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Ossietzkystraße is a street in the Pankow borough of Berlin. It is located between the Schlosspark and the Berliner Straße. In the street there is a statue of
Carl von Ossietzky Carl von Ossietzky (; 3 October 1889 – 4 May 1938) was a German journalist and pacifist. He was the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in exposing the clandestine German re-armament. As editor-in-chief of the magazine ''Die ...
, after whom the street is named. The street crosses the river
Panke The Panke is a small river in Brandenburg and Berlin, a right tributary of the Spree, originating from the Barnim plateau. It has a length of 29 km, of which 20,2 are within the area of Berlin. Consequently, the Panke is the third longest ...
, and is connected to the
Majakowskiring The Majakowskiring (named after Vladimir Mayakovsky) is an ellipse-shaped street in the Pankow district of Berlin, Germany, in the Niederschönhausen locality. It was famous as the residence of many senior figures in the government of the German D ...
. The street was known as Schloss Straße until it was renamed by the East German government in the 1970s. Streets in Berlin Pankow