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168 Section 9. BERLIN. Friedriehthm.
Frankfurter-Str. stands the Church of St. Mark(P1.1L32). built
in the round-arched style by Staler, in 1848-55.
The Grosse Frankfurter-Str. goes on to the St&dtiwAl^entral-
Vieh-und Sohlaohthof (Municipal Cattle Market and Slaughter Houses;
PI. B, 38; tramways Not. 58, 66, 66, 67, 76, 81, o, g, and h). The market
is busiest on Wed. ft Sat. till 1 p.m. (adm. free), the slaughterhouses on
Mon. ft Thurs. (adm. by tickets obtained at the office in the Thaex-Str.),
Good restaurant. The market has a special station on the 'Nord Sing'
(p. IS).— Near the market lies the town of Lichtenberg, with 70,0fj
inhab. (Frankfurter Allee Station on the 'Nord Ring'; tramways.'Nob. w
68, 69, 70, & 71). A tramway (No. 71) runs to the N.E. from tie Fran*
farter Allee Station to the municipal lunatic asylum of Herzberge. 1
Outside the old KOnigs-Tor extends the Friedrichshain (PI. It,
33, 36), a park laid out in 1845 and enlarged in 1874-76 (tramway)
Nos. 1, 2, 4, 17, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 74,81, b, g, and h). The entrance
near the Konigs-Tor is to be embellished with a fountain with legf>
endary figures by Taschner, Ranch, and Wrha.—The large municipal
Hospital (Kra$kenhaus) am Friedrichshain, No. 159 Landsbergp
Allee, was erected in 1868-74 by Gropius & Schmieden. Visitors are
admitted on Sun., Wed., & Sat. 2-3. By the W. wall of the hospital,
near the Landsberger Allee, is the cemetery of the insurgents who
fell in March 1848 (PI. R, 32).
About 8 M. to the N. of the Kbnigstor is the village of WeMsensee
(PI. B, 34; Schloss-Restaurant), with 40,000 inhab. (Station of the Nord-Brng,
see p. 18; tramways Nos. 50-62). To the N.W. is the (l'/jM.) race-course
for trotting-matches (p. 30).
10. Southern and South-Western Quarters.
Kreuzberg. Tiergarten Quarter. Schoneberg.
From the southern part of the Friedrich-Strasse (p. 120) the
Koch-Strasse runs to the E. to the Jerusalem Church (PI. G, 22,
25). Short of this, the Koch-Str. is crossed by the Charlotten-Strasse.
Near the S. end of the latter, in the Encke-Platz, is the Royal Obser¬
vatory (PI. G, 22), erected by Schinkel in 1832-35. In 1878 the
mean altitude for the kingdom of Prussia (121 ft. above sea level)
was marked on the N. facade of the building. The instruments are
shown by the castellan on Wed. & Sat. 9-11 (in winter 10-11). Dir¬
ector, Prof. v. Struve. — At the corner of the Jerusalemer-Str. and
Schutzen-Str. is the house of Mosse & Co. (Berliner Tageblatt).
Past the Jerusalem Church the Linden-Strasse (PL G, 22) leads
to the S. to the Belle-Alliance-Platz (p. 170). —To the right of the
church at Nos 20-21 are the offices of the Victoria Insurance Co.
No. 14 is the Kammer-Gericht (Royal Court of Appeal; PL G, 22),
founded by he Elector Joachim I., built by Gerlach in 1734-35,
^r;tSishmrt0(p.03rsite (Mari*rafe*-str- io4-io7>is
The Oranien-Strasse leads to the E. from the above-mentioled