The Charlottenburg palace is the largest palace in Berlin. It was built in several stages. The original, central part was constructed between 1695 and 1699. It was intended as the summer home for Sophie Charlotte, Elector Frederick III’s wife. The palace was expanded after Frederick became the first Prussian King, Friedrich I. Frederick III built this for his wife Charlotte between 1695 and 1699. After Frederick became the first Prussian King in 1701, the Palace was extended into a stately building. This is a fine example of baroque architechture. Besides the main palace there is the summer palace and the newer addition, also the gardens and the mauseleum. The Swedish master Johann Eosander von Göthe supervised the expansion, which in-cluded the addition of the copula and the construction of the orangery wing.
Severely damaged by allied bombing in 1943, the palace was meticulously reconstructed after the war. The splendid interiors like the Eichengallerie, a 1713 gallery lined with oil paintings and the Porzellan-kabinett, with a fine display of Chinese and Japanese porcelain are remarkably well restored. Also noteworthy are the Schlosskapelle - the palace’s small chapel, the Weisser Saal, the rococo style Goldene Galerie and the Galerie der Romantik, with a collection of works of German Romantics.
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Bellevue Palace (German: Schloss Bellevue) is a château north of the Tiergarten park in Berlin. It is the residence of the German President, currently Horst Köhler. Bellevue Palace currently undergoes reconstruction works until end of 2005. The president uses Schloss Charlottenburg for representative purposes during this period. The two-story main building's elaborate design contrasts with the completely plain, three-storied side wings. On its gables are sandstone figurines depicting Agriculture, Fish Farming, and Hunting. The huge lawn behind the palace has been the venue of many a happy garden party, and - judging from the noise on certain Saturday evenings -
This historical firm has been making its famous porcelain in Berlin since 1763. Along with contemporary works you can see magnificent showpieces from the past 300 years. Guided tours for individuals every first Thursday of the month, group tours by appointment.
Admission: 5DM
Connections: S Tiergarten, bus 123.
Address: Wegelystr. 1, Charlottenburg
Tel: +49 (0)30 - 39009241
The tierpark is the largest landscape zoo of Europe. On 160 hectares surface is led the visitor by the animal world of the 6 continents. Salient high points are the Alfred Brehm house with the valuable groups of breeds of large cats, the Dickhaeuterhaus with elephants, sea-cows and Nashoernern, the giraffe and ape house, the queue farm, the crocodile house, as well as the modern plants for mountain animals and the animal world of Africa. More than 8000 animals live in the palace park, a spacious area of 160 hectares where you can admire all the different species -
Museum für Vor - und Frühgeschichte (Museum of Prehistory and Early History) : Berlin
The museum possesses one of the largest supraregional collections for the pre and early history of the old persons world. In five exhibition halls certifications of the prähistorischen cultures of Europe are shown by their beginnings, the paleolithic age, in the Middle Ages. A special high point is finally the Schliemannn collection with the famous "Trojan Altertümern" from that more than 3000 years inhabited settlement hill Hissarlik in the western small Asia. Since 1960 the museum is accommodated in the building of long Hans of the lock
Tegel is a local part in the district Reinickendorf of Berlin at 52°35' N, 13°21' E. Tegel is home to the largest airport of the capital, Tegel International Airport. Tegel is also has a lake, which is a very popular tourist attraction. Beyond that Tegel offers a lock as well as a park, interesting modern architecture, and the oldest tree in Berlin, "dicke Marie" ("Fat Maria").
Tegel was the location of a medium waveform broadcasting station, from 1933 to 1948. A wire hung-up in a wooden tower was used as an antenna. This tower was blown up as part of the
