BERLIN, POTSDAM and MARIENBORN October 2006

A revisit after 26 years of both West- and former East-Berlin; besides: Potsdam to the West of Berlin
and Marienborn near Helmstedt: the former border of West and East-Germany (GDR)

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BERLIN


Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-
kirche (church: war monument)
 
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche:
interior
 
Park "Tiergarten"
 
 
River Spree and tower on
Alexanderplatz
 
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
(cultural center)
 
Reichstag with glass dome
 
 
Reichstag:
parlement building
 
Artwork near the Philharmonie
(concert hall)
 
New buildings
Potsdamer Platz
 
New buildings
Potsdamer Platz
 
Modern art
and architecture
 
Realistic art
of the former GDR
 
Martin-Gropius-Bau:
exhibition building
 
Martin-Gropius-Bau
(end of 19th century)
 
Here was the wall
between West and East
 
Remaining part
of the wall
 
Rebuilt Checkpoint Charlie:
frontier post
 
Sale of stuff from the
former GDR and Sovjet-Union
 
Holocaust monument
 
 
Brandenburger Tor
)gate'
 
Unter den Linden
(lime-tree avenue)
 
Concert hall
on Gendarmenmarkt
 
Palace from 18th century,
now university
 
Zeughaus (arsenal)
from 1706
 
Former Zeughaus,
now museum of history
 
Former baroque Zeughaus
 
 
Berlin Cathedral and government
building GDR being demolished
 
View from dome gallery of
cathedral on Unter den Linden
 
Pergamon museum
 
 
Former New Synagog from 1866
 
 


POTSDAM


Brandenburger Tor
 
 
Art work on Luisenplatz
(square)
 
Prison of Nazi's,
Sovjets and Stasi
 
Nauener Tor
 
 
Holland quarter
 
 
Holland quarter
 
 
Street Kurfürstenstrasse
 
 
Street Am Bassin
 
 
House in Am Bassin
 
 
Former town hall
(by sun set)
 
Former town hall:
strong men
 
House in
Geschwister Scholl-Strasse
 
Detail, restored
 
 
House, not yet restored
 
 
Garden, manor house Sanssouci
of king Frederic the Great
 
Manor house Sanssouci
in rococo style from 1747
 
Park Sanssouci
 
 
Orangery of king
William Frederic IV from 1851
 
Chinese pavillion
 
 
Chinese pavillion
 
 
Manor house Charlottenhof
from 1829
 
"New palace" from 1765
 
 
New palace
 
 
New palace
 
 


MARIENBORN


Former frontier post
West- and East-Duitsland (GDR)
 
Conning-tower, electric standard
and inspection bridge
 
Conning-tower
and radio pole
 
Passport check posts
 
Army vehicles
 
Police and staff car
 

© Kees Hiddinga. Copying only with permission.

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