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W. side to Charlottenburg (p. 179). At Motz-Str. 6, to the S.W. of
the Nollendorf-Hatz, is the American Church, a tasteful sand¬
stone building in the Gothic style by March, opened in 1903 (ser-
;:*i§§s, see p. 36). Near by is the Neue Schauspielhaus and Mozart-
Skal, by Boswau & Knauer (1906; comp. pp. 28, 29). — To the W.
the Kleist-Str. and Tauenzien-Str. lead to the Emperor William
Memorial Church via the Wittenberg-Platz (PI. G, 13; station of
the Underground Railway, p. 14), in which rises the Kaufhaus des
Western (p. 31), erected in a freely treated Renaissance style by
Staudt, with sculptures by Wrba.
Tramways (pp. 14-22) from the Nollendorf-Platz: Nos. 2, 3, 51, 52,
53, 57, 60, 61, 64, 75, 91, 92, A, D, and H.
The Nollendorf-Platz connects the Maassen-Str., which passes
to, the N. near the Headquarters of the Engineers (Kurfiirsten-Str.
63-69), with the Lutzow-Platz (PL G, 13), embellished in 1903 with
the Hercules Fountain, 46 ft. high, designed by 0. Lessing; at
the top is Hercules as the deliverer of Prometheus, below are four
groups typifying the power of water unfettered, tamed, refreshing,
and serviceable. — The groups in sandstone by Schadow on the
Hercules Bridge, which here crosses the Landwehr Canal (p. 173),
were taken from another bridge near the Exchange.
Tramways from the LUtzow-Platz (pp. 14-22): Nos. 2, 3, 17, 33, 54,
63, 66, 67, 78-81, 93, 98, P, and R.
11. Tiergarten. Zoological Garden.
The following Drive of 4Va M. (7'/2 kil.; taximeter cab about 21l2 Jt)
includes the most interesting points in the Tiergarten. — From the Bran¬
denburg Gate by the Koniggratzer-Str. (Goethe Monument), Lenne-Str.
(Lessing Monument), Kem'per-Platz (Sieges-Allee; View of the Column
of Victory), and Tiergarten-Str. to the monuments of Richard Wagner,
Frederick William III., and Queen Luise; thence by the Grosse
Weg, passing the Rousseau Island and the Neue See, to the Tiergarten
Station, by the Charlottenburger Chaussee to the Grosse Stern, by the
Spree-Weg, past the Zelten to the Konigs-Platz, then the whole length
of the Sicgee-Allee, and finally back to the Brandenburg Gate.
The *Tiergarten (PI. R, 10-19), the largest and most attrac¬
tive park near the town, extends from the Brandenburg Gate to
Charlottenburg and covers about 630 acres. It is the private pro¬
perty of the crown, and until the reign of King Frederick I. it was
really a deer-park. In the 16th cent, it extended as far as the
E. end of the present Jager-Strasse, where a royal hunting-lodge
stood. Some portions, still laid out in the Versailles style, owe
their arrangement to Knobelsdorff, the architect of Frederick the
Great, while Frederick William III., assisted by his landscape-
gardener Lenne, did much to beautify the park in the 19th century.
Within recent years the Tiergarten has exchanged much of its
former character as a natural forest for the trimmer beauties of