Abstract

Berlin's “Federal Ribbon” [Band des Bundes] is an architectural ensemble forming a linkage across the river Spree in the heart of Berlin, symbolically connecting East and West and the executive and legislative offices. The parliamentary offices and the chancellery, examples of modern architecture, were built after German unification and the 1991 decision for Berlin as the country’s seat of government.

Berlin’s “Federal Ribbon” (2005)

Source

Source: Bundeskanzleramt (Office of the German Federal Chancellor, south side) – view from the "Haus der Kulturen der Welt" (The House of World Cultures) to Paul-Löbe-Haus (Bundestag, office building) and to the TV tower. Picture taken on May 26, 2005 by user Torinberl. Available from: Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berlin_-_Bundeskanzleramt_Suedseite_-_Blickrichtung_Paul-Loebe-Haus_und_Fernsehturm.jpg

Recommended Citation

Berlin’s “Federal Ribbon” (2005), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/a-new-germany-1990-2023/ghdi:image-5261> [April 23, 2024].