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Jerusalemer-Kirche into the heart of the industrial S.E. quarter.
At Nos. 90-91 (corner of the Alte Jacob-Str.) is the Reichs-
Druckerei, or Government Printing Office (PL G, 25; no adm.),
an institution controlled by the Imperial Post Office. The imposing
building contains a model art-printing department in which the
bank-notes and postage-stamps of the empire are produced. The
facade with its round tower is by Busse. — In the Waldeck-Park,
at the corner of the Kiirassier-Str., a marble Statue of Waldeck,
the liberal politician (d. 1870), by Walger, was unveiled in 1889.
Continuing along the Oranien-Str. we reach in turn the Moritz-
Platz (PL G, 25) and the Oranien-Pi.atz (PL G, 28), the latter
intersected by the Luisenstadt Canal.
Tramways (pp. 14-21), from the Moritz-Platz: Nos. 1, 2, 4, 12, 18, 28,
29, 35, 36, 37, 41, 47, 48, 53, 65, 93, 95, 98; from the Oranien - Platz:
Nos. 11, 12, 18, 28, 29, 30, 47, 48, 53, 93, 95, 98.
A little to the N. of the Oranien-Platz, at the Engelbecken, rises
the handsome Church of St. Michael (PL G, 28), designed by
Soller, and erected in 1853-56 as the (first) Roman Catholic garrison-
church. A walk of 5 min. to the S.E. takes us to the Church of
St. Thomas (PL G, 31), built by Adler in 1864-69. Both churches
are domed and exhibit a combination of Romanesque with Renais¬
sance details. — Near the latter church, in the Mariannen-Platz, rises
the large Bethanien Hospital (PL G, 28; adm. Tues., Frid., & Sun.
2-3), managed by Protestant sisters of charity and opened in 1K47.
In front is a monument to the celebrated surgeon Wilms (A. 1880),
by Siemering, and to the S., in the Waldeniar-Str., rises a marble
monument erected in 1902 from designs by L. Hoffmann to the
Firemen of Berlin. The latter consists of two pylons flanking
reliefs, by A. Vogel, of Athena directing the struggle with the
monster Hydra and of suppliants seeking help.
At tbe end of the Oranien-Str. is a station of the Elevated Rail¬
way (p. 13). The Wiener-Str. and the Skalitzer-Str. stretch hence
to the S.E. and E. Close by, in the Lausitzer-Platz, rises the
Bmmaus Church (PL G, 31), built by Orth in 1S93, a handsome
brick edilice in the Romanesque style. A j^lass mosaic over the
porch, designed by Mohn, represents Christ with the two disciples.
— To the S., in the Wiener-Str., is the G-orlitz Railway Station
(PL G, 32).
Tramways (pp. 15-22): Nos. 11, 12, 18, 22, 46, 91, 92, 93, 98, e; also
13, 82, 89, 90 (Skalitzer-Str.), and 94 (Reichenhergrr-Str.). — Omnibus 7 to
the Stettin Station.
The Elevated Railway (p. 13) passes eastwards down the centre
of the Skalitzer-Str.. which leads past the Emmaus Church to the
site of the old Sii.ksian Gate, or Schlesische Tor, now occupied by
the handsomest of all the Electric Railway Stations, a structure
by Grisebach. In the adjacent (iroben-l'fer, on the river-bank, is a
landing-stage for steamboats (p. 24), bearing figures of an Oarsman