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LONG HISTORY OF A SMALL VANISHED STREET: THE NAMING OF KÜRASSIERSTRAßE

LONG HISTORY OF A SMALL VANISHED STREET: THE NAMING OF KÜRASSIERSTRAßE

Today in Berlin: 23 June, 1836

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On this day in 1836 the old Totengasse (Dead Lane) - in what now is Berlin-Kreuzberg - was renamed Kürassierstraße. Sadly, no map features the latter anymore: the street vanished from Berlin’s city grid for good. Here’s how it came to that.

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