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Lichtenberg, Berlin — Area Guide & Where to Stay
The Stasi Museum fills the old state-security headquarters in Lichtenberg, a quarter of Berlin in Germany, near the Dorfkirche Lichtenberg.
About Lichtenberg
Where to stay in Lichtenberg
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Lichtenberg is a large working quarter of Berlin, its streets running out from the Dorfkirche Lichtenberg toward the cemetery at Friedhof Gotlindestraße. Rooms turn up here and there. Visitors who stay in Lichtenberg are usually drawn by the Stasi Museum, the Ramones Museum, or the Protestant Samaritan Church rather than by a dense hotel quarter, and many still base themselves nearer the centre of Berlin.
The mood is everyday. If you would rather sleep in a plain, lived-in district near the Stasi Museum and the Sporthalle Samariterstraße than among the crowds, Lichtenberg will suit you.
About Lichtenberg
What are the main landmarks in Lichtenberg?
The Stasi Museum is the best-known landmark of Lichtenberg, set in the former Ministry for State Security compound that the district grew around. Close by are the Ramones Museum, the Dorfkirche Lichtenberg, and the twin-named St. Antonius & St. Shenouda-Kirche, while the Protestant Samaritan Church and the old graves of Friedhof Gotlindestraße mark other corners. Memorials punctuate the streets.
The Blutmauer and the Sporthalle Samariterstraße stand among them.
What is the history of Lichtenberg?
Lichtenberg began as a village outside old Berlin, its first church still standing as the Dorfkirche Lichtenberg. Over time the village hardened into a dense city quarter, and in the years of a divided Germany its name grew tied to the state-security compound that now holds the Stasi Museum. The village core held on.
Older ground survives too, from the graves of Friedhof Gotlindestraße to the memorial wall called the Blutmauer.
Where is Lichtenberg?
Lichtenberg lies within Berlin in Germany, a large city quarter set around the Dorfkirche Lichtenberg and the compound of the Stasi Museum.
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Updated July 2026