The Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor) in Berlin is one of the foremost landmarks that comes to mind when thinking of Germany. The Brandenburg Gate is the nationwide symbol of the land, and German past was made here – many different times. It has had a large influence in German’s history and continues to do so as millions visit every year just to see this amazing monument.

The Brandenburg Gate became recognized in the Cold War, when it was the sad symbol for the division of Berlin and Germany: The Gate stood between East and West Germany, becoming part of the impassable Berlin Wall.
Commissioned by Friedrich Wilhelm, the Brandenburg Gate was designed by architect Carl Gotthard Langhans in 1791. It was the imposing entrance to the boulevard “Unter den Linden”, which led to the palace of the Prussian monarchs.
The Gate’s design has remained essentially unaffected since its conclusion even as it has had different political parts in German history. After the 1806 Prussian overcome at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt Napoleon took the Quadriga to Paris, France.

The design of the Brandenburg Gate was inspired by the Acropolis in Athens. The attraction is crowned with the figure of the Quadriga, a four-horsed chariot driven by Victoria, the winged goddess of victory.
In the path of German history, the Brandenburg Gate contained countless unique parts; it represents the country’s violent past and its peaceful achievements like no other landmark in Germany.
In the Napoleonic Wars in 1806, after the French powers overcame the Prussian army, Napoleon’s troops took the statue of the Quadriga to Paris as a war trophy. The Prussian army reclaimed it in 1814 with their triumph over their French counterparts.
More than a century later, the Nazis would use the Brandenburg Gate for their own means . In 1933, they marched through the gate in a military torchlight parade, celebrating Hitler’s rise to power and introducing the horrifying chapter of German history.
When the Nazis ascended to power they used the Gate as a party symbol. The Gate survived World War II and was one of the few structures standing in the Pariser Platz ruins in 1945 (another being the Academy of Fine Arts). The gate was terribly damaged with holes in the columns from bullets and nearby explosions. Following Germany’s submission and the end of the war, the governments of East Berlin and West Berlin reformed it in a dual endeavor. The holes were patched, and were visible for many years following the war.

The Brandenburg Gate survived World War II with serious damages; in the Cold War, squeezed between East and West Germany, it became the site for ideological disputes. When John F. Kennedy visited the Brandenburg Gate in 1963, the Soviets hung huge red banners across the gate to prevent him from looking into the East.

After the peaceful reunification of Germany, the Brandenburg Gate was refurbished in 2000; today, it is one of the most visited sites in Germany and in Europe. As such millions go to Berlin just to see the famous monument within Germany. So why do you get out there and make experience the stunning attraction that will definitely leave you in amazement.

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