Oranienburger Vorstadt

Coat of Arms	Map
	Map of central Berlin in 1789 showing Oranienburger Vorstadt highlighted
Basic Information
City:	Berlin
Borough:	Mitte
Locality:	Mitte and Gesundbrunnen
Area:	?
Population:	?
Coordinates:	52°32′N 13°23′E / 52.533°N 13.383°E / 52.533; 13.383Coordinates: 52°32′N 13°23′E / 52.533°N 13.383°E / 52.533; 13.383
Elevation:	34 m (111 ft) above sea level

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]

The Oranienburger Vorstadt is a historic district of Berlin and contained parts of what is now Mitte and Gesundbrunnen, in the modern district of Mitte.

Overview

The district derived its name from the Oranienburger Tor in the Berlin Customs Wall. Today its customary to apply the name Oranienburger Vorstadt only to the part in the locality Mitte. The district ceased to exist as an administrational unit in 1920 with the Greater Berlin Act.

Main sights

• Museum für Naturkunde
• Berlin Wall memorial at Bernauer Straße
• St. Elisabeth's church
• Chapel of Reconciliation
• St. Sebastian's church
• Invalid's Cemetery
• Dorotheenstadt cemetery
• French cemetery
• Friedhof II der Sophiengemeinde Berlin
• St. Elisabeth's cemetery

References

Leyden, Friedrich (1933) (in German). Gross-Berlin. Geographie der Weltstadt. Breslau: Hirt 

External links

• (German) Oranienburger Vorstadt article on bfss-berlin.de