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182 Section 12. CHARLOTTENBURG. Environs
Hardenberg-Str. 36 is the Royal Academic Institute for Sa¬
cred Music (director, Prof. Kretschmar).
From the 'Knie' (PL R, 7), or bend, of the Berliner-Strasse (sta¬
tion of the Underground Railway, p. 14), beside the Hardenberg-
Strassc, the March-Strasse (see below; tramway Qto Moabit) runs to
the N.E., while the Bismarck-Strasse leads due W. The latter is con¬
tinued as a military road through the Grunewald to the manceuvring-
ground at Dbberitz (comp. margin of the map at p. 185). — In the
Bismarck-Str., at the corner of the Grolmann-Str., is the Schiller-
Theater Charlottenburg (comp. p. 28), built by Heilmann & Litt-
mann (1906), with a room for popular lectures.
To the N. of the Knie, March-Str. 25, is the Imperial Physico-Tech-
nical Institution and to the W. of it, Fraunhofer-Str. 11-12, the Work¬
men's Welfare Permanent Exhibition (PI. R, 7, 8; adm. see p. 42), with
fenced machinery in motion, etc.
In the industrial district farther to the N. (PI. R, 8) are two electric
works in close connection: viz. the Siemens - SChuckert Works Co. Ltd.,
Franklin-Str. 28 (capital 4,500,000 1.), and the Siemens & Halske Co.
(capital 2,600,000 I.), the latter founded in 1847 by Werner Siemens, the
discoverer of the dynamic principle (1867) and inventor of electric tram¬
ways (1879). The office of the two societies, which employ 35,000 workmen
and officials, is mentioned at p. 127.
The Berliner-Strasse leads to the N.W. from the Knie to the
Luisen-Platz. At Nos. 72-73 in this street is the Rathaus (PI. R, 5),
an imposing building erected in 1899-1905 by Reinhardt and
Silssenguth, with a richly ornamented facade and a tower 360 ft. in
height (adm., see p. 39; Ratskeller, p. 179).
In front of the palace is the Luisen-Platz (PI. R, 2), in which an
Equestrian Statue of Emp. Frederick HI., by Uphues, was
erected in 1905. The pedestal, with its garland of thorns, the mas¬
sive substructure and the rear-wall with its two pylons (52 ft. high)
are of granite; on the top of the pylons are two marble statues of
Apollo and Athena; on the base are bronze-reliefs representing the
emperor distributing decorations at Kbniggratz and reviewing his
army for the last time in Charlottenburg Park.— At the beginning
of the Schloss-Str. (leading to the left) is a bronze statue of Prince
Albert of Prussia (A. 1872), by Bbrmel and Freyberg (1901). The
street runs to the S. to the vicinity of the Lietzen-See (PI. R, 1,
G, 1), which is surrounded with pleasant grounds.
The *Royal Palace (PI. R, 2) consists of a large group of
buildings, with a total length of 550 yds. The central portion,
erected by Schliiter in 1695-99, was enlarged by Eosander von
Goethe (p. 65) in 1701-7 and provided with its effective dome. The
right wing ('Neues Schloss') was added by Knobelsdorff in 1741-42,
while the theatre at the end of the left wing and the belvedere in the
park were erected by Lunghuns in 1788. — Tickets of adm., and
also tickets for the Mausoleum (p. 183), are obtained to the right,
in the first court (marked 'K' on the Plan); comp. p. 37.