Gendarmenmarkt
The Gendarmenmarkt is a square in Berlin and the site of an architectural ensemble that includes the Berlin concert hall, along with the French and German Churches.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Square
- Description: square in Berlin, Germany
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Konzerthaus Berlin and French Cathedral.
Konzerthaus Berlin
Theater building
Photo: Code, CC BY 3.0 de.
The Konzerthaus Berlin is a concert hall in Berlin, the home of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. Situated on the Gendarmenmarkt square in the central Mitte district of the city, it was originally built as a theater.
French Cathedral
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The French Church of Friedrichstadt is in Berlin at the Gendarmenmarkt, across the Konzerthaus and the German Cathedral. The earliest parts of the church date back to 1701, although it was subsequently expanded.
New Church
Photo: Jörg Zägel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The New Church, is located in Berlin on the Gendarmenmarkt across from French Church of Friedrichstadt. Its parish comprised the northern part of the then new quarter of Friedrichstadt, which until then belonged to the parish of the congregations of Jerusalem's Church. New Church is situated 100 metres south of Gendarmenmarkt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Friedrichswerder and Friedrichstadt.
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.
Friedrichstadt
Quarter
Photo: Tanweer Morshed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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.
Gendarmenmarkt
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and locality
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.51361° or 52° 30′ 49″ northLongitude
13.39229° or 13° 23′ 32″ eastNamed after
GensdarmesOpen location code
9F4MG97R+CWOpenStreetMap ID
way 844740667OpenStreetMap feature
place=squareOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q170103
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Gendarmenmarkt” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Gendarmenmarkt”
- Armenian: “Ժանդարմենմարկտ”
- Basque: “Gendarmenmarkt”
- Belarusian: “Жандармэнмаркт”
- Breton: “Gendarmenmarkt”
- Catalan: “Gendarmenmarkt”
- Chinese: “御林广场”
- Chinese: “御林廣場”
- Czech: “Gendarmenmarkt”
- Danish: “Gendarmenmarkt”
- Dutch: “Gendarmenmarkt”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جيندارمينماركت”
- Finnish: “Gendarmenmarkt”
- French: “Gendarmenmarkt”
- German: “Berlin/Gendarmenmarkt”
- German: “Gendarmenmarkt”
- German: “Gensd’armen-Markt”
- German: “Gensdarmenmarkt”
- German: “Platz der Akademie”
- Hebrew: “ז’נדארמן מארקט”
- Hebrew: “ז’נדארמנמארקט”
- Hebrew: “ז’נדארמנמרקט”
- Hebrew: “ז’נדרמנמארקט”
- Hebrew: “ז’נדרמנמרקט”
- Hebrew: “שוק הז’אנדרמים”
- Hebrew: “שוק השוטרים”
- Italian: “Gendarmenmarkt”
- Japanese: “ゲンダーメンマルクト”
- Japanese: “ジャンダルメンマルクト”
- Japanese: “ジャンダルメンマルクト広場”
- Korean: “잔다르멘마르크트”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gendarmenmarkt”
- Norwegian: “Gendarmenmarkt”
- Polish: “Gendarmenmarkt”
- Russian: “Жандарменмаркт”
- Russian: “Жандармский рынок”
- Slovenian: “Gendarmenmarkt”
- Spanish: “Gendarmenmarkt”
- Swedish: “Gendarmenmarkt”
- Tagalog: “Gendarmenmarkt”
- Thai: “ฌันดาร์เมินมาคท์”
- Turkish: “Gendarmenmarkt”
- Ukrainian: “Жандарменмаркт”
- Welsh: “Gendarmenmarkt”
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