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Kottbusser Tor
Kottbusser Tor () is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on lines U1, U3, and U8. Many Berliners use the affectionate term ''Kotti'' (; see Berlin dialect). It is located in central Kreuzberg. The area has a bad reputation for the relatively high, mainly drug-related crime rate, instances of which have recently become quite rare in most other parts of the district. The original Kottbusser Tor was a southern city gate of Berlin; the road through the gate led via the Neukölln suburb to the town of Cottbus. History The station on the first U-Bahn line from Potsdamer Platz to Stralauer Tor was opened on 18 February 1902 on a viaduct A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide ... above Skalitzer Straße. When the U8 was built in 1926, a new two-level station was constructed we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kreuzberg
Kreuzberg () is a district of Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Berlin-Mitte, Mitte. During the Cold War era, it was one of the poorest areas of West Berlin, but since German reunification in 1990, it has undergone significant gentrification and is now known for its vibrant arts scene. The borough is known for its large percentage of immigrants and descendants of immigrants, many of whom are of Turks in Germany, Turkish ancestry. This influx began in the 1960s and 1970s when West Germany invited 'Gastarbeiter' (guest workers) from various countries, including Turkey, Italy, Greece, and Yugoslavia, to address labour shortages and aid in Reconstruction of Germany, post-war reconstruction. As of 2006, 31.6% of Kreuzberg's inhabitants did not have German citizenship. Kreuzberg is known for its diverse cultural life and experimental alternative lifestyles, making it an attractive area for many. However, some parts of the district ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drug-related Crime
A drug-related crime is a crime to possess, manufacture, or distribute drugs classified as having a potential for abuse (such as cocaine, heroin, morphine and amphetamines). Drugs are also related to crime as drug trafficking and drug production are often controlled by drug cartels, organised crime and gangs. Some drug-related crime involves crime against the person such as robbery or sexual assaults. U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics In 2002, in the U.S. about a quarter of convicted property and drug offenders in local jails had committed their crimes to get money for drugs, compared to 5% of violent and public order offenders. Among State prisoners in 2004 the pattern was similar, with property (30%) and drug offenders (26%) more likely to commit their crimes for drug money than violent (10%) and public-order offenders (7%). In Federal prisons property offenders (11%) were less than half as likely as drug offenders (25%) to report drug money as a motive in their offenses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
U8 (Berlin U-Bahn) Stations
U8 may refer to: * U8 (Berlin U-Bahn), a line on the Berlin U-Bahn * U8 Global Student Partnership for Development * German submarine ''U-8'', one of several German submarines * Yangwang U8, a luxury SUV by BYD Auto * the IATA code for Armavia airline * another designation for the Beechcraft L-23 Seminole * '' Ultima VIII: Pagan'', a video game * u8, a name for the 8-bit unsigned integer, especially in Rust Rust is an iron oxide, a usually reddish-brown oxide formed by the reaction of iron and oxygen in the catalytic presence of water or air moisture. Rust consists of hydrous iron(III) oxides (Fe2O3·nH2O) and iron(III) oxide-hydroxide (FeO(OH) ... See also * 8U (other) {{Letter-NumberCombDisambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
U3 (Berlin U-Bahn) Stations
U3 or U-3 may refer to: Transportation * U3, an underground rapid transit line in many major German/Austrian cities: ** U3 (Berlin U-Bahn) ** U3 (Frankfurt U-Bahn) ** U3 (Hamburg U-Bahn) ** U3 (Munich U-Bahn) ** U3 (Nuremberg U-Bahn) ** U3 (Stuttgart Stadtbahn) ** U3 (Vienna U-Bahn) * Avies (IATA code: U3), an Estonian airline * Cessna U-3, the military model of the Cessna 310 aircraft * German submarine U-3, German submarine ''U-3'', one of several German submarines * Boeing customer code, Boeing Customer Code for Garuda Indonesia Computer technology * U3 (software), a design specification for USB storage, created by U3, LLC * U3, SD card#UHS Speed Class, a speed class for Secure Digital (SD) cards * U.3, an improvement to the U.2 storage interface standard Video games * ''Ultima III: Exodus'', a 1983 video game * ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception'', a 2011 video game Other * U3, an Unemployment#United States Bureau of Labor statistics, unemployment figure released by the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
U1 (Berlin U-Bahn) Stations
U1, U.I or U-1 may refer to: People and characters *Yuvan Shankar Raja (stage name: U1; born 1979), a Tamil musician and film composer *U-1, a fictional character, the protagonist of the ''Gitaroo Man'' video game Computing and electronics *U1, a Secure Digital#Speed class rating, speed class for Secure Digital (SD) cards *Apple U1, a mobile system-on-a-chip *''Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness'', a 1981 video game *U1 Technology, a video game publisher Military *U-1, the 1924 United States Army Air Service aircraft designation system, USAF and 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, US Military's designation for the De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter light transport aircraft *U-1, Soviet Union military aircraft designation systems, Soviet designation for Avro 504 trainer *Multiple German U-boats named German submarine U-1, ''U-1'' *Oberursel U.I, an early German aircraft engine *HDMS U-1, a Danish submarine *SM U-1 (Austria-Hungary), SM U-1, an Austro-Hungarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viaduct
A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide valley, road, river, or other low-lying terrain features and obstacles. The term ''viaduct'' is derived from the Latin ''via'' meaning "road", and ''ducere'' meaning "to lead". It is a 19th-century derivation from an analogy with ancient Roman aqueducts. Like the Roman aqueducts, many early viaducts comprised a series of arches of roughly equal length. Over land The longest viaduct in antiquity may have been the Pont Serme which crossed wide marshes in southern France. At its longest point, it measured 2,679 meters with a width of 22 meters. Viaducts are commonly used in many cities that are railroad hubs, such as Chicago, Birmingham, London and Manchester. These viaducts cross the large railroad yards that are needed for freigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stralauer Tor (Berlin U-Bahn)
Stralauer Tor (''Osthafen'' as of 1924) was a Berlin U-Bahn station in Berlin-Friedrichshain. It operated between Warschauer Straße and Schlesisches Tor stations on today's U1. Following its destruction in World War II it was never rebuilt and is one of three Berlin U-Bahn stations (the others being Nürnberger Platz, which was closed and demolished in 1961 and Französische Straße, which was closed in 2020) to have been abandoned after having previously been in service. History ''Stralauer Tor'' was an elevated station built into the north-eastern part of the viaduct, which featured a barrel-shaped roof and two street level stairwell entrances accommodating opposing platform sides.berliner-untergrundbahn.de ''Berlins U-Bahnstrecken'' It was constructed by German engineering company |
Berlin Potsdamer Platz Railway Station
Berlin Potsdamer Platz is a railway station in Berlin. It is completely underground and situated under Potsdamer Platz in central Berlin. Regional and Berlin S-Bahn, S-Bahn services call at the station, and it is also served by Berlin U-Bahn, U-Bahn line U2 (Berlin U-Bahn), U2. History S-Bahn The first station at Potsdamer Platz was the Berlin Potsdamer Bahnhof, Potsdamer Bahnhof terminal station, terminus, which was closed on 27 September 1945 due to war damage. In 1939 the S-Bahn, or ''Stadtbahn'' (City Railway), arrived. The idea for a Berlin Nord-Süd-Tunnel, North-South Link rapid transit rail line from Unter den Linden to Yorckstraße, via Potsdamer Platz and Anhalter Bahnhof, had first been mooted in 1914, but it was not planned in detail until 1928, and then approval had to wait until 1933. Begun in 1934, it was plagued with disasters. Determination to have it finished in time for the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936 meant vital safety measures were ignored: on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cottbus
Cottbus () or (;) is a university city and the second-largest city in the German state of Brandenburg after the state capital, Potsdam. With around 100,000 inhabitants, Cottbus is the most populous city in Lusatia. Cottbus lies in the Sorbian settlement area () of Lower Lusatia, and is the second-largest city on the River Spree after Berlin, which is situated around downstream. The city is located on the shores of Germany's largest artificial lake, the Cottbuser Ostsee (). Cottbus is considered the political and cultural center of the Lower Sorbian-speaking Sorbs (in Lower Lusatia also called the Wends), while the overall center of all Sorbs (Lower and Upper) is Bautzen (''Budyšin''). Cottbus is the largest bilingual city in Germany. Signage is mostly in German and Lower Sorbian. The city is the seat of several Lower Sorbian institutions like the Lower Sorbian version of the Sorbischer Rundfunk (/), the Lower Sorbian Gymnasium, and the Wendish Museum (). The use of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neukölln
Neukölln (), officially abbreviated Neuk, is one of the twelve boroughs of Berlin. It is located south-east of Berlin's center and stretches from the inner city southward to the border with Brandenburg, encompassing the eponymous quarter of Neukölln (locality), Neukölln in the north, and the southern quarters of Britz, Gropiusstadt, Buckow (Berlin), Buckow and Rudow. The borough belonged to the American occupation zone in Germany, American sector during the Allied-occupied Germany, Allied occupation of the city. It is characterised by one of the highest shares of Immigration to Germany, immigrant residents in Berlin. An influx of students and artists since the mid-2000s has led to gentrification. History The Berlin district of Neukölln has a long and varied history that reflects the city's changing political and cultural landscape. Located in the south of the city, Neukölln was originally a small village on the outskirts of Berlin. Neukölln's independence ended on 1 Octo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Gate
A city gate is a gate which is, or was, set within a city wall. It is a type of fortified gateway. Uses City gates were traditionally built to provide a point of controlled access to and departure from a walled city for people, vehicles, goods and animals. Depending on their historical context they filled functions relating to defense, security, health, trade, taxation, and representation, and were correspondingly staffed by military or municipal authorities. The city gate was also commonly used to display diverse kinds of public information such as announcements, tax and toll schedules, standards of local measures, and legal texts. It could be heavily fortified, ornamented with Escutcheon (heraldry), heraldic shields, sculpture or inscriptions, or used as a location for warning or intimidation, for example by displaying the heads of Capital punishment, beheaded criminals or public enemies. Notably in Denmark, many market towns used to have at least one city gate mostly as part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin German
Berlin German, or Berlinese (, , or ; derogative: , ), is the regiolect spoken in the city of Berlin as well as its surrounding metropolitan area. It originates from a Brandenburgisch dialect. However, several phrases in Berlin German are typical of and unique to the city, indicating the manifold origins of immigrants, such as the Huguenots from France. Overview The area of Berlin was one of the first to abandon East Low German as a written language, which occurred in the 16th century, and later also as a spoken language. That was the first regiolect of Standard German with definite High German roots but a Low German substratum apparently formed (''Berlinerisch'' may therefore be considered an early form of ''Missingsch''). Only recently has the new dialect expanded into the surroundings, which had used East Low German. Since the 20th century, the Berlin dialect has been a colloquial standard in the surrounding Brandenburg region. However, in Berlin proper, especially in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
