1 April 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Berlin , House of the Month
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The
Tränenpalast (English: “Palace of Tears”) is a former border crossing point between East and West Berlin, at
Berlin Friedrichstraße station , which was in operation between 1962 and 1989. It is now a museum with exhibitions about
Berlin during the
Cold War period and about the process of
German reunification . It was the border crossing for travellers on the
S-bahn ,
U-bahn and trains going between East and West Germany. It was used only for westbound border crossings. It had separate checkpoints for West Berliners, West Germans, foreigners, diplomats, transit travellers and East Germans. The term
Tränenpalast is derived from the tearful partings that took place in front of the building between western visitors and East German residents who were not permitted to travel to West Berlin.
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4 March 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Greiz is a town in the state of
Thuringia , Germany, and is the capital of the
district of Greiz . Greiz is situated in eastern Thuringia, 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of state capital
Erfurt , on the river
White Elster .
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30 October 2022 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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The
Innere Neustadt (Inner New City) is a neighborhood in
Dresden within the administrative district of
Neustadt . The name is derived from “Neue Königliche Stadt” (New Royal City), the name given to the former district of
Altendresden when it was rebuilt after a fire before 1732. In contrast to the
Äußere Neustadt (Outer New City), the Innere Neustadt was within the city
fortifications and, for that reason, is also known as the historic Neustadt. Its population is 7,761 (2020). The Innere Neustadt is located in the administrative district of Neustadt, on the right bank across the
Elbe and to the north of the Innere Altstadt (Inner Old City). The River Elbe forms an enclosing arc around the Innere Neustadt. Four
bridges cross the Elbe, connecting the district with the southern bank of the Elbe. Of these, only Augustusbrucke is historic. The streets leading to these bridges cross the Innere Neustadt and join at Albertplatz (Albert Place), at the northern end of the district (originally called Bautzner Platz).
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30 October 2022 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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The inner old town is a neighbourhood in the
district of Altstadt and the
historic city center of the Saxon state capital
Dresden . It is part of the
Altstadt I district . Many of Dresden’s best-known buildings are located in the inner old town. In addition to the
Frauenkirche , these are the
Zwinger , the
Semperoper , the
Residenzschloss , the
Katholische Hofkirche , the
Kreuzkirche and numerous other buildings. Important squares are the
Altmarkt , the
Neumarkt , the
Theaterplatz and the
Schloßplatz . There are also parks in the small district, such as the
Brühlsche Garten at the eastern end of the
Brühlsche Terrasse and the pond at the Zwinger.
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20 May 2022 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Environment , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks , UNESCO World Heritage
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The Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve, often shortened to Schorfheide, is a
biosphere reserve in the
German State of
Brandenburg near the
Polish border. The reserve was established on 1 October 1990 following the
German Reunification and is under the protection of the
UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve Programme . It stretches over the
German districts of
Barnim ,
Uckermark ,
Märkisch-Oderland and
Oberhavel and incorporates an area of 1,291 square kilometres (498 sq mi). Notable towns are
Eberswalde ,
Joachimsthal and
Friedrichswalde . The core area of the reserve is formed by the Schorfheide forest, one of the largest cohesive woodlands in Germany.
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13 May 2022 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Architecture , Berlin
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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.
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6 April 2018 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Museums, Exhibitions , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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The Kyffhäuser Monument (German:
Kyffhäuserdenkmal ), also known as Barbarossa Monument (
Barbarossadenkmal ), is an
Emperor William monument within the
Kyffhäuser mountain range in
Thuringia . It was erected in 1890–96 at the site of medieval
Kyffhausen Castle near
Bad Frankenhausen . The Kyffhäuser Monument is the third-largest monument in Germany, after the
Monument to the Battle of the Nations (
Völkerschlachtdenkmal ) commemorating the 1813
Battle of Leipzig and the
Emperor William Monument at
Porta Westfalica , both of which also were designed by architect
Bruno Schmitz (1858–1916).
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6 December 2017 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Museums, Exhibitions , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Oranienbaum Palace is located in the town of
Oranienbaum-Wörlitz in
Saxony-Anhalt . It belongs to the
Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm . The castle, which is located in the district
Oranienbaum , is located east of
Dessau-Roßlau , only a few kilometers from the
Wörlitzer Park . Oranienbaum Castle is one of four castles named after the
House of Orange in Germany. They were built for four sisters, German rulers, who were born to the House of Orange. Besides Oranienbaum there are
Oranienstein Palace near
Diez and
Oranienburg Palace in
Oranienburg . The fourth,
Oranienhof Palace near
Bad Kreuznach , does not exist anymore. The former Dutch
Queen Beatrix is patron of the restoration of the castle Oranienbaum. In 2004 and 2012 Beatrix visited Oranienbaum and visited the castle.
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13 November 2017 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Berlin , Hotels , Museums, Exhibitions , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks , UNESCO World Heritage
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Cecilienhof Palace is a palace in
Potsdam ,
Brandenburg built from 1914 to 1917 in the layout of an English
Tudor manor house . Cecilienhof was the last palace built by the
House of Hohenzollern that ruled the
Kingdom of Prussia and the
German Empire until the end of
World War I . Cecilienhof has been part of the
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990. Cecilienhof is located in the northern part of the large
New Garden park, close to the shore of the
Jungfernsee lake. The park was laid out from 1787 at the behest of
King Frederick William II of Prussia , modelled on the
Wörlitz Park in
Anhalt-Dessau . Frederick William II also had the
Marmorpalais (Marble Palace) built within the Neuer Garten, the first Brandenburg palace in the
Neoclassical style erected according to plans designed by
Carl von Gontard and
Carl Gotthard Langhans , which was finished in 1793. Other structures within the park close to Schloss Cecilienhof include an
orangery , an artificial grotto (Muschelgrotte), the “Gothic Library”, and the
Dairy in the New Garden, also constructed for King Frederick William II. The park was largely redesigned as an
English landscape garden according to plans by
Peter Joseph Lenné from 1816 onwards, with lines of sight to nearby
Pfaueninsel ,
Glienicke Palace ,
Babelsberg Palace , and the
Church of the Redeemer .
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