Neue Wache Berlin : Architecture Information + Images

Photos © Adrian Welch The Neue Wache and the Zeughaus- The Old Arsenal, Unter den Linden 2 Neue Wache (New Guard House), Unter den Linden, Mitte 1816 Architect: Karl Friedrich Schinkel War memorial since 1931 Style: Neoclassical Mother with her Dead Son by Käthe Kollwitz, lit by an oculus (reminiscent of Rome's Pantheon at a smaller scale) in centre of the Neue Wache: Originally guardhouse for the troops of the Crown Prince of Prussia Building immediately to the east: Deutsches Historisches Museum or Zeughaus More information online soon Buildings close by include: Checkpoint Charlie Building by OMA to the north Jewish Museum Berlin by Daniel Libeskind to the east