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Alt-Moabit.
BERLIN.
Section 9. 105
p. 38), demonstrating in a comprehensive manner the development
of railway-matters by means of models and originals; smaller sec¬
tions to the right are dedicated to structures above ground and in
the water.
Farther on, to the left, are the Lehrte Station of the Stadt¬
bahn (p. 12), connected with the main Lehrte Station (see p. 140),
and the Exhibition Park (p. 141). To the right, opposite the latter,
are the Zellengefanguis or Prison, a model establishment for the
reception of 565 inmates, built in 1842-49; the Obcrfeuerwerker-
Schule, founded in 1840 for training non-commissioned officers of
artillery; and the Barracks of the 2nd Uhlan Guards Regiment.
Beyond the Exhibition Park, the Invaliden-Strasse joins the
Alt-Moabit street (p. 140). From this point we may proceed by the
Paul-Str. and across the Luther-Briicke near the chateau of Bellevue
(p. 176) to the Tiergarten. — In Alt-Moabit, to the right, is the
Criminal Court (PL R, 15, 18), built in 1877-81, with cells for
prisoners on trial. On the facade are statues of Prussian kings. The
court sits almost daily from 9, in winter from 9.30 a.m.; visitors
are admitted, but for trials exciting unusual public interest tickets
of admission should be secured beforehand (at rooms 253, 439, and
565 respectively). In front of the building is a bronze group of a
lion and a serpent, by A. Wolff.
Farther on in Alt-Moabit is the Church of St. John (PL R, 15),
by Schinkel, with a tower added by Stiller in 1835 connecting it in
one block with the parsonage and school-house. The Kirch-Str.,
diverging here to the left, leads to the Moubiter-Brilcke, rebuilt
in 1.S93-94 and embellished with bronze bears. Beyond the bridge
is the Bellevue Station of the Stadtbahn (p. 12).— Nos. 99-103
Alt-Moabit accommodate Bolle's well-known dairy. — Alt-Moabit
now skirts the S. side of a park known as the Kleine Tiergarten.
Farther on, at the end of the Strom-Str., to the left, is the Lessiug-
Briii-ke, built in 1901-3 and adorned with four reliefs, by 0. Lessing,
of scenes from G. E. Lessing's dramas.
In the W. part of Moabit, beside the Allgemeine Elektrizitats-
Gesellschaft (p. 167), are several large manufactures: the Berlin-
Anhalter Maschinenbau-Aktien-Gesellschaft (PL R, 9), Kaiserin-
Augusta-Allee 27; the engine-tools factory of Ludwig Lowe & Co.,
Ltd., Hutten-Str. 17-20; the Deutsche Waffen- und Munitions-
Aktien-Gesellschuft, Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 30 (3500 hands), etc.
At Plotzensee, to the N. of Moabit, and 1I2 M. from the Beussel-
Str. station of the Ringbahn (p. 13; tramway No. 12), is the Peniten¬
tiary (PI. B, 9), built in 1S68-78, where executions take place.
At the N. end of the Friedrich-Strasse, short of which the
Oranienburgcr-Strasse (p. 145) is joined to the S.E., beyond the