wilhelm II and according to plans by Alfred Messel and Ludwig Hoffmann in Stripped Classicism style. is situated 490 metres north of Schinkelplatz.

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The is a complex on the northern part of Island in the of , Germany. It is one of the capital's most visited sights and one of the most important museum sites in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Friedrichswerder and Mitte.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood, situated in the locality of , part of the . It is identical to the town of , founded in 1662, which was an independent town until 1710.

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, literally meaning "the middle" and being a contraction of Stadtmitte, contains the historical heart of Berlin and represents in many ways the real centre of the city.

Quarter
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is a historic zone or neighbourhood of central , , which forms part of the locality of within the borough also called .

Schinkelplatz

Latitude
52.51669° or 52° 31′ 0″ north
Longitude
13.39872° or 13° 23′ 55″ east
Named after
Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Open location code
9F4MG98X+MF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 572779738
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Wiki­data ID
Q834403
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Schinkelplatz” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “申克尔广场”
  • Chinese: “申克爾廣場”
  • Dutch: “Schinkelplatz”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شينكلبلاتز”
  • French: “Schinkelplatz”
  • German: “Schinkelplatz”
  • Polish: “Schinkelplatz”
  • Swedish: “Schinkelplatz”

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