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St. Nicholas Church in Potsdam

13 May 2022 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Architecture, Berlin Reading Time: 12 minutes

St. Nicholas Church (German: St. Nikolaikirche) in Potsdam is a Lutheran church under the Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia of the Evangelical Church in Germany on the Old Market Square (Alter Markt) in Potsdam. The central plan building in the Classicist style and dedicated to Saint Nicholas was built to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in the years 1830 to 1837. read more…

Tags: Abrahamic religions, Abrahamitische Religionen, Alter Markt, Brandenburg, Christen, Christians, DDR, Deutschland, East Germany, GDR, Germany, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Neue Bundesländer, Ostdeutschland, Potsdam, St. Nicholas Church, St. Nikolaikirche

Portrait: Architect, city planner, painter, furniture and stage designer Karl Friedrich Schinkel

25 December 2019 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Rubric: Architecture, Berlin, Portrait Reading Time: 16 minutes

Schinkel in 1836 © Carl Joseph Begas

Karl Friedrich Schinkel was a Prussian architect, city planner, and painter who also designed furniture and stage sets. Schinkel was one of the most prominent architects of Germany and designed both neoclassical and neogothic buildings. His most famous buildings are found in and around Berlin. read more…

The Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin

28 March 2012 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Berlin Reading Time: 6 minutes

The Karl-Marx-Allee is a monumental socialist boulevard built by the GDR between 1952 and 1960 in Berlin Friedrichshain and Mitte. Today the boulevard is named after Karl Marx. read more…