Rigaer Straße is a street in Friedrichshain

Friedrichshain

Friedrichshain is a part of Berlin's borough of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, and like Kreuzberg across the river it has its own distinct character, with the result that the new double name is hardly ever used outside government administration. From its creation in 1920 until Berlin's 2001...

, Berlin

Berlin

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The street, named after the Latvia

Latvia

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n capital Riga

Riga

Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

, runs from Bersarinplatz

Bersarinplatz

Bersarinplatz is a square in Friedrichshain, Berlin.On 4 April 1895 the square was named Baltenplatz, after the Balts. However, on 31 July 1947, after World War II, the square was renamed Bersarinplatz after Nikolai Berzarin, the Russian Red Army General and former Commander of Berlin.- External...

 in the west to the railway station Frankfurter Allee in the east.

Many of the houses stand under historic preservation

Historic preservation

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, although, some of the older houses on the street have turned into squats

Squatting

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Famous residents of Rigaer Straße include German author Theodor Plievier

Theodor Plievier

Theodor Otto Richard Plievier was the German author of Stalingrad, , Moscow and Berlin ....

, who, around 1924, lived at number 68.

External links

• The squat at number 94