Welcome to the Charlottenburg Gate, or Charlottenburger Tor. You are standing at a monumental threshold that marks the historic entrance to the district of Charlottenburg. As you look around, you will notice these grand, limestone structures flanking the broad avenue known as the Road of the Seventeenth of June. Built between 1907 and 1908, this Neo-Baroque masterpiece was commissioned by the then-independent city of Charlottenburg as a proud counterpart to Berlin’s famous Brandenburg Gate. While many people focus on the city center, this gate was designed to signal that you were entering a wealthy and prestigious municipality in its own right. Take a moment to feel the scale of the architecture and the way it frames the long, straight road crossing the Landwehr Canal.