Gesundbrunnen
District of Berlin
Land Berlin - Germany

Conrad Schumann

Hans Conrad Schumann (March 28, 1942 – June 20, 1998) was an East German soldier who famously defected to West Germany during the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961.

Located at 52.539, 13.399 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1942 births, 1998 deaths, German military personnel who committed suicide, People from Riesa, Suicides by hanging in Germany, East German defectors, Berlin Wall, Black-and-white photographs, National People's Army personnel, East German emigrants to West Germany

Bernauer Straße

Bernauer Straße is a street of Berlin situated between the localities of Gesundbrunnen and Mitte, today both belonging to the Mitte borough. It runs from the Mauerpark at the corner of Prenzlauer Berg to the Nordbahnhof. The street's name refers to the town of Bernau bei Berlin, situated in Brandenburg. When Berlin was a divided city, the Berlin Wall erected in 1961 ran along this street.

Located at 52.535, 13.3897 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Streets in Berlin, Berlin border crossings, Mitte

Max-Schmeling-Halle

Max-Schmeling-Halle is a multi-purpose arena, in Berlin, Germany, named after the famous German boxer Max Schmeling. Apart from the Velodrom, it's one of Berlin's biggest sport places and holds from 8,861 people, up to 11,000 people. The opening ceremony happened on December 14, 1996, in the presence of Max Schmeling.

Located at 52.5447, 13.4042 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Handball venues in Germany, Indoor arenas in Germany, Sports venues in Berlin, Defunct basketball venues

Osloer Straße (Berlin U-Bahn)

Osloer Straße is a Berlin U-Bahn station in the Gesundbrunnen district, located on the U8 and U9. Like the eponymous street it is named after the City of Oslo. The two-level station opened on 30 April 1976 (U9) and 5 October 1977 (U8). Since 1995 it is also served by the M13 line of the Berlin Straßenbahn. Architect was R.G. Rümmler.

Located at 52.5569, 13.3736 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Mitte, Railway stations opened in 1976

Pankstraße (Berlin U-Bahn)

Pankstraße is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U8. It was opened on October 5, 1977 (Rümmler) with the line's extension from Gesundbrunnen to Osloer Straße. The station's name derives from its location: It sits under the intersection of Pankstraße and Badstraße. The actual spelling of the station's name is under debate. The German orthographic rules call for the spelling "Pankstraße", but the signs inside the station spell "Pankstrasse".

Located at 52.5522, 13.3817 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Mitte, Railway stations opened in 1977

Voltastraße (Berlin U-Bahn)

Voltastraße is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U8. Built in 1914 but opened in 1930 (by A. Grenander) it has granite columns and is built only 4,5m beyond the street. During the first world war the station could not be finished, so it was opened 1930.

Located at 52.5422, 13.3931 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Mitte

Bernauer Straße (Berlin U-Bahn)

Bernauer Straße is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U8. Built by the subway architect A. Grenander in 1930 this station was a station of the GN Bahn (Gesundbrunnen-Neukölln) of line D. In April 1945 it was closed due to World War II. Opened again in May 1945 until building of the Berlin wall on 13 August 1961. The entrance on the south (East Germany side) was closed. Trains from western Berlin passed the station without stopping. It was opened again in 1990 when Germany was united.

Located at 52.5375, 13.3967 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Mitte

Kopenhagener Straße

The Kopenhagener Straße in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district runs parallel to the Ringbahn tracks between busy Schönhauser Allee in the East all the way to the Mauerpark in the West, where the Berlin Wall separated the Soviet from the French sector. The street was named on 30 April 1899 after the Danish capital Copenhagen.

Located at 52.5489, 13.4089 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Pankow, Restaurant districts and streets, Streets in Berlin

Peter Leibing

Peter Leibing (1941 – November 2, 2008) was a German photographer known for his 1961 photographs of escaping East German border guard, Conrad Schumann jumping a barbed wire fence during construction of the Berlin Wall. Leibing was born in Hamburg in 1941. On 15 August 1961 Leibing, working for the Hamburg picture agency Contiepress, had been tipped by police that an East German border guard might escape the Berlin Wall, then in its third day of construction.

Located at 52.539, 13.399 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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German photographers, 1941 births, 2008 deaths

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark

The Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark is a sports site in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin. In the south it borders on the Eberswalder Straße, in the north on the Max Schmeling Halle, in the west on the Mauerpark, where part of the Berlin Wall once stood. It includes a football and athletics stadium as well as several smaller sports fields. The stadium is the second largest in the city after Berlin's Olympiastadion with 20,000 seats (15,000 covered) and is used by football sides 1.

Located at 52.5431, 13.4053 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Football venues in East Germany, Football venues in Germany, Athletics (track and field) venues in Germany, American football venues in Germany, Sports venues in Berlin, Dynamo Berlin, Buildings and structures in Pankow, Speedway venues, Speedway in Germany

Berlin-Gesundbrunnen station

Berlin-Gesundbrunnen is a railway station in Berlin, Germany. It is situated in the eponymous district in the former Wedding borough as an interconnection point between the northern Ringbahn and Nord-Süd-Tunnel lines of the Berlin S-Bahn, as well as a regional and long distance station of the Deutsche Bahn network.

Located at 52.5486, 13.3894 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Berlin S-Bahn stations, Railway stations in Berlin, Berlin U-Bahn stations, Buildings and structures in Mitte, Railway stations opened in 1871, Railway stations opened in 1930

Berlin Wollankstraße station

Berlin Wollankstraße is a railway station in the Pankow district of Berlin, Germany. It is served by the Berlin S-Bahn and several local buses.

Located at 52.5653, 13.3922 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Berlin S-Bahn stations, Railway stations in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Pankow

Berlin Bornholmer Straße station

Berlin Bornholmer Straße (German: Bahnhof Bornholmer Straße) is a railway station in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin, Germany. It is served by the Berlin S-Bahn and the M13 line of the Berlin Straßenbahn.

Located at 52.5544, 13.3981 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Berlin S-Bahn stations, Railway stations in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Pankow, Railway stations opened in 1935

Berlin Humboldthain station

Berlin Humboldthain (in German Bahnhof Berlin Humboldthain) is a railway station in the city of Berlin, Germany. It is served by the Berlin S-Bahn and a local bus line.

Located at 52.545, 13.3794 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Berlin S-Bahn stations, Railway stations in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Mitte

Berlin Nordbahnhof

Berlin Nordbahnhof (also known as Stettiner Bahnhof) is a railway station in the Mitte district of Berlin, Germany. It is served by the Berlin S-Bahn and local bus and tram lines.

Located at 52.5319, 13.3878 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Berlin S-Bahn stations, Railway stations in Berlin, Buildings and structures in Mitte

Friedhof II der Sophiengemeinde Berlin

The Friedhof II der Sophiengemeinde Berlin is a Protestant cemetery of the Sophienkirche in Berlin-Mitte, Germany.

Located at 52.5339, 13.3917 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Cemeteries in Berlin, Lutheran cemeteries

Mauerpark

Mauerpark is a public linear park in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district. The name translates to "Wall Park", referring to its status as a former part of the Berlin Wall and its Death Strip. The park is located at the border of Prenzlauer Berg and Gesundbrunnen district of former West Berlin.

Located at 52.5436, 13.4033 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Urban public parks, Parks in Berlin, Berlin Wall, Pankow, Linear parks

Stadion am Gesundbrunnen

Stadion am Gesundbrunnen was a multi-use stadium in Berlin, Germany. It was initially used as the stadium of Hertha BSC matches. During the 1936 Summer Olympics, it hosted some of the football matches. It was replaced by the current Olympic Stadium when Hertha joined the Bundesliga in 1963. In 1974, Hertha sold the ground to avoid bankruptcy. The capacity of the stadium was 35,239 spectators.

Located at 52.55, 13.3933 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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1936 Summer Olympic venues, Olympic football venues, Hertha BSC, Football venues in Germany, Defunct association football venues, Defunct sports venues in Germany, Sports venues in Berlin

Kapelle der Versöhnung

The Kapelle der Versöhnung stands on the site of the old Church of Reconciliation, on Bernauer Straße in the Mitte district of Berlin.

Located at 52.5358, 13.3919 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Religious buildings completed in 1894, 19th-century church buildings, Religious buildings completed in 1999, Berlin Wall, Buildings and structures in Berlin, Churches in Berlin, Former church buildings in Germany

Berlin Nord-Süd Tunnel

|} The North–South S-Bahn Tunnel (Nord-Süd-Tunnel in German) is a section of the Berlin S-Bahn under the city centre. The title North–South Tunnel is also used for the new Tiergarten Tunnel, part of the North–South main line used by intercity and regional trains. The North–South line encompasses the route from Bornholmer Straße and Gesundbrunnen via Friedrichstraße and Anhalter Bahnhof to Preisterweg (today Südkreuz) and Schöneberg.

Located at 52.5364, 13.3814 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Tunnels in Germany, Berlin S-Bahn, Tunnels completed in 1939

Berlin Old Nordbahnhof

The old Berlin Nordbahnhof was a short-lived passenger railway terminus in Berlin, Germany. It was situated in Prenzlauer Berg, close to the borders with Gesundbrunnen, in the area of the "Mauerpark".

Located at 52.5408, 13.4036 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Pankow, Railway stations in Berlin, Former buildings and structures of Germany, 1877 establishments in Germany, Railway stations opened in 1877

Schwedter Straße

Schwedter Straße (formerly Verlorener Weg) is a street in Berlin. Known for its close proximity to Mauerpark and the now defunct Marthashof.

Located at 52.5406, 13.4045 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Streets in Berlin

Feuerland

Feuerland was a popular 19th century designation for the industrial nucleus of Berlin. It was located in the historic Oranienburger Vorstadt section of Berlin in today’s district Berlin-Mitte. The word literally means “land of fire”, but it is also a play on words as "Feuerland" is the German name for another geographical location, namely Tierra del Fuego.

Located at 52.5333, 13.3833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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History of Berlin, Economy of Berlin, Industrial parks in Germany, Buildings and structures in Mitte

Ackerstraße

The Ackerstraße is a street in Berlin which runs northwest from near the Liesenstraße – Scheringstraße traffic circle in Gesundbrunnen to Invalidenstraße, where it turns south, terminating at the Linienstraße in Mitte.

Located at 52.5354, 13.3903 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Streets in Berlin, 18th century in Germany, Prussia, Mitte

Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer

The Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer (Berlin Wall Memorial) commemorates the division of Berlin by the Berlin Wall and the deaths that occurred there. The monument was created in 1998 by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Federal State of Berlin. It is located on Bernauer Straße at the corner of Ackerstraße and includes a Chapel of Reconciliation, the Berlin Wall Documentation Centre, a 60-metre section of the former border, a window of remembrance and a visitor centre.

Located at 52.535, 13.3897 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Monuments and memorials in Berlin, Berlin Wall