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174 Section 10. BERLIN. Sch&neberg.
ial Insurance Office (Reichs-Versichenmgs-Amt; PL G, 16), by
Basse, is situated on the canal, at Konigin Augus^a-Str. 25-27. Its
vestibule contains a group of workmen, by Brutt. — Near the canal
(Regenten-Str. 15) is the Spanish Embassy, in a villa built in
1873-76 by Ende & Benda, and embellished with a frieze from Nor¬
thern mythology by Engelhard.
Beyond the Potsdamer Brucke, at Potsdamer-Str. 120, is at pre¬
sent the Academy of Science (p. 57). The Potsdamer-Str. is then
crossed by the Lutzow-Str., in which, to the right (Nos. 89-90) is the
German Colonial House (p. 32), with figures of negroes on the fa¬
cade, and (No. 76) the BlMhner-Saal (concerts, p. 30). — Farther on
in the Potsdamer-Str. is the BUlow-Str. Station of the Elevated
Railway (p. 14), constructed above the promenade of the Bulow-Str.
Near by, to the left, is the Luther-Kirche (PL G, 17), a Gothic
brick structure by Otzen (1891-94). The Potsdamer-Str. terminates
near Schoneberg at the former Botanic Garden (comp. p. 185), part
of which is being converted into a public park. Anew building for
the Kammer-Gericht (p. 168) is to be erected here.
The town of Schoneberg (RatskeUer Restaurant Kuaer-WJhelm-
Platz; Schloss-Bmuerei, Haupt-Str. 112-114), although «»»» elation
Berlin by unbroken rows of streets, enjoys independent administration
and numbers over 160,000 inhabitants.- It is served by the'stations ot
Schoneberg and Ebers-Strasse on the 'Sud-Ring', by th\Gl»8Sj"~n
Strasse station on the Wannsee Railway (p. 185), and by a station on
the Military Railway (PI. G, 18; for the ranges at Kummersdorf and
Juterbog). Tramways (pp. 14-22): Nos. 2, 3, 5, 23, 24, 40, 41, 43, 51, ob,
57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 69, 71, 72, 74, 82, 87-90, I, II, III, V, B,D, E.and £
In the N. part, near the Nollendorf-Platz (PI. G 14), rjei'he Rom.
Cath. St. Matthias-Kirche, erected in the Gothic style by Seiberte.noi
far off, at Eisenaoher-Str. 12, is the Grand Lodge of <*T^^Ttta
built by Lange (1900). The handsome Victoria■ Luise-.Hats ana ^
adjacent streets contain numerous interesting private residences m m
style. - The Grunewald-Strasse, to the W., contains the Apom-^m^
Kirche, built by Schwechten, and the Prim Heinnch's «W^X
(PI. G, 15), built by F. Schulze, both fine specimens of the »n™ jj™r
tecture of the Mark of Brandenburg. The Hohenzollern-Schule> (^ioto
Gymnasium), a building by Egeling, is in the Belziger-Str. lo uu>£.
of the Church of St. Paul, at Barharossa-Str. 74a, is the PestalozzyWrbm
House, in the hall of which is a marble statue of Queen Luise wua
Prince William in her arms, by Schaper. — The main street conttuisi a
bronze Statue of Emp. William I., by Gerling, and the Town Hall (Kats-
keller, see above).
St. Matthew's Cemetery (PI. G, 18) lies close to the Grossgorscto-,
btr. Station. It contains the graves of numerous scholars and artists.
L. von Sybel (d. 1895), the historian, is buried close to the E. pathway;
?a ?/j£e & 1882)' the sculptor, to the right of the central path; A. KM
• if II V,e sculPtor> at the end of the third intersecting path to the
right; the Brothers Grimm (d. 1859 and 1863; comp. p. 173) near the path
ranmng parallel to the central path on the S.; and 4. Kirchhoff(A. 1887),
the physicist, close to the side pathway.
From the Potsdamer-Str. the Biilow-Strasse runs to the W. to
the Noli.endorf-Pi.atz (PI. G, 13), in which stands the domedstation
of the Elevated Railway (p. 14). This square is situated on tha
outskirts of Berlin, its S. side belonging to Schoneberg, and ill