Gendarmenmarkt, Public square in Berlin-Mitte, Germany.
The Gendarmenmarkt features three monumental buildings: the Konzerthaus concert hall and two identical churches with towers on opposite sides of the square.
Johann Arnold Nering established the square in the late 17th century as Linden-Markt, while the name Gendarmenmarkt came from the Cuirassier Regiment stables in 1799.
The French Cathedral houses the Huguenot Museum, while the German Cathedral contains exhibits about German parliamentary history through different historical periods.
The square connects to public transportation through U-Bahn stations Hausvogteiplatz on line U2 and Französische Straße on line U6.
During winter months, the square transforms into a market where visitors find seasonal products among the neoclassical architecture of central Berlin.
Location: Bezirk Mitte von Berlin
Founders: Johann Arnold Nering
GPS coordinates: 52.51361,13.39278
Latest update: May 28, 2025 18:34
Berlin has reinvented itself several times in its history, and these transformations remain visible across the city today. You can see Prussian palaces like Charlottenburg, the large dome of the parliament building, the Brandenburg Gate, and the museums on Museum Island, where ancient art from different periods is displayed. The memorial church stands next to modern shopping streets, and the television tower at Alexanderplatz marks the skyline above the city center. More recent history shapes the city just as strongly. The Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Strasse recalls the division, while the East Side Gallery along the river shows a painted stretch of the wall. The Holocaust Memorial, the Topography of Terror, and the Stasi Museum document the darkest chapters of the 20th century. The GDR Museum and the Palace of Tears offer a glimpse into daily life in the divided city. Between these serious places you find Tiergarten park, the zoo, and squares like Gendarmenmarkt, where you can simply sit and watch modern Berlin go by.
Konzerthaus Berlin
38 m
French Cathedral
100 m
Deutscher Dom
97 m
F. W. Borchardt
224 m
Hausvogteiplatz
272 m
Rocco Forte Hotel De Rome
272 m
Französische Friedrichstadtkirche
106 m
Dresdner Bank building
221 m
Schiller Monument (Berlin)
5 m
Mohrenkolonnaden
192 m
Friedrichstadt-Passagen
28 m
Wohn- und Geschäftshaus Mendelssohn
174 m
Mendelssohn Palace
204 m
Generaltelegrafenamt
296 m
Qualitäts-Management-Center des Verbandes der Automobilindustrie
242 m
Berlin’s Huguenot museum
92 m
Propsteigebäude St. Hedwig (Berlin)
233 m
Monument E.T.A. Hoffmann
119 m
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
86 m
Rahel Varnhagen von Ense
117 m
Franz Berwald
247 m
Denkzeichen Modezentrum Hausvogteiplatz
280 m
Telekom Hauptstadtrepräsentanz
291 m
Mohrenstraße 42
159 m
Geschäftshaus Hausvogteiplatz 3 & 4
221 m
Pommersche Hypotheken-Aktienbank & Immobilien-Verkehrsbank
247 m
Zum Hausvoigt
261 m
Japanese pagoda tree
106 mReviews
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