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WESTERN CENTRE

This part of Berlin includes the areas of Potsdamer Platz is now an ultra-modern
Tiergarten, Charlottenburg and parts development, built on the wasteland
of Kreuzberg, as well as a small section of that formerly divided East and West Berlin.
Mitte, which used to belong to East Berlin. Although the eastern part of Charlotten-
Tiergarten, which was once a royal hunting burg does not feature a great number of
estate, became a park in the 18th century. historic buildings, it is one of the city’s
It survives as a park to this day, although most attractive districts, which, after
in an altered form. World War II, became the commercial and
To the south of Tiergarten is the Kultur- cultural centre of West Berlin. Kreuzberg
forum – a large centre of museums and is a lively area that is now populated
other cultural establishments, which was by immigrants, artists and affluent
created after World War II. The neigh bouring young professionals.
Sights at a Glance
Museums and Galleries Streets and Squares
3 Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum 2 Kurfürstendamm (Ku’damm)
7 Bauhaus-Archiv 4 Zoologischer Garten
8 Bendlerblock 5 Tiergarten
9 Gemäldegalerie t Potsdamer Platz
0 Kupferstichkabinett und Churches
Kunstbibliothek
q Neue Nationalgalerie 1 Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche
w Kunstgewerbemuseum Historic Buildings and
r Musikinstrumenten-Museum Monuments
u Regierungsviertel 6 Siegessäule
i Hamburger Bahnhof e Philharmonie
o Museum für Naturkunde y Reichstag Naturkundemuseum C H A U S S E E S T R A S S E
INVALID ENS TR A S SE
INVA LI D EN S T RASS E HANNOVERSC H E STR FRIEDRICHSTRASSE
Oranienburger
Tor
Hauptbahnhof
PAULSTRASSE L ÜNEBURGER STR. ALT-MOABIT L U I S E N S T R A S S E REINHARDTSTRASSE

See also Street Finder maps S p r e e Bundestag
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REPUBLIK
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JOHN-FOSTER-
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SPREEWEG ST RASS E DE S 17. J UNI
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ST RASSE DES 17. JUNI TIERGARTEN-TUNNEL E B E R T S T R A S S E
TIERGAR TEN
FAS ANENSTRASSE T I E R G A R T E N - S T R A S S E
HOFJÄGERALLEE
ZOOLOGISCHER
GARTEN ST ÜLERSTRASSE POTSDAMER STR
Zoologischer STAUFFENBERGSTR. Potsdamer
Platz
Garten HEYDT STR
BUDAPESTER STR REICHPIETSCHUFER
KANTSTR. L Ü T Z OWU F E R S C H ÖN E B E R G ER U F E R
KURFÜRSTENDAMM Kurfürsten- KURFÜRSTENSTRASSE
damm
Wittenbergplatz
FASANEN- Uhlandstr. NÜRNBERGER STRASSE AN DER URANIA 0 metres 400
TAUENTZIEN STR
AUGSBURGER STR
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Augsburger
Strasse 0 yards 400
LIE TZENB UR GE R S T R A SSE
Visitors walking up the interior of the Reichstag Dome For map symbols see back flap
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