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705:, the second oldest church in the centre of Berlin and the oldest one still in use. It was first mentioned in 1292 as the church of Berlin's “new town”, right in front of the New Marketplace. Nowadays, St. Mary's is one of three churches of the Evangelical St. Mary's & St. Peter's parish, which has around 3,100 members.
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gave his consent to replace the pedestrian bridge with a much larger, richly ornamented stone construction. Beyond the river, after lengthy negotiations with numerous property owners, the three historic alleys were combined to a broad street, built according to plans designed by
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apartment block, holds the Berlin Carré, a shopping mall of about 7,600 square metres (1.9 acres), which was built in 1969 to replace the
Zentralmarkthalle (“central market hall”) at the same place. In 2000, the cabaret theatre
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World War II and the subsequent reconstruction of East Berlin as the capital of the German
Democratic Republic meant the end for several of Berlin's important and well-known buildings. The most prominent of course being the
814:. It was built between 1976 and 1979, based on a design by Ferenc Kiss. The hotel had 600 rooms with 1,000 beds and a conference hall with about 2,000 seats. It was closed for all East German guests, as one had to pay in a
801:(“new marketplace”) at the foot of the St. Mary's Church, which had taken place for several centuries. The market hall survived the war, but was demolished in 1969 to make room for the current buildings.
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daily newspaper. The building also houses the
Berliner Journalistenschule (“Berlin journalists school”), a college for the further education of journalists, which has its own radio and TV station.
432:. The adjacent apartment blocks and the row of shops below have been steadily refurbished. Plans for the reconstruction of the neighbourhood north of Alexanderplatz have been made.
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arterial road leading to the northern city limits. Although part of the street dates back to medieval times, most of the buildings at its side were built in the 1960s, when
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decision to rebuild the historically renowned palace. The street runs northeast, crosses the
Liebknechtbrücke, leaving Spree Island, and meets Spandauer Straße, where the
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In the 1880s, plans for a new traffic routing were developed when it was decided to build a northeastern extension of the Unter den Linden boulevard through the Palace's
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had it renamed
Liebknechtstraße in 1947 for Karl Liebknecht, co-founder of the German Communist Party. Liebknecht had his lawyer's office nearby and during the
797:(“central market hall”) opened in two buildings left and right of the street, right at the railway tracks. It was built to replace the weekly markets at the
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decided to rebuild the area to fit the government's visions of a modern socialist city. The new broad Karl-Liebknecht-Straße started on Spree Island at the
208:
river. They had had different names over the centuries and were ultimately known as
Papenstraße (“Bishops' Street”, named for the Berlin residence of the
385:(TV tower). Instead of turning north at St. Mary's Church, the new Karl-Liebknecht-Straße, finished in 1969, now goes straight ahead, bypassing
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Opened in 1887, this new street was named Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße in honour of the emperor. The road then led from Spree Island across the new
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in
September. Most of the buildings on Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße were largely damaged and several lost completely in the British and American
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The numbers 1, 3, and 5 belong to the new DomAquarée building, completed in 2003. It houses several restaurants and shops as well as the
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204:) square beneath the church was first mentioned in a 1292 deed; there were three alleys that went southwest from it down to the
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Karl-Liebknecht-Straße starts at the Schloßbrücke (“palace bridge”) on Spree Island as part of the German federal highways
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had proclaimed a "Free
Socialist Republic" at the Berlin Palace on 9 November 1918, shortly before he was murdered by
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659:(Schloßplatz 1), which is currently under reconstruction (currently projected to be fully completed in 2020, as the
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apartment blocks were built along the street, while the right side became a large open green, stretching from the
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Since the 17th century, a wooden pedestrian bridge, known as Castle Bridge, later called
Cavalier Bridge or
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At its start, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße passes by two of the most prominent sites of Berlin, the evangelical
779:
771:. The building was demolished in 1950 on the order of the East German government. It was replaced by the
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bus lines with stops at
Memhardstraße, Fernsehturm, St. Mary's Church and at Lustgarten. The lines are
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gate”) it crosses Torstraße and Mollstraße and continues as Prenzlauer Allee to the north of the city.
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paramilitaries. The bridge to Spree Island was rebuilt in a simple form in 1949/50 and equally named
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through the old Königsstadt quarter to the border of Mitte borough. There, at the place of the old
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still had to turn right in front of the Palace and continue its way to Alt-Berlin via the parallel
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group. It was demolished in 2000 to make room for the new DomAquarée, which was opened in 2003.
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223:(“Sixpence Bridge”), would lead from Kleine Burgstraße across the water to the Berlin Palace on
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782:, which had moved to the premises of the modern DomAquarée in 1650, after its old building in
274:(“Barns' Quarter”) neighbourhood. In 1892 the street was extended to Hirtenstraße near modern
40:
1013:
760:
759:. It was largely rebuilt as a palace a hundred years later and became the family seat of the
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Unlike its surroundings, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße has not changed its look too much since the
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turn to the right. Karl-Liebknecht-Straße continues northeast, passing the Fernsehturm and
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212:), Brauhausstraße (“Brewery Street”) and Kleine Burgstraße (“Castle Street”, named for the
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8:
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troops blew up the remnants of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke in an attempt to hold back the
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397:). The former northeastern section of the street, beyond the church, is today known as
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era, demolition of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke began in March 1939 to make room for the
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and the eastern terminus of Unter den Linden. However, traffic from the west crossing
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near the Liebknecht Bridge has been demolished in 2001 and replaced by the large
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However, the lost buildings were only replaced in the 1960s when the East German
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through Alt-Berlin, turning slightly north at St. Mary's Church, pass under the
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405:, another co-founder of the Communist Party who was likewise killed in 1919.
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The origins of the street lie in the quarter that arose about 1270 around
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755:(“Berlin Palace”). It was first built as a castle as early as 1443 under
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Another part of East Berlin's reconstruction program was the five-star
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inaugurated in 1976. On the other side of the Liebknecht Bridge, large
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was built here in 1976, until it was demolished in 2008 following the
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878:. The northern part of the street is also serviced by the tram line
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736:, home of the Berliner Verlag, which publishes the popular
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295:; nevertheless, works ceased shortly after the outbreak of
980:(in German). Berliner Journalisten Schule. Archived from
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Karl-Liebknecht-Straße and Palace of the Republic, 1989
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Prenzlauer Allee at the site of the former city gate (
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Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße, view to St. Mary's Church, 1899
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between Michelangelostraße and Zoologischer Garten,
577:, the name of which refers to the old Baroque style
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on the city between 1943 and 1945. During the final
724:(“sindicate”) also found a home in this building.
420:hotel and office building complex, comprising the
778:Another well-known building was the elite school
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790:. The school moved out of the building in 1880.
270:tracks and ending at Münzstraße in the adjacent
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978:"Die Schule Journalistenschule der Hauptstadt"
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318:After the war, the street became part of the
882:with stops at Mollstraße and Memhardstraße.
587:). After being demolished by authorities in
1012:(in German). City of Berlin. Archived from
834:Karl-Liebknecht-Straße is serviced by five
822:. In 1992, the hotel was taken over by the
708:
172:'s centre was redesigned as the capital of
58:
39:
886:connects Alexanderplatz and Heinersdorf (
866:between Alexanderplatz and Busseallee in
701:At no. 8, there is the St. Mary's Church
200:'s initial settlement. The "New Market" (
16:Major street in the Berlin Mitte district
728:Number 29 – Pressehaus am Alexanderplatz
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156:(1871–1919), one of the founders of the
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932:(in German). Edition Luisenstadt. 2002
713:Number 13, the northernmost part of a
757:Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg
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930:"Liebknechtbrücke - Berlin Lexikon"
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745:
13:
876:Berlin-Tegel International Airport
14:
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216:on the other side of the river).
140:is a major street in the central
910:(in German). Edition Luisenstadt
908:"Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße in Mitte"
322:-occupied sector of Berlin. The
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324:Soviet Military Administration
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412:in 1990. However, the former
242:. In 1884 the German Emperor
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734:Pressehaus am Alexanderplatz
691:Number 8 – St. Mary's Church
622:
573:, while on the right is the
328:German Revolution of 1918–19
45:Karl-Liebknecht-Straße with
7:
954:(in German). Archived from
858:between Alexanderplatz and
780:Joachimsthalsches Gymnasium
667:Numbers 1 to 5 – DomAquarée
10:
1117:
786:had been destroyed in the
694:
655:(Am Lustgarten 1) and the
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160:. The street connects the
158:Communist Party of Germany
80:1.3 km (0.81 mi)
1004:"Neuer Markt - Berlin.de"
697:St. Mary's Church, Berlin
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64:Southern section between
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1038:(in German). DDR-Lexikon
709:Number 13 – Berlin Carré
569:. On the left lies the
549:+ Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße
288:Welthauptstadt Germania
188:Kleine Burgstraße, 1875
732:Number 29 is known as
648:
640:
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545:Karl-Liebknecht-Straße
369:Palace of the Republic
348:
307:in April 1945, German
259:
189:
138:Karl-Liebknecht-Straße
20:Karl-Liebknecht-Straße
1072:52.52139°N 13.40722°E
1036:"Palasthotel, Berlin"
818:instead of the local
761:House of Hohenzollern
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638:
630:
519:Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße
476:Heinersdorfer Straße
399:Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße
353:Socialist Unity Party
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264:Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke
257:
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870:and the express bus
810:(“palace hotel”) at
410:German reunification
357:Council of Ministers
276:Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
152:. It is named after
1068: /
984:on 24 February 2011
848:Zoologischer Garten
773:Palast der Republik
597:Palast der Republik
457:Hinter der Badstube
381:to the foot of the
291:plans developed by
196:, located north of
164:boulevard with the
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1077:52.52139; 13.40722
765:Kingdom of Prussia
703:(St. Marienkirche)
675:Hotel Berlin, the
649:
641:
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536:Prenzlauer Straße
523:Prenzlauer Straße
510:Prenzlauer Straße
493:Prenzlauer Straße
349:
260:
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113:Northeast end
99:Southwest end
19:
1096:Streets in Berlin
795:Zentralmarkthalle
788:Thirty Years' War
767:and later of the
683:aquarium and the
647:St. Mary's Church
557:Route description
554:
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550:
541:September 3, 1969
501:Kleine Burgstraße
484:Kleine Burgstraße
379:Marx-Engels-Forum
361:Marx-Engels-Platz
338:Liebknecht Bridge
210:Havelberg bishops
194:St. Mary's Church
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107:Liebknecht Bridge
51:St. Mary's Church
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830:Public transport
820:East German mark
812:Liebknechtbrücke
763:, rulers of the
753:Berliner Schloss
746:Former buildings
739:Berliner Zeitung
653:Berlin Cathedral
593:Second World War
580:Berliner Schloss
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532:Liebknechtstraße
451:Zimmermannsgasse
435:
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365:Berlin Cathedral
305:Battle of Berlin
166:Prenzlauer Allee
162:Unter den Linden
144:district of the
117:Prenzlauer Allee
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47:Berlin Cathedral
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609:Alexanderplatz
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387:Alexanderplatz
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498:19th century
481:18th century
470:Bolingsgasse
467:Wasserstraße
464:17th century
454:Am Kramhause
448:Spreegäßlein
445:16th century
439:Name changes
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389:to meet the
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297:World War II
293:Albert Speer
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174:East Germany
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128:Inauguration
123:Construction
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807:Palasthotel
799:Neuer Markt
601:Bundestag's
575:Schloßplatz
507:Papenstraße
490:Papenstraße
473:Papenstraße
414:Palasthotel
383:Fernsehturm
281:During the
249:August Orth
202:Neuer Markt
170:East Berlin
103:Schloßplatz
1090:Categories
1063:13°24′26″E
1060:52°31′17″N
890:borough).
868:Zehlendorf
716:Plattenbau
639:DomAquarée
583:(English:
571:Lustgarten
422:DDR Museum
418:DomAquarée
374:Plattenbau
363:, between
240:Lustgarten
198:Alt-Berlin
894:Footnotes
679:with the
623:Buildings
333:Freikorps
315:advance.
309:Wehrmacht
301:air raids
268:Stadtbahn
244:William I
131:1889/1969
860:Südkreuz
842:between
824:Radisson
722:Sündikat
687:museum.
617:Prenzlau
367:and the
355:and the
313:Red Army
148:capital
85:Location
1042:4 April
1020:4 April
988:4 April
962:4 April
936:4 April
914:4 April
681:AquaDom
426:AquaDom
180:History
1009:Berlin
888:Pankow
424:, the
320:Soviet
150:Berlin
146:German
93:Berlin
77:Length
1101:Mitte
206:Spree
142:Mitte
89:Mitte
66:Spree
1044:2014
1022:2014
990:2014
964:2014
938:2014
916:2014
846:and
565:and
515:1887
283:Nazi
68:and
49:and
874:to
872:TXL
864:M48
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