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BERLIN. Friedrichs - Werder.
portrait, above, to the right). Opposite the end of the Breite-Str.,
in the Kollnische Fischmarkt (PL R, 25), stands a house (No. 4)
with a bust of Field-Murshul Derfflinger (d. 1695), its original
owner. The Rathaus of Kolln, which stood on the right, was pulled
down in 1899. — The Fischer-Strasse, running hence to the S.E.,
is considered to be the oldest existing part of Alt-Kolln. At its
beginning stands the municipal Testing Office fin- Hygienic and
Industrial Purposes.
To the left of the Kollnische Fischmarkt stretches the imposing
Muhlendamm - Briicke (PI. R, 25), which was transformed in
1888-92, and fitted with new locks and flood-gates. To the left rises
the castellated Dammmuhlen-Gebaude (including the munici¬
pal Savings-Bank, etc.), a reconstruction of the former royal mills,
from designs by Blankenstein (1892-93). Opposite, at the diver¬
gence of the Fischer-Brilcke, are bronze statues (1894) of the Mar¬
graves Albert the Bear (d. 1170), by Boese, and Waldemar I. (d.
1319), by Unger.
To the right of the Kollnische Fischmarkt the Gertraudten-
Strasse runs towards the S.W., one of the chief thoroughfares of
the inner town. In a square on the W. side rises the Church of
St. Peter (PL R, 25), a Gothic brick building erected in 1847-53 by
Strack, with a graceful tower 316 ft. in height. — The Gertraudten-
Str. ends at the Gertraudten-Briicke, which was rebuilt in 1894-95,
and embellished in 1896 with a bronze group by Siemering represent¬
ing St. Gertrude (d. 659), abbess of the Franconian convent of Ni-
velles and patron saint of travellers, reviving an exhausted wanderer.
Beyond the bridge is the Spittel-Markt (p. 159).
In the Friedrichs-Werder (p. 47), opposite the W. front of the
Royal Palace (p. 65), on the other side of the Spree, extends the
Schinkel-Platz (PL R, 26, 25), which is adorned with bronze sta¬
tues of -Schinkel (d. 1841; comp. p. 166), by Drake, erected in
1869; Thaer (d. 1828), the agriculturist, Rauch's last work, com¬
pleted by Hagen in 1860; and Beuth (d. 1853; comp. p. 166), to
whose efforts Prussia has been much indebted for her advance in
industrial pursuits, designed by Kiss, with reliefs by Drake (1861).
— Nos. 1-2 are the Bank filr Handel und Industrie (Darmstadter
Bank), by Ende & Bbckmann, with a fagade of red sandstone. On
the S. side is the old Bau-Akademie, or Academy of Archi¬
tecture (PL R, 25), a lofty square edifice erected by Schinkel in
1832-35, 150 ft. in length, with handsome details in terracotta. The
successful union of mediaeval structural forms with Greek details
stamps this as one of Schinkel's most interesting creations. It con¬
tains the Royal Meteorological Institute (director, Prof. Hellmann),
founded by Alex, von Humboldt in 1848, and entrusted with the