Berlin Palace: Then and Now
Residence of the Hohenzollerns from 1443, damaged in the Second World War and demolished by East Germany in 1950. Its baroque façades were rebuilt for the Humboldt Forum, which opened in 2020–21.
Before
Today
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Key facts
| Country today | Germany |
| Status | Rebuilt |
| Date | 1443 |
| Nearest city on the map | Prague (about 279 km) |
| Location | 52.517° N, 13.402° E |
Berlin PalaceOpen Berlin Palace in the interactive map
Who ruled this place
Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.
| Period | State |
|---|---|
| 500 BC–401 BC | Unclaimed / no data |
| 400 BC–324 BC | Hallstatt culture |
| 323 BC–699 | Unclaimed / no data |
| 700–799 | Proto-Slavs |
| 800–899 | Slavonic tribes |
| 900–999 | Slavic tribes |
| 1000–1099 | Pomerania |
| 1100–1199 | Prussians |
| 1200–1782 | Holy Roman Empire |
| 1783–1879 | Prussia |
| 1880–1913 | Germany |
| 1914–1919 | German Empire |
| 1920–1944 | Germany |
| 1945–1959 | Germany (Soviet) |
| 1960–1993 | East Germany |
| 1994–today | Germany |
Other landmarks nearby
Brandenburg GateStanding · 1791
Dresden FrauenkircheRebuilt · 1743
Charles BridgeStanding · 1357
Kronborg CastleStanding · 1585
Malbork CastleStanding · 1309
Cologne CathedralStanding · 1248
Battles and sites nearby
- Wittenberg · 1517
- Battle of Leipzig · 1813