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Hugenottenmuseum, Berlin

The Hugenottenmuseum represents the ongoing influence on Berlin by the Huguenots who emigrated from France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.

The Hugenottenmuseum represents the ongoing influence on Berlin by the Huguenots who emigrated from France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Crown Prince Friedrich William encouraged them to settle here because most of them were skilled workers or otherwise useful to the Kingdom. One memorable artwork, in room nine of the museum, pictures Crown Princess Dorothea exclaiming 'But he's a refugee!' upon being presented a very valuable set of jewels by Pierre Fromery. The generally agreed-upon view of refugees as poor, without resources let alone diamonds, was blown apart by the talented French Protestants forced to leave their country due to religion. One of the most notable effects of having such a large French population was their influence on the infamous Berlin dialect. Berlinerisch words such as Kinkerlitzchen (from French 'quincaillerie' - kitchen equipment) and Muckefuck (from French 'mocca faux' - artificial coffee) are unique to the area. The Französischen Dom (cathedral) itself was built to resemble the main church of the Huguenots in Charenton, France, destroyed in 1688. It has housed the museum since 1929.


Hours

Sun

11:00

17:00

Mon

Closed

Tue

12:00

17:00

Wed

12:00

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Thu

12:00

17:00

Fri

12:00

17:00

Sat

12:00

17:00

About Hugenottenmuseum

 Gendarmenmarkt 1, Berlin, Germany

 +49 30 2291760

 www.hugenottenmuseum.de

Hugenottenmuseum and Nearby Sights on Map

Gendarmenmarkt

Neue Kirche

The Neue Kirche, also known as Deutscher Dom, is one of the 3 buildings of the ‘trinity ensemble’ in the Gendarmenmarkt square, along with the Französische Dom and the Konzerthaus

St.-Hedwigs-Kathedrale

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The Bebelplatz

Nazi Propaganda Minister Josef Goebbels made Bebelplatz (then called Opernplatz) infamous on 10th May 1933, when he used the square across from Humboldt University to burn 20,000 books by 'immoral' authors of whom the Nazis did not approve

Deutsche Guggenheim

Compared to New York, Bilbao and Venice, it is a relatively small exhibition place

Neue Wache

Originally erected in 1818 to a classically-inspired design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel as a guardhouse for the imperial palace, since 1993 this compact building has housed a small, but extremely powerful war cenotaph, the Central Memorial of the Federal Republic of Germany, continuing its use under East German rule as the primary 'Memorial to the Victims of Fascism and Militarism'

Deutsches Historisches Museum

German historical museum covering everything from pre-history right up to the present day

Museumsinsel

Pergamon Museum

The Pergamon Museum is partially closed for renovation until 2019

Bode Museum

The Bode Museum on Berlin’s Museuminsel houses the Skulpturensammlung und Museum fur Byzantine Kunst (Sculpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art) as well as part of the Munzkabinett numismatic collection