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Brandenburg Gate is Berlin’s only surviving city gate and a monumental entrance to Unter den Linden on Pariser Platz in Mitte.

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Warum hin

Noch nicht übersetzt — in der Originalsprache.

  • Modeled on the Propylaea, the monumental entrance to Athens’ Acropolis.
  • Victoria crowns the gate in a four-horse chariot, symbolising peace arriving in Berlin.
  • Once blocked by the Berlin Wall, the gate became a symbol of reunification.

Öffnungszeiten

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Montag00:00 – 23:59
Dienstag00:00 – 23:59
Mittwoch00:00 – 23:59
Donnerstag00:00 – 23:59
Freitag00:00 – 23:59
Samstag00:00 – 23:59
Sonntag00:00 – 23:59

Über das Werk

Quadriga — artist
Johann Gottfried Schadow
Quadriga — first installed
1793 The present sculpture is a reconstruction.
Quadriga — original conception
Eirene, goddess of peace; later recast as Victoria after the Napoleonic Wars

Interessante Fakten3

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  1. The gate appears on the reverse of Germany’s 10-, 20- and 50-cent euro coins.

    Porte de Brandebourg - Wikipedia
  2. 1814

    From 1814 to 1919, only the royal family and the Pfuel family could use the central archway.

    Brandenburg Gate - Wikipedia
  3. One horse’s head from the original Quadriga is held in the Märkisches Museum collection.

    Brandenburg Gate - Wikipedia

Shorts

Geschichte

After Germany’s surrender, the gate stood in the Soviet occupation zone beside the British sector. This boundary later divided East and West Berlin. On 12 June 1987, Ronald Reagan spoke here and urged Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Wall.

  1. 1734An earlier city gate was built here by Philipp Gerlach as part of Berlin’s excise wall.
  2. 1788–1791King Frederick William II commissioned the gate, designed by Carl Gotthard Langhans.
  3. 1806Napoleon took the Quadriga to Paris after Prussia’s defeat. It returned to Berlin in 1814.
  4. Second World WarBullets and nearby explosions badly damaged the gate.
  5. Postwar reconstructionThe Quadriga was rebuilt using a plaster cast made in 1942.
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  1. 1961–1989The Wall ran along the gate’s western side and made it inaccessible from either side. On 22 December 1989, it reopened as a border crossing, where Helmut Kohl met Hans Modrow.
  2. 2–3 October 1990The official German reunification ceremony took place at the gate.
  3. 3 October 2002The gate reopened after extensive refurbishment.

Beste Besuchszeit

  • The gate can be visited around the clock, every day.

Quellen: Brandenburg Gate - Wikipedia · Brandenburg Gate - Wikipedia (part 2) · Berlin/Mitte - Wikivoyage (see) · Brandenburg Gate – Berlin.de · Erklärung zur Barrierefreiheit – Berlin.de · Impressum – Berlin.de · Brandenburger Tor - Wikipedia · Porte de Brandebourg - Wikipedia · geprüft am 28 Sep 2026

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Pariser Platz, Berlin

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Fragen und Antworten

Can I drive through Brandenburg Gate?

No. The gate is closed to vehicle traffic.

What is the surface around Brandenburg Gate?

Much of Pariser Platz is a cobbled pedestrian zone.

What stands near Brandenburg Gate?

The Reichstag building is one block north.

Which squares lie on either side of Brandenburg Gate?

Pariser Platz is to the east, and Platz des 18. März is to the west.

Which streets meet at Brandenburg Gate?

Unter den Linden and Ebertstraße meet at the gate.

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