The British Embassy on Wilhelmstrasse is marked by a pale, light-colored sandstone façade that appears traditional from a distance but reveals a modern design upon closer inspection. Its exterior is distinguished by slanted windows and a…
Wilhelmstraße History Mile
Walk along the former power corridor of the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, and the Third Reich to see where key history-defining decisions were made.
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1. British Embassy Berlin
2. Wilhelmstraße 73
Wilhelmstraße seventy-three was once the residence of the German head of state, known as the Reich President’s Palace. Built between seventeen thirty-five and seventeen thirty-seven, the building served as a seat of power through the…
3. Wilhelmstraße 76
Wilhelmstraße 76 is marked by the history of the German government, which once made this street a shorthand for political power similar to Whitehall in London. While the site is now occupied by later developments, it originally housed a…
4. Führerbunker
The site of the Führerbunker is marked today by an ordinary parking lot in central Berlin, near the intersection of Gertrud-Kolmar-Straße and In den Ministergärten. Beneath this pavement lie the remnants of an underground concrete complex…
5. Standort Ehemaliger Ordenspalais
The Ordenspalais once stood on the northern corner of Wilhelmplatz and Wilhelmstraße. Originally commissioned in seventeen thirty-seven by King Frederick William the First, the building became the Berlin legation for the Order of Saint…
6. Aviation Ministery of Berlin
The Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus is defined by its massive, austere limestone and travertine façade that stretches for more than two hundred fifty meters along Wilhelmstraße. Constructed in just eighteen months between nineteen thirty-five and…