Großer Stern

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Großer Stern

The Victory Column in the square
Location within Berlin
Namesake	Hunting star [de]
Type	Public square
Location	Berlin, Germany
Quarter	Tiergarten
Nearest metro station	Brandenburger Tor Tiergarten
Coordinates	52°30′52″N 13°21′00″E / 52.5145°N 13.35011°E / 52.5145; 13.35011
Major junctions	Straße des 17. Juni Spreeweg [de] Altonaer Straße [de] Hofjägerallee [de]
Construction
Inauguration	c. 1698 (1698)
Other
Known for	Bismarck Memorial Moltke statue Roon statue Victory Column

Der Große Stern (transl. The Great Star) is the central square of the Großer Tiergarten park in Berlin; the Berlin Victory Column is sited in it. It is crossed by the Straße des 17. Juni, at its half.

The other 3 streets junctionning are:

• Hofjägerallee ;
• Altonaer Straße ;
• Spreeweg.

In 2018, Greenpeace activists poured 3500 liters of yellow paint on the road, making it resemble a sun in protest of the government's use of coal power plants.^[1][2]

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