Gendarmenmarkt

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Gendarmenmarkt

Gendarmenmarkt around 1900 Gendarmenmarkt with the Konzerthaus to the right and the German Church in the background, as seen from the top of the French Church, 2011
Location within Berlin
Former name(s)	Whole square: Lindenmarkt (17th century)[1] Parts of the square: Friedrichstädter Markt (c. 1700–1786)[1][2] Mittelmarkt (c. 1700–1786)[1][2] Whole square: Neuer Markt (1786–1799)[1] Part of the square: Schillerplatz (1871–1936)[1][2] Whole square: Platz der Akademie (1950–1991)[1][2]
Namesake	Gendarmen [de]
Type	Public square
Location	Berlin, Germany
Quarter	Mitte
Nearest metro station	Stadtmitte Hausvogteiplatz
Coordinates	52°30′49″N 13°23′34″E / 52.51361°N 13.39278°E / 52.51361; 13.39278
Major junctions	Charlottenstraße Französische Straße [de] Jägerstraße [de] Taubenstraße [de] Mohrenstraße Markgrafenstraße
Construction
Inauguration	Generally: c. 1700[1] Current name: 1799[1] and 1 December 1991 (1991-12-01)[2]

The Gendarmenmarkt (German for 'Men-at-arms market') is a square in Berlin and the site of an architectural ensemble that includes the Berlin concert hall, along with the French and German Churches. In the centre of the square stands a monumental statue of poet Friedrich Schiller. The square was created by Johann Arnold Nering at the end of the seventeenth century as the Linden-Markt and reconstructed by Georg Christian Unger in 1773. The Gendarmenmarkt is named after a Prussian cuirassier regiment called the Gendarmen [de], which had stables at the square until 1773.

During World War II, most of the buildings were badly damaged or destroyed. They have all been restored.