Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 in Berlin, Germany
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Experience Berlin in Germany in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in BerlinIndividual Sights in BerlinSight 1: Jesus-Christus-Kirche Dahlem
The Jesus Christ Church Dahlem is a Protestant church in the Berlin district of Dahlem, Germany.
Sight 2: Harnack House
The Harnack House in the Dahlem district of Berlin, Germany was opened in 1929 as a centre for German scientific and intellectual life. Located in the intellectual colony of Dahlem, seat of the Free University Berlin, it was founded by the Kaiser Wilhelm Gesellschaft (KWG) on the initiative of its first president, the theologian Adolf von Harnack, and of its then chairman, Friedrich Glum. The project was supported politically by the Weimar Republic Chancellor Wilhelm Marx and Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann, and an influential Centre Party deputy Georg Schreiber. The land for its construction was donated by the state of Prussia, and the costs of building and furnishing the house were defrayed partly by the government, and partly by public subscription.
Sight 3: FU Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science
The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics was founded in 1927 in Berlin, Germany. The Rockefeller Foundation partially funded the actual building of the Institute and helped keep the Institute afloat during the Great Depression.
Wikipedia: Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics (EN)
Sight 4: Henry Ford Building
The Henry Ford Building is one of the representative buildings of Freie Universität Berlin (FU). It was built between 1952 and 1954 according to plans by the architects Franz-Heinrich Sobotka and Gustav Müller.
Sight 5: Archiv der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
The Archive of the Max Planck Society is an archive founded in 1975 in the Berlin district of Dahlem. Its task is to centrally secure, collect and index the files of two research organisations: the Max Planck Society (MPS), founded in 1948, and its predecessor, the Kaiser Wilhelm Society (KWG), founded in 1911.
Sight 6: Sankt Marien
The St. Marien Church of the Evangelical Lutheran St. Marishe community in the independent Evangelical Lutheran church is located in Riemeisterstraße 10–12 in the Zehlendorf district of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district. The church building designed according to the plans of the architect Hans Schmidt from Hamburg-Harburg was completed by the architectural office Kraul and Jäckel from Hamburg. The architects Manfred F. Manleitner and Erwin SRP, both from Berlin, were commissioned with the local construction management. The church building was consecrated on February 18, 1973 by the later Bishop Gerhard Rost under the assistance of church councilor Matthias Schulz and the then parish priest jobst beautiful. The parish belongs to the Berlin-Brandenburg church district.
Wikipedia: St.-Marien-Kirche (Berlin-Zehlendorf) (DE), Website
Sight 7: Herz-Jesu-Kirche
The Sacred Heart Church in the Berlin district of Zehlendorf in today's district of Steglitz-Zehlendorf is the parish church of the Catholic parish of the same name. The neo-Gothic church, designed by Christoph Hehl, was consecrated in 1908 and forms a building complex with the rectory. The church with parish and parish hall is a listed building.
Wikipedia: Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Berlin-Zehlendorf) (DE), Website, Heritage Website
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