Leipziger Platz, Public square in the Mitte district, Berlin, Germany.
Leipziger Platz is an octagonal public square located in central Berlin near Potsdamer Platz, serving as a significant meeting point for residents and visitors since its establishment in the eighteenth century.
Established in 1732 and named in 1814 to commemorate the Battle of Nations near Leipzig, the square housed Prussian ministries and major department stores before being destroyed during World War II and reconstructed after German reunification.
The square now hosts diplomatic missions such as the Canadian Embassy, public art installations, and a preserved fragment of the Berlin Wall, serving as a site for remembrance and reflection on the city's divided history.
Leipziger Platz is easily accessible via public transportation through nearby metro and bus stations, including Potsdamer Platz station, and offers numerous shops and restaurants in the surrounding area for visitors and locals.
During the Cold War, the square was located in the no-man's land surrounding the Berlin Wall, becoming a symbol of the city's division before its transformation into a modern urban center after reunification.
Location: Berlin-Mitte
Inception: 1732
GPS coordinates: 52.50970,13.37860
Latest update: November 28, 2025 09:21
More than thirty years after its fall, the Berlin Wall still shapes the city. Between the districts of Mitte, Prenzlauer Berg, and Friedrichshain, fragments of concrete, watchtowers, and memorial plaques recall the division of a capital and its people. Some sections remain intact, others have been turned into memorials or works of art, like the East Side Gallery. Along the old border lines, museums and parks bring these historical traces back to life: Checkpoint Charlie, Bernauer Straße, the Topography of Terror, and Mauerpark. Each site holds a particular stillness, reflecting a time that Berlin does not erase but keeps present in memory. These places invite visitors to understand, to feel, and sometimes simply to remember. At Bernauer Straße, the central memorial preserves original Wall sections alongside a documentation center. The East Side Gallery displays murals by artists from around the world along more than a kilometer of Wall. The border crossing at Bornholmer Straße was the first to open on November 9, 1989. Mauerpark, once a stretch of death strip and border zone, now fills with people gathering to celebrate and relax. Smaller traces like the former watchtower at Schlesischer Busch or the Wall fragment on Liesenstraße sit quietly among residential buildings, reminding passersby that the border once ran straight through daily life.
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