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The Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor [ˈbʁandn̩ˌbʊʁɡɐ ˈtoːɐ̯] ⓘ) is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin.One of the best-known landmarks of Germany, it was erected on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to Brandenburg an der Havel, the former capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg.
Aerial view of the Walhalla memorial Walhalla, seen from the Danube River. The Walhalla (German pronunciation: ⓘ) is a hall of fame Monument that honours laudable and distinguished people in German history – "politicians, sovereigns, scientists and artists of the German tongue"; [1] thus the celebrities honoured are drawn from Greater Germany, a wider area than today's Germany, and even as ...
Pages in category "Monuments and memorials in Germany" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The memorial to gay and lesbian victims of National Socialism (also known as the FEZ memorial) is a monument in Cologne, Germany, dedicated to the gay and lesbian victims of the Nazis. The memorial, dedicated on 24 June 1995, is located next to the Hohenzollern Bridge, on the bank of the Rhine. The site was chosen for its historical ...
As Germany was divided following World War II, West and East Germany ratified the convention separately, the former on 23 August 1976 [3] and the latter on 12 December 1988. With German reunification, East Germany was dissolved on 3 October 1990. [4] Germany has 54 sites on the list, with a further seven on the tentative list.
The monument was created in 1998 by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Federal State of Berlin. It is located on Bernauer Straße at the corner of Ackerstraße and includes a Chapel of Reconciliation, the Berlin Wall Documentation Centre, a 60-metre (200 ft) section of the former border, a window of remembrance and a visitor center.
The Chicago and St. Louis monuments were recastings of Ernst Rau's 1876 bronze located in Marbach, Germany, where Schiller was born in 1759. A monument to Goethe had also been erected in Philadelphia (1891–Heinrich Manger). By 1914 and the outbreak of World War I, eight additional monuments to Schiller had been erected in the US.
Today, the Siegestor is a monument and reminder to peace. After sustaining heavy damage in World War II it was to be demolished in July 1945, [1] however, the arch was reconstructed and restored only partially, [4] in a manner similar to the conservation of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche in Berlin.