Landmarks of the Imperial Capital Berlin

The cityscape of the imperial capital is characterised by classical buildings from the past, but also by the enormous buildings of the present and by numerous large squares that connect the many former individual villages that were later merged to form the city of Berlin:

 

1. View across Hermann-Göring-Straße to the Brandenburg Gate (right) and the Reichstag (left).

 

2 The equestrian statue of Frederick the Great, created by Christian Daniel Rauch, stands between the palace of Kaiser Wilhelm I and the university on the street Unter den Linden.

 

3. The street Unter den Linden leads in an easterly direction to the Berlin Palace on the Spree with its 70-metre-high green dome of the palace chapel.

 

4 The Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda on Wilhelmplatz. The monument to Lieutenant General Hans Karl von Winterfeldt, a close confidant of Frederick the Great, can be seen in the foreground.

 

5 View from Potsdamer Platz to the south-west corner of the New Reich Chancellery (corner of Hermann-Göring-Straße and Voßstraße).

                                                                                             

6. The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on Auguste-Viktoria-Platz with its 113-metre-high main tower.

 

7. The part of the Spree Island to the north-west of the Lustgarten is called Museum Island and is home to the National Gallery with the equestrian statue of Frederick Wilhelm IV in front of it.

 

8. The street Unter den Linden (from left to right): University, Imperial Memorial, Zeughaus, above which rise the domes of Berlin Cathedral.

 

9 The Kaiser Friedrich Museum is located at the north-western tip of the Museum Island. In front of the entrance stands the equestrian statue of Emperor Frederick III created by Rudolf Maison.

 

10. The largest sports and assembly building in the German Reich: the 20,000-capacity Deutschlandhalle at the exhibition centre.