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Hotel Fürstenhof (Berlin)
Hotel Fürstenhof was a luxury hotel facing both Leipziger Platz and Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany. It was designed by architects Richard Bielenberg and Josef Moser and opened in 1907. On 22 November 1943 the hotel was destroyed during an Bombing of Berlin in World War II, air raid on Berlin in World War II; the ruins were completely demolished in the 1950s. Originally, the hotel was built in the Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical style in the second half of the 19th century. After its renovation, enlargement and reopening in 1907, the architecture of the hotel had elements of Art Nouveau, the onset of Modernism and the Baroque Revival architecture, Neo-Baroque. The interior of the building was elaborately decorated, including a fountain by Ludwig Mayer and carvings by Richard Kuhn. Gallery Image:Hotel Fürstenhof vor 1906 (BIKA).jpg, The hotel in 1906, before its renovation Image:Hotel Fürstenhof (BAW 1908-10).jpg, The hotel in 1908, after its renovation Image:Bundesa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potsdamer Platz, Berlin
Potsdamer Platz (, ''Potsdam Square'') is a public square and traffic intersection in the center of Berlin, Germany, lying about south of the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag building, Reichstag (Bundestag, German Parliament Building), and close to the southeast corner of the Großer Tiergarten, Tiergarten park. It is named after the city of Potsdam, some to the south west, and marks the point where the old road from Potsdam passed through the city wall of Berlin at the Potsdam Gate. After developing within the space of little over a century from an intersection of rural thoroughfares into the most bustling traffic intersection in Europe,Weitz, Eric D. ''Weimar Germany'', 2007, Princeton University Press, , page 43 it was totally destroyed during World War II and then left desolate during the Cold War era when the Berlin Wall bisected its former location. Since German reunification, Potsdamer Platz has been the site of major redevelopment projects. Historical background ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
