13 Sights in Bernau bei Berlin, Germany (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Bernau bei Berlin, Germany! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Bernau bei Berlin. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

Sightseeing Tours in Bernau bei Berlin

1. ADGB Trade Union School

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The ADGB Trade Union School, is a training centre complex in Bernau bei Berlin, Germany. It was built for the former General German Trade Union Federation, from 1928 to 1930. It is a textbook example of Bauhaus functionalist architecture, both in the finished product and in the analytical and collaborative approach used to develop the design and complete the project. Next to the Bauhaus Dessau building, it was the second-largest project ever undertaken by the Bauhaus.

Wikipedia: ADGB Trade Union School (EN)

2. St. Marien

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The Church of St. Mary is the Protestant parish church of Bernau near Berlin in Brandenburg, Germany. The late Gothic church building is the dominant building in the historic old town of Bernau and has a remarkably rich historical interior.

Wikipedia: St. Marien (Bernau bei Berlin) (DE), Website, Heritage Website

3. Herz-Jesu-Kirche

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Herz-Jesu-Kirche

The Herz-Jesu-Kirche is a Roman Catholic parish church in the city of Bernau bei Berlin (Brandenburg) in the Archdiocese of Berlin. It was built in 1907/1908 according to plans by the architect Paul Ueberholz as a single-nave hall church near the railway station.

Wikipedia: Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Bernau) (DE), Website, Heritage Website

4. Dorfkirche Ladeburg

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Dorfkirche Ladeburg

The Protestant village church of Ladeburg is a fieldstone ashlar building from the 13th century with a quadruple floor plan that includes the apse, recessed choir, nave and tower. However, the tower is made of brick and was only added in 1853 as part of a comprehensive remodelling, as was the sacristy-like extension on the south side of the choir. The church is located on the triangular village green next to the Dorfpfuhl in the middle of the cross-shaped village complex.

Wikipedia: Dorfkirche Ladeburg (Brandenburg) (DE), Website, Heritage Website

5. Henkerhaus

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The Henkerhaus is a listed residential building in the centre of Bernau near Berlin (Brandenburg). It was built in the first half of the 18th century as a half-timbered house in stud construction. When the building was rebuilt in the 19th century, it was given its plaster façade, which still exists today.

Wikipedia: Henkerhaus (Bernau bei Berlin) (DE)

6. Kriegerdenkmal Viktoria (1890)

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The war memorial of the city of Bernau near Berlin was erected in 1890. It shows a statue of Victoria, the goddess of victory, standing on a column. It was built according to plans by the sculptor Friedrich Thiele in the Wilhelmine style and was given its location at the northern passage of the historic city wall at the inauguration on 19 October 1890. Originally, the monument commemorated the city's fallen soldiers from the German-Danish War of 1864, the Prussian-Austrian War of 1866 and the Franco-German War of 1870/71. Later, the commemoration of the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig was also included in the memorial.

Wikipedia: Kriegerdenkmal (Bernau bei Berlin) (DE), Heritage Website

7. Deserteursdenkmal (1998)

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The Deserter Monument in Bernau near Berlin is a bronze relief by the Biesenthal sculptor Friedrich Schötschel. It was installed on May 15, 1998, the "Day of Conscientious Objectors", at the northern culvert of the town's historic city wall.

Wikipedia: Deserteurdenkmal (Bernau bei Berlin) (DE)

8. Wasserturm Bernau

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Wasserturm Bernau Angela M. Arnold (44 penguins) / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Bernau Water Tower is a listed water tower in Bernau near Berlin, built between 1910 and 1911. The tower, designed in the neo-Gothic style, is owned by Stadtwerke Bernau, it served as a drinking water supply until 1995 and has been used for cultural purposes since its closure.

Wikipedia: Wasserturm Bernau (DE)

9. Denkmal für Gefallene der Roten Armee (1947)

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The cemetery of honour for fallen soldiers of the Red Army in Bernau near Berlin (Brandenburg) was built in 1947 in the ramparts in front of the northern city wall opposite the war memorial. The complex was designed in the art workshops of Professor Lauermann.

Wikipedia: Ehrenfriedhof für Gefallene der Roten Armee (Bernau bei Berlin) (DE), Heritage Website

10. Kantorhaus

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The Kantorhaus is the oldest surviving half-timbered house in Bernau near Berlin, Barnim. The listed building was built in 1583 in Tuchmachergasse, today's Tuchmacherstraße, by the Bernau citizens Pieper, Henzen and Kogge. An inscription that follows the entire length of the house, which reads: "Anno Domini 1582 these stalls of the churches were freely requested by R. Johann Pipern and anno 1583 were built in honour of Got by ime and Matthias Henzen and Lorentz Koggen as box lords. Amen."

Wikipedia: Kantorhaus Bernau (DE)

11. Dorfkirche Börnicke

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The Protestant village church of Börnicke is an early Gothic fieldstone church in the Börnicke district of Bernau near Berlin in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg, Germany. It belongs to the parish of Bernau in the Barnim church district of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia and can be visited by appointment.

Wikipedia: Dorfkirche Börnicke (Bernau) (DE), Website, Heritage Website

12. Saal Alt Lobetal

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The Alt Lobetal hall is a cultural monument that stands in the Lobetal district of the city of Bernau. It developed from an earlier small church, which had been consecrated in what was then Old Berlin as St. Mark's Chapel in 1892. When the chapel here was too small and replaced by a larger church, the congregation sold the half-timbered church completely. It was rebuilt for the homeless shelter in Lobetal and consecrated in 1909. The parish and church were given the name of Lazarus.

Wikipedia: Saal Alt Lobetal (DE), Heritage Website

13. Evangelische Kirche Schönow

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The Protestant village church of Schönow (Bernau) is located in Schönow, a district of the large district town of Bernau near Berlin in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg. The church belongs to the Barnim church district of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia.

Wikipedia: Dorfkirche Schönow (Bernau) (DE)

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