Alexanderplatz Facts for Kids

Panorama of the Alexanderplatz in Berlin

Alexanderplatz is a square on the northeastern edge of the historic center of Berlin. The rectangular square in the Mitte district goes back to the square in front of King Thor and was given its current name after the Russian Tsar Alexander I in 1805. In the Berlin vernacular, he is usually only called "Alex".

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Neighborhoods in Berlin-Mitte: Old Cölln [1] (with Museum Island [1a], Fisher Island [1b]), Altberlin [2] (with Nikolai Quarter [2a]), Friedrichswerder [3], Neukölln am Wasser [4], Dorotheenstadt [5], Friedrichstadt [6], Luisenstadt [7], Stralauer Vorstadt (with Königsstadt) [8], Alexanderplatz area (Königsstadt and Altberlin) [9], Spandauer Vorstadt [10] (with Scheunenviertel [10a]), Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt [11], Oranienburger Vorstadt [12], Rosenthaler Vorstadt [13]
View from the TV Tower.
Aerial view with the TV tower
Alexanderplatz in 1912
Tram passing the World Clock
Alexanderplatz in 2013
Memhardt Plan from 1652 with Georgentor
City map showing the Königsvorstadt (1789). The Alt Berlin is shown in red, the royal suburbs northeast brown.
Alexanderplatz, 1796 (in the middle the Königsbrücke (King's Bridge) with its colonnades)
The destroyed Alexanderplatz station, May 1945
The Press Cafe in 1977. The mural displaying the Marxist view of the press has been covered over by commercial advertising.
The Fernsehturm Berlin seen from a distance
Alexanderplatz on April 11th 2020 at 18:28 during COVID-19 lockdown in Berlin
Fountain of Friendship
Alexanderplatz, 1908 (left to right: Lehrervereinshaus, Polizeipräsidium, Aschinger)
The World Clock with the Fernsehturm in the background
Bahnhof Alexanderplatz
Alexanderhaus
Project Blinkenlights
Die Mitte shopping mall
Neptunbrunnen
Tram at Alexanderplatz
Fernsehturm on Alexanderplatz
The World Clock and Park Inn hotel in the background
Night view of the World Clock
Bahnhof Alexanderplatz and the Fernsehturm
Park Inn with a reflection from the Fernsehturm.

Alexanderplatz facts for kids

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