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II. ENVIRONS OF BERLIN.
12. Charlottenburg.
Stadtbahn Stations (named in order from Berlin; see p. 12): Tier¬
garten, Zoologischer Garten, Savigny-Platz, Charlottenburg, Westend,
and Jungfernheide. The Zoological Garden and Charlottenburg Stations
are the only ones with luggage-offices or with connection with main-line
trains. — Stations of the Elevated and Underground Railway (pp. 13,
14): Nollendorf-Platz (p. 174), Zoological Garden (p. 177), Knie (p. 181;
13 min.'s journey from the Potsdamer-Platz). — Tramways (pp. 15-22):
Nos. 5, 8, 18, 33, 54, 64, 76, 80, 81, 93, 98, H, N, P, R, T, V; from the Bran¬
denburg Gate to Charlottenburg Palace 25 min., from the Kupfergraben
(near the Museum Island) 35 minutes.
Hotels. *Park- Hotel (PI. q; G, 10), Hardenberg-Str. 29, at the
Zoological Garden Station, 50 R. at 5-20, B. VltJl; Fukst Bismarck,
at the Knie (p. 181), 60 R. at 2'/2-6, B. 1 Jt, very fair; Hippodrom, at
the Knie; Schlosspark-Hotel, Luisen-Platzl, 18 R. from 2, B.3/4, D. Vfaje;
all with restaurant. — Pensions, see pp. 7, 8.
Restaurants. Tiergartenhof, near the Tiergarten Station; Ro¬
man isches Cafe, by the Emp. William Memorial Church; Josty (confec¬
tioner), Hardenberg-Str. 27; Hellwig .C- Sohn (wine), Hardenberg-Str. 15;
Motivhaus, same street 6; Falkenberg, at the Knie, with garden; Rats-
keller, in the Rathaus (p. 182); Cafe' Empire, Theater-Platz 5; the
restaurants of the Theater des Westeits (p. 181), the Schiller - Theater
p. 182), etc.
Post, Telegraph, & Telephone Offices, Berliner-Str. 62; also six
branch-offices.
Charlottenburg, a town with 206,000 inhab. (in Ismo only
30,483), begins immediately to the AV. of the Tiergarten, about
l3/4 AI. from the Brandenburg Gate. It is now practically part of
Berlin, though it still retains an independent municipality, and its
present size and prosperity is entirely owing to the recent rapid
advance of its large neighbour. It lies on the site formerly occupied
by the village of Lictzow, where Sophia Charlotte, wife of Fred-
crick I., founded a country residence at the end of the 17th century.
Beyond the Tiergarten Station, to the right in the AVegely-
Str., stands the Royal Porcelain Factory (PI. R, 10); adm., see
p. 39; see also pp. 33,124. The factory, founded in Berlin in 1761
and acquired for the state by Frederick the Great in 1763, was
removed to the present site in 1.S71.
The Charlottenburger Chaussee (p. 170) is continued through
Charlottenburg by the Berliner-Strasse. Beyond the Charlotten¬
burger Briicke over the Landwehr Canal, on the left, rises the —
*Technische Hochschule, or Technical Academy (PI. R,
7,10), erected in 1878-84 from designs by Lucae and Hitzig, under
the superintendence of Raschdorff (p. 63). The main building,
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