{"id":981,"date":"2018-11-15T05:32:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T04:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europa-center-berlin.de\/?page_id=981"},"modified":"2024-11-22T13:14:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T12:14:15","slug":"sights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/europa-center-berlin.de\/en\/information\/sehenswuerdigkeiten\/","title":{"rendered":"Places of interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"981\" class=\"elementor elementor-981\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-00cea76 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"00cea76\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Places of interest<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5955ff0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5955ff0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3cf1fc2\" data-id=\"3cf1fc2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3201fc8 elementor-widget 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This makes it the oldest zoo in Germany and, together with the aquarium, the most species-rich zoo in the world. A total of almost 20,000 animals currently live in Berlin Zoo. Among them are elephants, giraffes, gorillas and, unique in Germany, giant pandas.<\/p><p>There are two entrances to the Zoological Garden. One entrance is at Hardenbergplatz and leads through the L\u00f6wentor, the other in Budapester Stra\u00dfe, right next to the imposing Elephant Gate is also the Aquarium.<br \/>For information on opening hours and guided tours, please visit the website of the\u00a0<a class=\"external-link-new-window\" title=\"Website of the Zoological Garden\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zoo-berlin.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zoological Garden<\/a>\u00a0and the aquarium.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19ee9fe elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"19ee9fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1a2b8d my-txt-seh elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1a2b8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church<\/h4><p>The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church was designed by Franz Heinrich Schwechten, built in 1891-95 and finally consecrated on 1 September 1895. Large parts of the neo-Romanesque building were unfortunately destroyed during the Second World War, in a bombing raid in November 1943, and for a long time it was unclear what was to be done with the ruins. Finally, a competition was announced.<\/p><p>The winner of the competition was the architect Egon Eiermann. His design envisaged the demolition of the church and a modern new building. However, these plans did not find support among the population and therefore triggered a passionate architectural debate. A compromise was reached: the 68-metre high main tower of the church was retained as a memorial and the new Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church was built next to the old one.<\/p><p>For information on opening hours and guided tours, please visit the website of the\u00a0<a class=\"external-link-new-window\" title=\"Memorial Church website\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gedaechtniskirche-berlin.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e35c7d elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8e35c7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67999b3 my-txt-seh elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67999b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Breitscheidplatz<\/h4><p>Breitscheidplatz, named after the SPD politician Rudolf Breitscheid, was given its present form in 1984. It is located between Kurf\u00fcrstendamm, Tauentzienstra\u00dfe and Budapester Stra\u00dfe and essentially occupies the area of the former Auguste Viktoria Platz, which was one of the most important junctions of the New West in the 1920s. In the centre of the square is the main tower of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, which was largely destroyed in the Second World War, flanked by the glass towers of the new Memorial Church designed by architect Egon Eiermann.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9dfdbb elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b9dfdbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed0e0af my-txt-seh elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed0e0af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>The clock of flowing time<\/h4>\nThe water clock in the Europa Center in Berlin, also known as \"The Clock of Flowing Time\", is an impressive work of art designed by the Frenchman Bernard Gitton and realised in 1982. Here is a detailed description of how it works:\n<br>\n<strong>Structure<\/strong>\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong>Height:<\/strong> The clock is 13 metres high and extends over a total of 3 floors.<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Bullets:<\/strong> It consists of 12 large and 30 flattened, small glass balls.<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Liquid:<\/strong> The clock uses a neon green liquid that is controlled by a violet pendulum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<strong>Timing<\/strong>\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong>minutes:<\/strong> The small balls indicate the minutes. Each of the small balls fills in 2 minutes, so that the 30 balls in total correspond to a full hour.<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Hours:<\/strong> The hours that have already passed can be seen from the number of large balls that have already been filled.<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Example:<\/strong> For example, if 10 large and 15 small balls are filled, it is 10:30 or 22:30, depending on whether the count is before or after noon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<strong>Cycle<\/strong>\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong>Change of hours:<\/strong> Once 60 minutes have elapsed, i.e. 30 of the small, flat glass spheres have been filled, their contents drain into the relevant large sphere to indicate the full hour, and the cycle of the small spheres begins again.<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Day change:<\/strong> Consequently, at 1:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., the entire system empties except for the hour display of 1:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. respectively, and the cycle of the entire system and the large balls begins again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<strong>Control<\/strong>\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong>Pendulum:<\/strong> The movement of the neon green liquid inside the clock is controlled by a violet pendulum, which is driven by the water drainage in the upper shell.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThis clock is not only a fascinating work of art, but also a technical masterpiece that represents time in a unique and aesthetic way.\n<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/uhrmachermeister-nitzsche.de\/blog\/12-dies-das\/51-wasseruhr-im-europa-center.html\">Source<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a4ea33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"1a4ea33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kayak.de\/Berlin.9109.guide' target='_blank'><img height='200' src='https:\/\/content.r9cdn.net\/rimg\/seo\/badges\/v1\/ORANGE_LARGE_FEATURED_KAYAK.png' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c34486d elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c34486d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16cdc72 my-txt-seh elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16cdc72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>The Set Theory Clock <\/h4>\n<p>The <strong>Berlin clock<\/strong>, also known as the Mengenlehreuhr, is a public clock in Berlin that was developed by Dieter Binninger in 1975. It shows the time via a number of illuminated lamps. Here is an explanation of how the clock works:<\/p>\n<ul>\n  <li><strong>Display principle<\/strong>Despite the name \"set theory clock\", the clock has nothing to do with set theory. Time is represented in a place value system on base 5.<\/li>\n  <li><strong>Hours and minutes<\/strong>: The hours and minutes are represented by luminous segments in four horizontal strips arranged one below the other. There are four luminaires in the first, second and fourth rows, and eleven luminaires in the third.<\/li>\n  <li><strong>Hour display<\/strong>The first two lines indicate the hour with red lights. In the upper strip, a lit segment stands for five hours, and in the lower strip for one hour. The current hour results from the addition of the values.<\/li>\n  <li><strong>Minute display<\/strong>: In the two lower lines, the minutes are displayed with yellow segments in steps of five and one. The lights for 15, 30 and 45 minutes are red for better readability.<\/li>\n  <li><strong>Seconds display<\/strong>: Above the lines there is a round flashing light that is switched on or off every second.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The clock was originally erected on the corner of Kurf\u00fcrstendamm and Uhlandstra\u00dfe and later re-installed in front of the Tourist Information Centre in Berlin's Europa Center on Budapester Stra\u00dfe.<\/p>\n<p>The Berlin clock was unusual in its time and small replicas were even made for home use. The clock was also sold as a table stand and wall model and remains an interesting piece of Berlin history.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berlin-Uhr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wikipedia<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sehensw\u00fcrdigkeiten \u00d6ffnungszeiten Anfahrt \/ Parken Centerplan Wir \u00fcber uns Storytelling Office Tower B\u00fcros Sehensw\u00fcrdigkeiten Historie Kontakt Zoologischer Garten Der Zoologische Garten wurde 1841 gegr\u00fcndet und 1844 er\u00f6ffnet. Er ist damit der \u00e4lteste Zoo Deutschlands und im Verbund mit dem Aquarium der artenreichste der Welt. Insgesamt leben im Berliner Zoo derzeit fast 20.000 Tiere. 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