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It was in 1866 when a certain man, Franz von Aichberger that is (1844-1906),
wrote a letter to his family in Munich. He wrote from Prussia's capital,
Berlin. The wording of the letter is not of significance. The important
thing was the stationery he used, the letter head of which had a colored
imprint with a view of Berlin. The colored illustration shows a monument
of Karl-Friedrich von Schinkel to the left, which is supposed to commemorate
the wars of liberation against Napoleon in 1813/14. The monument’s
outline is cruciform, with the “Iron Cross” on top. It
is located on a "mount" with a height of 66 meters. From
there, down a green slope, you had a view on Berlin in a distance.
Back then, the city was called “Hallesches Tor”. In 1920
it was renamed after the mount. Thus, let’s take a walk through
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