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