Friedrichstadt (Berlin)
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Friedrichstadt was an independent suburb of Berlin, and is now a historical neighbourhood of the city itself. The neighbourhood is named after the Prussian king Frederick I, who founded it in 1691 as
An early drawing of the Friedrichstadt street layout.
King Frederick William I observes construction in Friedrichstadt, background: Trinity Church.
The Potsdamer Tor, c. 1820.
The Peace Column in Belle-Alliance-Platz.
Leipziger Straße
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Leipziger Straße, or Leipziger Strasse, is a major thoroughfare in the central Mitte district of Berlin, capital of Germany. It runs from Leipziger Platz, an octagonal square adjacent to Potsdamer Pla
Friedrichstadt (Berlin)
…two markets, the Mittelmarkt, now called the Gendarmenmarkt, and the Dönhoffplatz, which is located near the former fortress. Within the neighbourhood, Leipziger Straße, site of the Dönhoffplatz, and Friedrichstraße developed into the neighbourhood’s main streets. Between 1725 and 1737 another 1,000 houses were built…
View east along the street in 2009
Tietz department store, 1916
Wertheim department store in the 1920s
Reichstag until 1894