Kreuzberg (Tempelhofer Berge)

Kreuzberg
The Kreuzberg, seen from northwest in 1886, painting by Otto Piltz
Highest point
Elevation66 m (217 ft)
Coordinates52°29′15″N 13°22′53″E / 52.48750°N 13.38139°E / 52.48750; 13.38139
Naming
English translationCross mountain
Language of nameGerman
Geography
Kreuzberg is located in Berlin
Kreuzberg
Kreuzberg
The location within Berlin
LocationBerlin, Germany

The Kreuzberg is a hill in the Kreuzberg locality of Berlin, Germany, in former West Berlin. It rises about 66 m (217 ft) above the sea level. It was named by King Frederick William III of Prussia after the Iron Cross which crowns the top of the Prussian National Monument for the Liberation Wars, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, on its inauguration on 30 March 1821. On 27 September 1921 the borough assembly of the VIth borough of Berlin decided to name the borough after the hill. The borough was subsequently downgraded to a locality in 2001.