Fritz Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 x Berliner Dom Albert Kiekebusch, Blick von der Schleusenbrücke zum Berliner Schloß, 1892 Lange Brücke, Statue of the Großer Kurfürst by Andreas Schlüter From the Spreebrücke, old view of the Berliner Schloß behind houses. These were later cleared for the Kaiser-Wilhelm I.-Denkmal Colonnade an der Spreebrücke View from the Kreuzberg towards the city. Cast iron monument by Carl Friedrich Schinkel, errected to the Napoleonic Wars. Johann Heinrich Hintze 1829 Königliches Opernhaus Unter den Linden, Eduard Gärtner 1845 Alter Berliner Dom, Carl Georg Adolph Hasenpflug, 1825, Stadtmuseum Berlin. Replaced in the years 1892-1897 by the new cathedral Lange Brücke vom Wasser aus, Eduard Gärtner, 1842 Blick Spreeabwärts von der Jannowitzbrücke, Eduard Gärtner. Berlin Mitte, Michael Adam, 1901 Wilhelmplatz im Frühling, Mitte, Julius Jacob dem Jüngeren, 1886 Altes Rathaus, Königsstraße Ecke Spandauer Straße, Carl Georg Anton Graeb, 1867 Blick von der Bastei auf den Engelbecken, St. Michaelskirche Gendarmenmarkt Gendarmenmarkt im Winter Berliner Schloß ensemble in the 18th Century Unter den Linden Unter den Linden, to the right, the statue of Friedrich II. Friedrich Werdersche Kirche Linienstraße (?) Several of these works by Johann Philipp Eduard Gaertner (* 2. Juni 1801 in Berlin; † 22. Februar 1877 in Zechlin) Wir verdanken ihm und seinen Bildern einen realistischen Eindruck von Berlin, beginnend von der Schlussphase der Biedermeierzeit über die Revolutionsjahre 1848/49 bis zu den ersten Jahren der Reichsgründung, 1871 ff. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 Schloß Monbijou, built 1703 by Eosander von Göthe and extended by two additional wings by Knobelsdorff in 1740. Situated near to the Oranienburger Straße and facing the Museumsinsel. This was from 1877 till 1945 the Hohenzollern-Museum in Berlin. It was badly damaged by the end of the war, and the ruins were demolished and cleared away on order of the SED Magistrat in 1959. All that remains today is the Monbijou Park. In the background to the right is the Sophienkirche. The Gateway around 1890 A photo from 1940 The Prussian Crown Juwels, 1939 Interior in 1939 After 1945 1965 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 Old stations in Berlin, which no longer exist nor operate, or have been demolished Görlitzer Bahnhof Anhalter Bahnhof. Ruins have been left as a monument Lehrter Bahnhof Stettiner Bahnhof (Nordbahnhof) Ostbahnhof (1987) Siemensbahn. Four and a half kilometre track between Gesundbrunnen and Siemensstadt, in disuse after 1980 Hamburger Bahnhof. In operation till 1884, since 1906 a museum. U-Bahnhof Französische Straße (Mitte). Re-opened after 1990, recently closed. Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof. In disuse since 1952. Friedhofsbahn over the Teltow Kanal at Dreilinden. Primarily opened for the transport of bodies from Berlin to the cemetery at Stahnsdorf. The bridge was destroyed in the war. Rebuilt shortly after, it came into disuse after the start of the Cold War. Busbahnhof Stuttgarter Platz in the 1930s. Was still in use till the 1950s, when the station moved to the ZOB Funkturm (Westkreuz) Magnetschwebebahn. The BVG experiment started at the beginning of the 1980s, but the project was soon dropped. Berlin - Gleisdreieck - still in use, this was built in 1911. The trains run straight through the house. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 Bülowbogen in Berlin- Schöneberg, "Tunnelhouse", between Gleisdreieck and Nollendorfplatz, built around 1900 The same spot after the heavy air raids in November 1943 and today Bahnhof Nollendorfplatz, 1902 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 Berlin - Potsdamer Platz in just over one century 1900 Dense traffic aroung 1920 1935, Columbushaus Aerial view of the 1930s Potsdamer Platz, 1. May 1945, damage after the battle Potsdamer Platz, September 1961 Potsdamer Platz in the 1980s Potsdamer Platz, a view over no man's land from the West. Hitler's bunker was in this area, with no access. Potsdamer Platz in November 1989 after the borders were opened. Open Air Concert, Potsdamer Platz, 21. July 1990 April 1997, a loss of all values, measures and proportions and tradition, simply madness rules in present day Berlin Grotesque Red carpet in front of the Berlinale Palast, Potsdamer Platz Aerial view, Summer 2020, simply grotesque. The best solution would be to flatten it again. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 Berlin im Regen Umbrellas in the Kaiser's day. Pedestrians in the Friedrichstraße, 1900 (collage) A family moves through the ruins of Berlin. Ruins were still part of daily life in 1949 Sozialismus, not always sunny, early 1950s with Stalin and Wilhelm Pieck in the background City West, Kurfürstendamm under rain, 1966 Schönhauser Allee Weltzeituhr, Alexanderplatz and rain, May 1989 Floods in the Gleimtunnel in Prenzlauer Berg, August 2002 - I remember that day, the worst downpour I ever experienced. 9. November 2009, 20th anniversary of the wall coming down Source: TipBerlin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 Grenzbahnhof Übergangsstelle Friedrichstraße - filming here was stictly illegal and practicly impossible. Rare film material! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted July 8 Author Share Posted July 8 Große Frankfurter Straße - Stalinallee - Karl-Marx-Allee January 1919, barricades in the Große Frankurter Straße Große Frankfurter Straße, almost totally destroyed in the war, photo from ca. 1946/7 Re-named Stalinallee, it was rebuilt in a style as in no other part of Berlin. Kino International in the Stalinallee, with Hotel Berolina in the background- After 1953 the Stalinallee was re-named Karl-Marx-Allee. 7. October 1989, the last military parade in the Karl-Marx-Allee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryR Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 My Dad took me to see the wall only months before it came down, by coincidence. We drove up a long track to a dead end by a gate, a field beyond, then a wire fence, a small gap, another wire fence, then a distance to a wall with look out towers scattered along it. My Dad reckons they'd have been watching us approach but wouldn't be concerned once they saw the British car Reg.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted July 8 Author Share Posted July 8 They would have shot at anything attempting to cross the border. There were also minefields and automatic traps which fired shots in all directions. Your British car registration would not have helped. Selbstschussanlage 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryR Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 16 hours ago, Fritz said: They would have shot at anything attempting to cross the border. There were also minefields and automatic traps which fired shots in all directions. Your British car registration would not have helped. We were, obviously, on the western side. We certainly had no intention of crossing, lol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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