Dorotheenstadt

It contains several famous Berlin landmarks: the Brandenburg Gate, the Pariser Platz, and Unter den Linden.

[1] A new settlement, initially called Neustadt (New Town), was laid out according to a strict rectangular street grid[2] planned by Joachim Ernst Blesendorf, the Overseer of Fortifications and Construction,[3][4] between the Georgenstraße in the north and the Schadowstraße in the south.

Neustadt received town privileges in 1674[5] and was renamed Dorotheenstadt in Sophie Dorothea's honour in 1681, although the term was in use earlier.

Originally the new towns were overwhelmingly residential, filled with stone houses 2 or 3 storeys in height, but in the second half of the 19th century, large government and business buildings replaced them.

[8] Following the construction of the Berlin Stadtbahn in 1880, a vibrant urban centre grew up around Friedrichstraße station alongside the desirable and elegant district of Unter den Linden.