Luisenstadt

Coat of Arms	Map
	Map of central Berlin in 1789 showing Luisenstadt in the right bottom
Basic Information
City:	Berlin
Borough:	Mitte and Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Locality:	Mitte and Kreuzberg
Area:	?
Population:	?
Coordinates:	52°31′N 13°25′E
Elevation:	34 m (111 ft) above sea level

Luisenstadt (German pronunciation: [ˈlʊɪzn̩ˌʃtat] ) is a former quarter (Stadtteil) of central Berlin, now divided between the present localities of Mitte and Kreuzberg. It gave its name to the Luisenstadt Canal and the Luisenstädtische Kirche.

Neighborhoods in Berlin-Mitte: Old Cölln [1] (with Museum Island [1a], Fisher Island [1b]), Alt-Berlin [2] (with Nikolaiviertel [2a]), Friedrichswerder [3], Neukölln am Wasser [4], Dorotheenstadt [5], Friedrichstadt [6], Luisenstadt [7], Stralauer Vorstadt (with Königsstadt) [8], Alexanderplatz Area (Königsstadt and Altberlin) [9], Spandauer Vorstadt [10] (with Scheunenviertel [10a]), Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt [11], Oranienburger Vorstadt [12], Rosenthaler Vorstadt [13]

History

The area of the neighbourhood was originally named Myrica and was acquired in 1261 by the city of Cölln.

Geography

Luisenstadt is bounded on the north by the river Spree, in the west by the Lindenstraße (in Friedrichstadt), and in the south by the Landwehrkanal. A smaller part of the zone now belongs to Mitte (in the same-named district) and the greater part to Kreuzberg (in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district).

Main sights

• Emmaus Church
• Evangelical-Lutheran (Old-Lutheran) Church
• Görlitzer Bahnhof
• St. Jacob's Church
• Jannowitzbrücke
• Kottbusser Tor
• Lausitzer Platz
• Luisenstadt Canal
• Luisenstadt Church
• Mariannenplatz
• St. Michael's Church
• Moritzplatz
• Oberbaumbrücke
• Oranienplatz
• St. Thomas Church
• Wassertorplatz

External links

• (in German) Luisenstadt civic association
• (in German) Luisenstadt cultural website
• Map of Luisenstadt on Berlin official site