For the Christmas market incident that occurred at this location, see 2016 Berlin truck attack.
Public square in Germany
Breitscheidplatz
Public square
Skyline of Breitscheidplatz with Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Upper West under construction, Zoofenster an Bikini-Haus in 2016
Country
Germany
City
Berlin
Historical features
Charlottenburg Kurfürstendamm Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
Breitscheidplatz (German pronunciation:[bʁaɪtʃaɪtˌplats]ⓘ) is a major public square in the inner city of Berlin, Germany. Together with the Kurfürstendamm boulevard, it marks the centre of former West Berlin and the present-day City West. It is named after Rudolf Breitscheid.
Breitscheidplatz (German pronunciation: [bʁaɪtʃaɪtˌplats] ) is a major public square in the inner city of Berlin, Germany. Together with the Kurfürstendamm...
Waldorf Astoria Berlin is a hotel in Berlin, Germany. It is located at Breitscheidplatz in the City West area of Berlin , next to the upscale retail area Kurfürstendamm...
stores with the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at its eastern end on Breitscheidplatz. The church was destroyed in the Second World War and left in ruins...
buildings is located at Potsdamer Platz in the Mitte district and at Breitscheidplatz in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district. Due to increasing population...
the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured. One of the...
It is located in Berlin on the Kurfürstendamm in the centre of the Breitscheidplatz. The original church on the site was built in the 1890s. It was badly...
Kurfürstendamm and Tauentzienstraße, two leading shopping streets meeting at Breitscheidplatz, where the landmark of the ruined Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church rises...
World Fountain) is a water feature in front of the Europa-Center in Breitscheidplatz, Berlin. The Weltkugelbrunnen was opened on the 12 August 1983. There...
Tauentzienstraße, a major shopping street, between Wittenbergplatz and Breitscheidplatz, near the heart of former West Berlin. It is technically in the extreme...
with the rise of the Nazi Party. In World War II the area around the Breitscheidplatz was heavily damaged by air raids and the Battle of Berlin. After 1945...
the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured. One of the...
also compared himself to the attacker at 2016 Berlin truck attack on Breitscheidplatz, Anis Amri. "There is not only one Anis Amri, there are several, I...
truck attack during which a truck was driven into the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin. 12 56...
the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured. December 22...
Tauentzienstraße, today a major shopping street, connecting it with Breitscheidplatz in the west. In 1902 Wittenbergplatz station opened on the first Berlin...
scheme is still in use, although the numbering today starts with 11 at Breitscheidplatz, with number 237 across the street being the highest number. Very small...
hijacked a Polish truck in Berlin and drove it into a Christmas market in Breitscheidplatz, Berlin. The attack claimed 13 lives, including the original driver...
Entwicklungen vom Dienstag in der (20 December 2016). "Anschlag am Breitscheidplatz: IS reklamiert Anschlag auf Weihnachtsmarkt in Berlin für sich". Retrieved...
Retrieved 28 July 2020. dpa (22 December 2019). "Extremismus: BKA: Seit Breitscheidplatz neun Anschläge verhindert". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved...
stores, with the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at its eastern end on Breitscheidplatz. The church was destroyed during World War II, and left in ruins. Nearby...
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