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Askanischer Platz

Askanischer Platz is a square in , . Askanischer Platz is situated nearby to , as well as near the museum .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof and Topography of Terror.

Railway station
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The Anhalter Bahnhof is a former railway terminus in , Germany, approximately 600 m southeast of . Once one of Berlin's most important railway stations, it was severely damaged in World War II, and finally closed for traffic in 1952, when the GDR-owned Deutsche Reichsbahn rerouted all railway traffic between Berlin and places in the GDR avoiding the West Berlin area.

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The is an outdoor and indoor history museum in , . It is located on Niederkirchnerstrasse, formerly Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse, on the site of buildings, which during the Nazi regime from 1933 to 1945 was the SS Reich Security Main Office, the headquarters of the Sicherheitspolizei, SD, Einsatzgruppen and Gestapo. is situated 260 metres northeast of Askanischer Platz.

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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. is situated 660 metres northeast of Askanischer Platz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Friedrichstadt and Möckernkiez.

Quarter
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was an independent suburb of , and is now a historical neighbourhood of the city itself. The neighbourhood is named after the Prussian king Frederick I.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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.

Askanischer Platz

Latitude
52.50423° or 52° 30′ 15″ north
Longitude
13.38223° or 13° 22′ 56″ east
Named after
House of Ascania
Open location code
9F4MG93J+MV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 756380090
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Wiki­data ID
Q264438
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Askanischer Platz” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “阿斯卡尼广场”
  • Chinese: “阿斯坎尼广场”
  • Dutch: “Askanischer Platz”
  • French: “Askanischer Platz”
  • German: “Askanischer Platz”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Askanischer Platz”
  • Norwegian: “Askanischer Platz”
  • Portuguese: “Askanischer Platz”
  • Swedish: “Askanischer Platz”

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