- Rathaus Schöneberg
Rathaus Schöneberg is the city hall for the
Borough ofTempelhof-Schöneberg inBerlin .It was constructed between 1911–1914 for
Schöneberg , at that time an independent city not yet incorporated intoBerlin .After
World War II , with Berlin divided, the Rote Rathaus (Red City Hall), the traditional seat of the Berlin government, was off limits toWest Berlin . As a "temporary" measure Rathaus Schöneberg on Rudolph-Wilde-Platz became the city hall for West Berlin.After re-unification, Rathaus Schöneberg reverted back to its original purpose of being Schöneberg Borough Town Hall. In 2001, after a re-organisation of the Berlin Boroughs, Rathaus Schöneberg became the town hall for the newly constituted borough of
Tempelhof - Schöneberg.Rathaus Schöneberg on Rudolph-Wilde-Platz is the location where U.S. President
John F. Kennedy held his famous speech in June 1963, proclaiming "Ich bin ein Berliner ". The square was renamedJohn-F.-Kennedy-Platz on 25 November 1963, three days after Kennedy's assassination.It is also the permanent home to an exhibition of the life of
Willy Brandt (1913–1992), Mayor of West Berlin from 1957 to 1966, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany 1969–1974.The clock tower contains the Freiheitsglocke ("Freedom" or "Liberty Bell") which was donated by the people of the United States to Berlin.Commons|Rathaus Schöneberg [http://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_audio_player.cfm?fname=d%5Frias%5Fglocke%2Emp3&audiotype=1&audio_id=262 Listen to the Freedom Bell]
External links
[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=kennedy+platz+,+Berlin,+Germany&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=19&ll=52.48493,13.344631&spn=0.001181,0.003465&t=k Google Maps Satellite view of Rathaus Schöneberg]
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