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District of Berlin
Land Berlin - Germany

Chris Gueffroy

Chris Gueffroy (June 21, 1968, Pasewalk, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – February 6, 1989) was the last person to be shot while trying to escape to West Berlin across the Berlin Wall. He is often erroneously named as the last person to die in the attempt to cross the wall, but he was in fact only the last to be killed through the use of weapons, and the second-last to die in an escape attempt.

Located at 52.4589, 13.469 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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1968 births, 1989 deaths, People from Pasewalk, Berlin Wall, Deaths by firearm in Germany, East German people

Volkspark Mariendorf

The Volkspark Mariendorf is a park located in the Mariendorf part of Berlin's borough Tempelhof-Schöneberg, and was built in 1924. It covers approximately 13 hectares. The landscape architect was Ernst A. Harrich.

Located at 52.4436, 13.3953 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Parks in Berlin, Tempelhof-Schöneberg

Johannisthaler Chaussee (Berlin U-Bahn)

Johannisthaler Chaussee is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U7. It was opened in 1970 by architect Rümmler and got the addition "Gropiusstadt" in 1972. When the shopping mall "Gropius Passagen" was opened the station was refurbished and got a direct entrance to the shopping mall. The next station is Lipschitzallee.

Located at 52.429, 13.453 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Neukölln

Britz-Süd (Berlin U-Bahn)

Britz-Süd is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U7. It was opened in 1963 and constructed by W. Düttmann. Characteristics are the grey tiles on the walls. Until 2003 this station only had a southern entrance. In 2003 the northern entrance was opened due to BVG safety policies. The station is only 3,5m below the street. The next station is Johannisthaler Chaussee.

Located at 52.4378, 13.4483 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Neukölln

Parchimer Allee (Berlin U-Bahn)

Parchimer Allee is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U7. Opened in 1963 and constructed by W. Düttmann. The next station is Britz-Sud.

Located at 52.445, 13.45 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Neukölln

Blaschkoallee (Berlin U-Bahn)

Blaschkoallee is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U7. Opened in 1963 with the planned name "Buschkrug" (arch. W. Düttmann). The next station is Parchimer Allee.

Located at 52.4525, 13.4492 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Neukölln

Grenzallee (Berlin U-Bahn)

Grenzallee is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U7. Opened in 1930 and built by A. Grenander. It was the end of the north-south line until 1963. The next station is Blaschkoallee.

Located at 52.463, 13.445 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Neukölln

Rathaus Neukölln (Berlin U-Bahn)

Rathaus Neukölln is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U7. It was built in 1926 by A. Grenander. The platform was extended in 1968. In 1989 a lift was build in. It was indeed the first subway station in Neukölln that was handicapped accessible. The next stop is Karl-Marx-Straße.

Located at 52.4817, 13.4342 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Neukölln

Karl-Marx-Straße (Berlin U-Bahn)

Karl-Marx-Straße is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U7. The station was opened in 1926 as "Bergstrasse" (arch. Grenander) and renamed in 1946, although Karl Marx was a hero of the socialist republic of East Germany the station is in former West-Berlin. 1968 the station was elongated to 105m, due to this a lot of the original appearance was lost. 1993 parts of the platform fell into the rail track so that the station had to be closed for a few days.

Located at 52.4764, 13.4392 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Railway stations opened in 1926, Buildings and structures in Neukölln

Berlin-Neukölln station

Berlin-Neukölln is a railway station in the district of Berlin with the same name. It is served by the S-Bahn lines S41, S42, S45, S46 and S47 and the U-Bahn line U7. Opened in 1930 and built by A. Grenander people could easily transfer to the near S-Bahnstation. Until 1961 the station name was added Südring to refer to the S-Bahn. However after the Berlin Wall was built, and as the S-Bahn was in charge by the GDR government the addition Südring was deleted.

Located at 52.4692, 13.4417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Berlin S-Bahn stations, Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Neukölln

Lipschitzallee (Berlin U-Bahn)

Lipschitzallee is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U7. This station was opened in 1970 (architect Rümmler) and should have been named Heroldweg. However it was named Lipschitzallee (after the SPD politician Lipschitz). The next station is Wutzykallee.

Located at 52.425, 13.463 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Neukölln

Boddinstraße (Berlin U-Bahn)

Boddinstraße is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U8. It was opened in 1927 (A. Fehse, A. Grenander). At that time trains could only go one station further to Schönleinstrasse. But 1928 the line was extended to Leinestrasse. Grey tiles on the walls and blue tiles on the columns are the main attributes of this station.

Located at 52.4803, 13.4253 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Neukölln

Leinestraße (Berlin U-Bahn)

Leinestraße (also spelled Leinestraße) is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U8. The station was built by Alfred Grenander and A. Fehse in 1929. In the 1930s the southern tunnel was extended towards Hermanstraße for the then uncompleted extension of the U-Bahn to Hermanstraße. During World War II the tunnel served as air raid shelter. In the 1960s the extended tunnel was used by Berlin Transport for parking of disused subway trains.

Located at 52.4736, 13.4281 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Neukölln

Berlin Hermannstraße station

Berlin Hermannstraße is a railway station in the Neukölln district of Berlin. It is served by the S-Bahn lines S41, S42, S45, S46 and S47 and the U-Bahn line U8, of which it is the southern terminus. It was formerly also possible to transfer there to the Neukölln-Mittenwalde railway line, which is now only used for goods traffic.

Located at 52.468, 13.431 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Berlin S-Bahn stations, Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Neukölln

Sonnenallee (Berlin)

The Sonnenallee is a street in Berlin, Germany, connecting the districts of Neukölln and Treptow-Köpenick. The street is 5 km long, crossing Baumschulenstraße at its south east end and terminating at Hermannplatz in the north west. Sonnenallee was constructed at the end of the 19th century. The area around the Sonnenallee was created to cater for the rural drift to the city of that period.

Located at 52.4761, 13.4525 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Streets in Berlin, Berlin border crossings, Treptow-Köpenick, Neukölln

Britzer Garten

The Britzer Garten, a large park in the south of Berlin, was designated after the local part Britz of Berlin's borough Neukoelln. It was constructed for the Bundesgartenschau 1985, in order to provide a new landscape park to the citizens in the southeast of West-Berlin, who were at that time cut off from the surrounding countryside.

Located at 52.4333, 13.4167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Parks in Berlin, Neukölln

Berlin Sonnenallee station

Sonnenallee is a railway station in the Neukölln district of Berlin. It is served by the S-Bahn lines S41 and S42 and is located at the southeastern end of the major street of the same name, about which a film was produced in 1999.

Located at 52.4729, 13.4554 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Berlin S-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Neukölln

Tempelhof Central Airport

For the civil airport use of this facility, see Tempelhof International Airport Tempelhof Central Airport (TCA) was a United States Military airfield in West Berlin, Germany between 1945 and 1994. During its operational life, it was garrisoned by the United States Air Force, with units of the United States Army Berlin Brigade located within the facility. TCA was located in the northern part of the Tempelhof district of Berlin, about 2 miles from the center of the city.

Located at 52.4731, 13.4039 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Closed facilities of the United States Air Force, Cold War military installations, USAAF Air Transport Command Airfields - European, Buildings and structures in Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Airports established in 1945

Berlin Modernism Housing Estates

Berlin Modernism Housing Estates consists of six subsidized housing estates (Siedlungen) that testify to innovative housing policies from 1910 to 1933, especially during the Weimar Republic, when the city of Berlin was particularly progressive socially, politically and culturally.

Located at 52.4483, 13.45 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Housing in Germany, World Heritage Sites in Germany, Modernist architecture in Germany, Buildings and structures in Berlin, Visitor attractions in Berlin

Schloss Britz

The Schloss Britz (Britz castle) is the former manor-house of the historical Rittergut and village Britz, now a district of Berlin-Neukölln. Today it is the domicile of the cultural foundation Kulturstiftung Schloss Britz and includes in his originally reconstructed rooms from around 1880 a museum for interiors of the Gründerzeit. The manorial park is also well preserved with his mature trees and his 1890’s trails system.

Located at 52.4469, 13.4378 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Museums in Berlin, Architecture museums, Heritage sites in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Neukölln, 19th century in Germany, Historic house museums in Germany

Späth-Arboretum

The Späth-Arboretum (3.5 hectares) is an arboretum now maintained by the Humboldt University of Berlin. It is located at Späthstraße 80/81, Berlin, Germany, and open several days per week in the warmer months. The arboretum was begun in 1879 by Franz Ludwig Späth, owner of the world's largest and oldest tree nursery, when he expanded the garden around his 1874 villa. Berlin city gardener Gustav Meyer designed the arboretum in the style of an English garden.

Located at 52.4549, 13.4748 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Botanical gardens in Germany, Gardens in Berlin, Treptow-Köpenick

Estrel Hotel

The Estrel Berlin in Berlin is Europe’s largest convention-, entertainment- & hotel-complex and with its 1,125 rooms the largest hotel in Germany. With a total turnover of 100.8 million DM in the year 2000 the Estrel became the hotel with the highest turnover in Germany. Since then, it has been the hotel with the highest turnover in Germany for 10 consecutive years. In 2009 the Estrel reached a turnover of 50.45 million Euros.

Located at 52.4742, 13.4594 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Hotel buildings completed in 1994, Hotels in Berlin, Hotels established in 1994

Teltow Canal

The Teltow Canal, also known as the Teltowkanal in German, is a canal to the south of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. The canal lies in both the states of Berlin and Brandenburg, and at points forms the boundary between the two. It takes its name from the Brandeburg town of Teltow that lies on its course. The canal was constructed between 1900 and 1906 when it was opened by Wilhelm II.

Located at 52.4464, 13.4706 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Canals in Brandenburg, Canals in Berlin, Federal waterways in Germany, Buildings and structures in Neukölln, Buildings and structures in Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Buildings and structures in Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Transport infrastructure completed in 1906

Ida Siekmann

Ida Siekmann (23 August 1902 – 22 August 1961) was the first person to die at the Berlin Wall.

Located at 52.4118, 13.4107 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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1902 births, 1961 deaths, People from West Prussia, Berlin Wall, Accidental deaths from falls, Accidental deaths in Germany

Neukölln Ship Canal

The Neukölln Ship Canal, or Neuköllner Schiffahrtskanal, is a 4.1-kilometre long canal in Berlin, Germany. It connects with the Landwehr Canal at its northern end, and with the Teltow Canal and the Britz Canal at its southern end. The canal has a single lock, the Schleuse Neukölln, towards its southern end. The lock rises from the level of the Landwehr Canal to that of the Teltow and Britz canals.

Located at 52.4775, 13.4581 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Canals in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Neukölln