Schinkelplatz
Schinkelplatz is a square in Berlin, Germany, named after Karl Friedrich Schinkel. On one side of the square stands the Bauakademie, under wraps waiting to be rebuilt, and on the other, the neo-Gothic Friedrichswerder Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include German Historical Museum and Pergamon Museum.
German Historical Museum
Museum
Photo: Jörg Zägel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The German Historical Museum, 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". German Historical Museum is situated 160 metres northwest of Schinkelplatz.
Pergamon Museum
Museum
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The Pergamon Museum is a listed building on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin, 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. Pergamon Museum is situated 490 metres north of Schinkelplatz.
Museum Island
Photo: Der Wolf im Wald, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museum Island is a museum complex on the northern part of Spree Island in the historic heart of Berlin, Germany. It is one of the capital's most visited sights and one of the most important museum sites in Europe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Friedrichswerder and Mitte.
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.
Mitte
Dorotheenstadt
Quarter
Dorotheenstadt is a historic zone or neighbourhood of central Berlin, Germany, which forms part of the locality of Mitte within the borough also called Mitte.
Schinkelplatz
- Type: Square
- Description: square in Berlin, Germany
- Category: locality
- Location: Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.51669° or 52° 31′ 0″ northLongitude
13.39872° or 13° 23′ 55″ eastNamed after
Karl Friedrich SchinkelOpen location code
9F4MG98X+MFOpenStreetMap ID
way 572779738OpenStreetMap feature
place=squareWikidata 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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