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CHARLOTTENBURG

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 946 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHARLOTTENBURG , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Prussia, on the See also:Spree, lying immediately See also:west of See also:Berlin, of which it forms practically the entire western suburb. The earlier name of the town was Lietzenburg. Pop. (189o) 76,8J9; (1900) 189,290; (1905) 237,231. It is governed by a See also:council of 94 members. The central See also:part of the town is connected with Berlin by a magnificent See also:avenue, the Charlottenburger Chaussee, which runs from the Brandenburger Tor through the whole length of the Tiergarten. Although retaining its own municipal See also:government, Charlottenburg,together with the adjacent suburban towns of See also:Schoneberg and See also:Rixdorf, was included in 1900 in the See also:police See also:district of the See also:capital. The Schloss, built in 1696 for the electress Sophie See also:Charlotte, See also:queen of the elector See also:Frederick, afterwards See also:King Frederick I., after whom the town was named, contains a collection of antiquities and paintings. In the grounds stands a See also:granite See also:mausoleum, the See also:work of Karl See also:Friedrich See also:Schinkel, with beautiful See also:white See also:marble recumbent statues of Frederick See also:William III. and his queen See also:Louise by See also:Christian See also:Daniel See also:Rauch, and also those of the See also:emperor William I. and the empress See also:Augusta by See also:Erdmann See also:Encke. It was in the Schloss that the emperor Frederick III. took over the reins of government in 1888, and here he resided for nearly the whole of his three months' reign. The town contains an equestrian statue of Frederick. Of public buildings, the famous technical See also:academy and the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial See also:church are referred to in the See also:article BERLIN.

In Charlottenburg is the Physikalisch-technische Reichsanstalt, a See also:

state institution for the carrying out of scientific experiments and measurements, and for testing See also:instruments of precision, materials, &c. It was established in 1886 with See also:money provided by See also:Ernst See also:Werner See also:Siemens. In addition to the famous royal See also:porcelain manufactory, Charlottenburg has many flourishing See also:industries, notably See also:iron-See also:works grouped along the See also:banks of the Spree. Its See also:main thoroughfares are laid out on a spacious See also:plan, while there are many quiet streets containing See also:pretty villas. See F. See also:Schultz, Chronik von Charlottenburg (Charlottenburg, 1888).

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