What is Gendarmenmarkt?
{{coord|52|30|49|N|13|23|34|E|display=title}} The '''Gendarmenmarkt''' is a square in [[Berlin]], and the site of the [[:en:Konzerthaus Berlin|Konzerthaus]] and the [[French Cathedral, Berlin|French Cathedral]] and [[Neue Kirche, Berlin|German Cathedral]]s. The centre of the Gendarmenmarkt is crowned by a statue of Germany's poet [[Friedrich Schiller]]. The square was created by [[Johann Arnold Nering]] at the end of the seventeenth century as the Linden-Markt and reconstructed by [[Georg Christian Unger]] in 1773. The Gendarmenmarkt is named after the [[Prussian]] regiment [[:de:Gensdarmes|Gens d'Armes]]. [[Image:Gendarmenmarkt berlin 2008 c filtered.jpg|580px|thumb|Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin]] During [[World War II]], most of the buildings were badly damaged or destroyed. Today all the buildings are restored to their former state. The Gendarmenmarkt hosts one of Berlin's most popular Christmas markets. <gallery> Image:Berlin - Gendarmenmarkt - around 1900.jpg|Gendarmenmarkt around 1900 Image:Gendarmenmarkt_Berlin_2009.JPG|Gendarmenmarkt at dusk Image:German Cathedral and Concert Hall.JPG|German Cathedral and Concert Hall </gallery> ==Other websites== {{Commons|Gendarmenmarkt}} *[http://www.konzerthaus.de Website of das Konzerthaus] *[http://www.berlin-tourist-information.de/cgi-bin/sehenswertes.pl?id=13345&sprache=english Der Gendarmenmarkt on Berlin Tourism] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426024724/http://www.berlin-tourist-information.de/cgi-bin/sehenswertes.pl?id=13345&sprache=english |date=2007-04-26 }} *[http://www.panorama-cities.net/berlin/gendarmenmarkt_5c.html Gendarmenmarkt Panorama] [[Category:Prussia]] [[Category:Town squares in Germany]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Berlin]]