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FURTHER AFIELD

Berlin is a huge city with a unique character the city, thus creating an entirely new city
that has been shaped by the events in its covering nearly 900 sq km (350 sq miles),
history. Until 1920 the city consisted only with a population of 3.8 million. This
of the districts that now comprise mainly metropolis extended to small towns of
Mitte, Tiergarten, Wedding, Prenzlauer Berg, medieval origin, such as Spandau, as well as
Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg. At that time to private manor houses and palaces, towns
the city was surrounded by satellite towns and smart suburban districts. Although the
and villages that had been evolving 20th century changed the face of many
independently over many centuries. of these places, their unique characters have
In 1920, as part of great administrative remained undiminished. Because of this
reform, seven towns, 59 parishes and diversity, a trip to Berlin is like exploring
27 country estates were incorporated into many different towns simultaneously.
Sights at a Glance
Museums and Galleries d Museum Europäischer Kulturen 0 Schloß Tegel
1 Bröhan-Museum h Strandbad Wannsee q Neue Synagoge
2 Sammlung Berggruen j Pfaueninsel s Rathaus Schöneberg
4 Langhansbau k Nikolskoe f Jagdschloss Grunewald
9 Gedenkstätte Plötzensee l Klein Glienicke
w Brecht-Weigel-Gedenkstätte Streets, Squares and Parks
e Anne Frank Zentrum 3 Schloßpark
y Gedenkstätte Berlin- t Karl-Marx-Allee
Hohenschönhausen o Treptower Park
u Stasi-Museum a Victoriapark
g Brücke-Museum
Historic Buildings and
Places of Interest Monuments
7 Olympiastadion 5 Schloß Charlottenburg Key
r Prenzlauer Berg 6 Messegelände
i Köpenick 8 Spandau Central Berlin
p Tempelhofer Feld Outskirts of Berlin
Motorway
Main road
0 kilometres 5 Secondary road
0 miles 5 Railway line

Map of Greater Berlin
Tegel 96
96 2 Wartenberg
Hakenfelde
Berlin Tegel 109
Spandau 111 Weissensee
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5 96
2/5 Lichtenberg
1/5
1
2 Biesdorf
Gatow Grunewald Wilmersdorf
Karlshorst
Treptow
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115 100
Kladow Steglitz
Dahlem 113 Köpenick
1
Lichterfelde 96
Wannsee 96 Schönefeld
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1
Berlin
Schönefeld
Equestrian statue of “The Great Elector” outside Schloß Charlottenburg For additional map symbols see back flap
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