page_title: Platz des 18. März
section_title: Name
hierarchical_section_title: Platz des 18. März / Name
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Straßenschild "Platz des 18. März" und ungültig gemachtes Straßenschild "Platz vor dem Brandenburger Tor"
context_page_description: The Platz des 18. März is a public square in Berlin-Mitte located immediately west of the Brandenburg Gate, opposite Pariser Platz, at the junction of Ebertstraße and Straße des 17. Juni.
context_section_description: The square was formerly named Platz vor dem Brandenburger Tor from the eighteenth century. In 1934 it was renamed Hindenburgplatz after Paul von Hindenburg, then the recently deceased President of Germany, but the change was reverted in 1958. It was changed to the present name on 15 June 2000 after long discussions between the Senate and boroughs of Berlin.
  18 March was a significant date twice in German history: In the course of the German revolutions of 1848–1849, the Prussian Army attacked revolutionaries in Berlin on 18 March 1848. The first and only democratic elections of East Germany were held on 18 March 1990.
caption: Street sign in 2000 featuring the old and new names
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