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the interior (sacristan, Bischof-Str. 4-5) well repays a visit. In
the hall below the tower is a Dance of Death, a mnral painting
of about 1470, with rhymes in Low German. In the choir is the
^Monument of Count Sparr (d. 1668), a field-marshal under the
Great Elector, an admirable work by A. Quellinus the Elder from
Amsterdam. The curious marble pulpit is by Schliiter (1703). Con¬
certs see p. 30. — To the N.W. stretches the Rosen-Strasse, see
p. 51.
Along the N.W. side of the Neue Markt passes the Kaiser Wil¬
helm-Str., which leads to the left to the Lustgarten (p. 63) and to
the right to the Central Market (p. 153). Beyond it, Spandauer-Str. 1,
stands the Handels-Hochschule ('commercial high-school'; PI.
R, 26), built in 1906 in the baroque style by Cremer & Wolffenstein
and maintained by the Berlin merchants (director, Prof. Jastrow;
40 lecturers and 370 students). The old Chapel of the Holy Ghost,
dating from the early 14th cent., is used as a lecture room.
The neighbouring Protestant Garrison Church (PI. R, 26), in
the Neue Friedrich-Str., erected by Gerlach in 1721-22, and rebuilt
in 1900, was destroyed by fire in April, 1908. Of the French stan¬
dards captured by Blticher and others, two only were saved; the
vaults, in which Marshal Keith (d. 1758), Kleist von Nollendorf
(d. 1823), and many other generals are buried, were not injured.—
Not far off, to the W., the Friedrichs-Brilcke crosses the Spree,
beyond which to the left rises the Cathedral (p. 63), to the right
the National Gallery (p. 85). On this side of the river, in the Burg-
Str.^is the —
Borse, or Exchange (PL R, 26), erected in 1859-64 by Hitzig,
and extended towards the S. in 1884-85, the first modern building in
Berlin executed in stone instead of brick. The chief fagade is em¬
bellished with a double colonnade, above which, in the centre, is a
group in sandstone by R. Begas, representing Borussia as the pro¬
tectress of agriculture and commerce. In the vestibule is a seated
marble figure of Emperor William I. as law-giver, by Siemering.
The main hall is 110 yds. in length, 29 yds. in breadth, and 65 ft.
in height, and is divided into three sections by two galleries sup¬
ported by arches. During business-hours (12-2) more than 4000
merchants congregate here daily; best survey from the gallery
(adm., see p. 37).
To the S. of the Konig-Strasse (p. 151), at the corner of the
Gruner-Str. and Neue Friedrich-Str., is the District Court I.
(Lund- und Amtsgericht; PI. R, 29), completed in 1904 from de¬
signs by Schmalz in a free adaptation of the S. German baroque
style, presenting its main fagade, flanked by two lofty turrets, to
the N. towards the Gruner - Strasse. The imposing pile contains