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Situated at the center of old "Berlin" or Coelln to be more precise, from which the buildings on the Linden spread as Berlin grew in importance. The castle had grown piecemeal around Friedrich Irontooth's 'Coercion Castle'. Occupied by mutinying sailors in 1918-19, and the scene of heavy fighting as right-wing military forces tried to gain control. Demolition was started on 7. September 1950 and finished in 1951, apart from the balcony where Karl Liebknecht declared a socialist republic, which was incorporated into another building ( this was also the same balcony from which Kaiser Wilhelm 2. announced the start of World War 1 ).
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