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Berlin
Berlin
Back as the capital of unified GermanyBack as one of Europe’s greatest – and most
vibrant – citiesAfter WWII, Berlin was completely crippled
Divided between East and WestLost capital status, when West German
government moved to BonnPeople in Berlin are now thinking of the
future Not just the Cold War or the events of November 1989
Die Berliner Mauer (1961 – 1989)
Constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany)
Begun August 13, 1961 Completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East
Germany and from East Berlin
Die Berliner Bezirke
Die Berliner Bezirke
Germany’s largest city 3.4 million people
Second most populous city proper Eighth most populous urban area in the EULocated in northeastern Germany, near the
border with Poland
Berlin bei Nacht
Brandenburger Tor
Brandenburger Tor
Commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia
Sign of peaceBuilt by Carl Gotthard Langhans from 1788
to 1791
Reichstagsgebäude
Reichstagsgebäude
Housed the Reichstag, the parliament of the German Empire
Opened in 1894 and housed the Reichstag until 1933 Severely damaged in a fire
Completely renovated in 1999 Now the meeting place of the modern German
parliament, the Bundestag
Nach dem Krieg
Heute
Fernsehturm und die Weltzeituhr am Alex
Fernsehturm
Television tower in the city center of BerlinClose to AlexanderplatzPart of the World Federation of Great Towers
(WFGT) Height of 368 meters (1,207 ft)
Tallest structure in Germany
Constructed between 1965 and 1969 by the former German Democratic Republic (GDR)
Weltzeituhr
1969 – set up in 1969 as part of the socialist redesign of Alexanderplatz
10 meters high
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche
Original church on the site was built in the 1890s
Badly damaged in a bombing raid in 1943
Kurfürstendamm
Kurfürstendamm
The Kurfürstendamm (known as the Ku’damm) is one of the most famous avenues in Berlin
Very broad, long boulevard Can be considered the Champs-Élysées of Berlin Full of shops, houses, hotels, and restaurants
Potsdam
Potsdam
Fragen
1. Wie groß ist Berlin? A. In der Nähe (=close to) Polen
2. Wo ist Berlin? B. Der Fernsehturm am Alexanderplatz
3. Wann wurde mit dem Bau der Berliner Mauer begonnen?
C. 3,4 Millionen Menschen
4. Was ist das größte Bauwerk in Deutschland?
D. Eine Straße, wo man gut shoppt
5. Was ist Kurfürstendamm? E. 1961