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Today in Berlin: 30 March, 1821

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On March 30, 1821 – the seventh anniversary of the Prussian charge on the Montmartre and of the conquest of Paris, which unavoidably triggered Napoleon's demise – King Friedrich Wilhelm III arrived on top of the Tempelhofer Berg (then still known as the Weinberg or the Runder Berg). The highest natural elevation in what is now central Berlin but back in the days belonged to a district outside the city known as Tempelhofer Vorstadt.

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