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As the location of the pre-1914 German Foreign Ministry building, "the Under den Linden" was sometimes used as a shorthand for the German government when talking of German foreign policy.
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By the 19th century, as Berlin grew and expanded to the west, Unter den Linden became the most renowned and grandest street in Berlin. In 1851 the famous
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river, slightly kinked due to the oblique position of the long side of the palace compared to the boulevard, at the Lustgarten with
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Unter den Linden, which sits at the heart of the historic section of Berlin, developed from a bridle path laid out by Elector
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the remaining trees were destroyed or cut down for firewood. The present-day linden were replanted in the 1950s.
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arsenal, the oldest building on Unter den Linden, built between 1695 and 1706, now the seat of the
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Webcam: Live-View of the street Unter den Linden with Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany
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from his palace. It was replaced by a boulevard of linden trees when the Electress
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Embassy, No. 76, standing at the junction with Wilhelmstrasse, and finally the
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in 1934–35, most of the linden trees were cut down and during the last days of
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Since 1937, the numbering of the properties on the street has started at the
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in the 16th century to reach his hunting grounds in the
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station at the Friedrichstraße intersection, served by
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Index

Unter Den Linden
Unter den Linden (Berlin U-Bahn)
Unter den Linden (waltz)
Under der linden

Berlin Cathedral
Brandenburg Gate
Tiergarten
Fernsehturm
[ˈʊntɐdeːnˈlɪndn̩]

linden
boulevard
Mitte
Berlin
Berlin Palace
Brandenburg Gate
linden trees
carriageways
sights

Berlin Palace
House of Hohenzollern
Palace of the Republic
Lustgarten
Pariser Platz
Brandenburg Gate
Friedrichstraße
Wilhelmstrasse
Mehringplatz

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