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known as the Spindlershof. In front is a large warehouse in the
Romanesque style built by Kayser & Von Groszheim.—The Wall-
Str. ends to the E. at the Markische Provinzial-Museum (p. 153).
9. Northern and Eastern Quarters.
Nuturul History Museums.
The Wilhelm-Str. (p. 122) is continued to the N. of the Linden
by the Neue Wilhelm-Strasse (PL R, 20). In the latter, at the
corner of the Dorotheen-Str. (p. 144), is the Militury Academy,
founded by Scharnhorst in 1810 for German officers. The present
building, by Bernhardt & Schwechten, dates from 1882. Farther to
the N. are the Physiological, Second Chemical, and Physical
Institutes of the University.
Beyond the Marschalls-Brucke the Luisen-Strasse (PL R, 21,
20) runs parallel with the Friedrich-Strasse to the Neue Tor. Near
by to the left, Schiffbauer-Damm 25, is the Neue. Operetten-
Theater, by W. Hentschel (1908). At Luisen-Str. 32 is an annexe
of the Imperial Home Office (comp. p. 123). A tablet on No. 24a,
opposite, marks the house where the historian Ranke died in 1886
(comp. p. 167). No. 35 is the office of the Berlin Electricity Works,
which produce the force for the electric tramways, the lighting of
streets, etc.
Farther on, at the corner of the Schumann-Str. and the Luisen-
Str., is a monument to Albrecht von Graefe, the oculist (d. 1870),
with excellent reliefs in terracotta, by Siemering. Near this point
is the Charite' (PL R, 21), a large hospital founded in 1710, now
being rebuilt. The Charite serves also as a teaching institution in
connection with the University (11 clinics), and is united with the
Pathological Institute, which reached its present importance under
the management of Prof. Virchow (d. 1902). Visitors are admitted
to the hospital on Wed., Sat., & Sun., 2-3 p.m.
At No. 56 Luisen-Str. is the Veterinary College (PI. R, 21;
400 students), opened in 1790. In front of the main building is a
bronze statue of A C. Gerluch(A. 1877), a former rector, by Panzner.
In the garden is the Anatomic, or University Dissecting Room,
built by Cremer in 1863-65 (main entrance, Karl-Str. 23a). — In
the Luisen-Platz, to the left (Nos. 2-4), is the Kaiserin-Friedrich-
Haus for medical instruction, containing medical collections (adm.
to the collection of instruments Mon.-Frid. 10-3, free), etc. — To
the E. of the Neue Tor, Hessische-Str. 1-3, is the First Chemical-
Institute and (No. 4) the Hygienic Institute of the University.
Outside the Neue Tor (PL R, 21) the Luisen-Str. joins the long
Invaliden-Strasse, which begins on the E. beyond the Stettin Sta¬
tion (p. 166) and ends on the W. in Alt-Moabit. At the point of
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