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Farther on in theKloster-Str. to the left is the Parochial Church
(PL R, 29), erected in 1695-1714 from Neriug's design; the tower,
containing a peal of bells, was added in 1715, the interior restored in
1884. — To the right, on the area bounded by the Klostcr-Str.,
Parochial-Str., Jiiden-Str., and Stralauer-Str., the Stadthaus," a
large municipal building with a massive tower in the Jiiden-Str.,
was erected in 1908 from L. Hoffmann's designs.
To the S. of the Rathaus is the Molken-Makkt (PL R, 26, 25),
the nucleus of the earliest settlement on this side of the Spree. To
the S.W. of it the Mtthlendamm leads to Alt-Kolln (comp. below).
Before reaching it, we pass the palatial Ephraim House (to the
right, at the corner of the Post-Str.), built in 1765 by Ephraim the
Jew, known for his dealings with Frederick the Great. The building
is now municipal property, and is occupied by administrative offices.
— To the N., in the Post-Str., is the —
Church of St. Nicholas (PL R, 26), the parish church of
the Old Town and the oldest church in Berlin, restored in 1877-SO
by Blaukeustein, who added the N. tower. The lower parts of the
towers, consisting of square blocks of granite, date from the be¬
ginning of the 13th cent., the choir from the 14th, and the nave
from the 15th century. The interior (sacristan, Propst-Str. 14-16)
deserves a visit for the sake of the picturesque general effect of its
brick nave and aisles, and also for the numerous monuments, tablets,
paintings, etc., in which every artistic style, from the end of the
Gothic period down to the rococo era, is represented. The figure
of Death, by Schliiter, at the Mannlieh family vault (1700, under the
organ), is especially worthy of attention. The Kfitteritz Chapel
(under the organ-loft to the right) is a well preserved example of
late-Kenaissance work. To the left in the choir is the tomb of
Pufendorf, the celebrated jurist (d. 1694). Paul Gerhardt, the
hymn-writer (p. 2(»7), was pastor of this church from 1657 to 1066.
In Alt-Kolln (p. 45) the Briider-Strasse and the Breite-Strasse
run from the Schloss-Platz towards the S. The house No. 13 Brttder
Str. (on the right), once the property of Friedrich Nicolai, the
bookseller and friend of Lessing (d. lull; comp. p. 143), was the
temporary abode of Theodore Koruer in 1 .si 1 and 1.S13 (tablets
in memory of both). Breite-Str. s-9, opposite the Royal Stables
(p. 70), is the office of the Vossische Zeitung, the oldest newspaper
in Berlin, founded under licence by Rtidiger in 1722, and carried
on by Voss after 1751. The more eminent contributors to the paper,
including Lessing, are represented in medallions on the facade.
Almost the entire block betweent his point and the Brilder-Str.
and Scharren-Str. belongs to the firm of Rudolf Hertzog (p. 33).
The composer Lortzing (1801-51) was born at No. 12 (tablet with