Breitscheidplatz
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Breitscheidplatz is a major public square in the inner city of Berlin, Germany. Together with the Kurfürstendamm boulevard, it marks the centre of former West Berlin and the present-day City West. It
Breitscheidplatz with Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Upper West under construction, Zoofenster and Bikini-Haus in 2016
Auguste-Viktoria-Platz seen from Bahnhof Zoo, before 1900
Auguste-Viktoria-Platz and Gloria-Palast cinema, about 1940
View from Tauentzienstraße, 1960
The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, mostly known simply as the Memorial Church is a Protestant church affiliated with the Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia, a region
Breitscheidplatz
…and the Kaufhaus des Westens on Wittenbergplatz. The Europa-Center mall and highrise closes off the Breitscheidplatz to the east. At its centre is the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church with its damaged spire. Breitscheidplatz is at the end of the former Kurfürstendamm bridle path of 1542 which led Elector (Kurfürst) Joachim II Hector…
Ruin of the imperial church, not rebuilt as a reminder of World War II – the modern church's belfry, built in 1963, is visible to the right.
Exterior of the new church
Interior of the new church