This apartment was built in the early 1900s and is currently in need of refurbishment, it offers the perfect opportunity for you to create a dream home. https://www.next-estate.de/de/suche/objektdetails?search_type=1&min_price=0&max_price=100000000&searchText=&page=5&obj_id=5001

Kollwitzstraße 56

Kollwitzstraße 56 is a historic building located on the corner of famous Kollwitzplatz. High living quality in the middle of a family-friendly neighbourhood!

Kollwitzstraße 56 is a historic building located on the corner of famous Kollwitzplatz. High living quality in the middle of a family-friendly neighbourhood!

This is a great opportunity to purchase an apartment in a beautiful five story Berliner “Altbau” building. On the opposite side is the famous “Gugelhof” restaurant where Bill Clinton visited in the past.

The are many small shops and boutiques, numerous cafés and restaurants all in a very pleasant lively atmosphere in the very centre of one of Europe’s most sought after cities. There are good traffic links trough the U- and S-Bahn as well as by the bus and tram/Straßenbahn.

It only takes a few minutes to reach ‚Alexanderplatz‘ and there are lots of green parks like Mauerpark, and the Volkspark Friedrichshain in the direct neighborhood .

There are also a plethora of kindergartens and schools in this district because the area has become very popular for young families.

Access to the public transportation: 2 min. Tram M10, 5 min. U2, 10 min. S-Bahn Schönhauser Allee.

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About Prenzlauer Berg and Käthe Kollwitz

A ‘Kiez’ is a German word which refers to a city neighbourhood, a small community within a larger town and in this case the Kollwitz-Kiez, in one of the bustling new cultural hubs of Berlin, which were formally in East Berlin.

After German reunification in 1990 the Berlin area of ‘Prenzlauer Berg’ became a centre for bohemian Berlin youth, while more recently it has experienced gentrification. By the way, it is not ‘Prenzlauerberg’ but two words “Prenzlauer Berg’. It is not much of ‘berg’ or mountain, but more like a gentle mound so perhaps it was named in the gist of dry Berlin humor.

Rising rental prices in the new centre, of what used to be East Berlin, continue as this article in the 13th August Berliner Zeitung reports. –http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/wohnen/erste-bilanz-der-mietpreisbremse-in-mitte-und-marzahn-steigen-die-mieten-weiter,22227162,31451668.html

„Kollwitzstatue“ von Taken by C Ford - From en wiki. Lizenziert unter CC BY-SA 3.0 über Wikimedia Commons

„Kollwitzstatue“ von Taken by C Ford – From en wiki. Lizenziert unter CC BY-SA 3.0 über Wikimedia Commons

The area is named after the graphic artist Käthe Kollwitz, whose paintings, prints and sculptors provided an eloquent and often searing account of the human condition and the tragedy of war in the first half of the 20th century. Her empathy for the oppressed and less fortunate, embraced the victims of poverty, hunger, and war.

She was hated by the Nazis but through assistance from her friends remained outside prison until her natural death just days before the end of WWII.

After German reunification in 1990 Prenzlauer Berg became a centre for more bohemian Berlin youth, while more recently it has experienced a steady increase in property prices.