CHARLOTTENBURG, shiir-lot'ten -btrorK (Ger.. Charlotte's town). A prosperous town and residential suburb of Berlin in the western outskirts of the city (Map: Prussia. E 2). It is connected with Berlin by street railway and by the Stadtbahn, an elevated road. It has numer ous educational institutions, including a gymna sium, high school. royal institute of glass-paint ing, artillery and engineering school, technical academy, physieal-technieal institute, and a mili tary preparatory school. The Technical Acad emy is a spacious and noteworthy building. con taining statues and busts and a valuable archi tectural museum. The manufacturing interests of the city are important: chief among them is the Royal Porcelain Factory, founded in 1761, a famous and interesting institution. There are also iron-foundries, and manufactures of ma chinery. glass, pottery, electrical apparatus, paper, leather, and chemicals. Charlottenburg
was founded in 1705. by Frederick I., and since the Franco-Prussian War has grown with aston ishing rapidity. The palace, the main portion of which was finished by 1099, under SchBiter's di rection, for Sophia Charlotte, second wife of Frederick i., consists of a group of buildings. with a pleasant garden laid out by the French landscape gardener Le The rococo orna mentations and the porcelain chamber attract. at tention. Emperor Frederick Ill, was confined here during a part of his fatal illness. In the garden is the handsome Doric mausoleum, erected in 1810 by Gentze, according to the designs of Schinkel, containing the tombs of Frederick William 111. and Queen Louisa, and Emperor 1Villiam 1. and Empress Augusta. The recum bent figures of the first two. by Rauch. are par ticularly fine. Population, in 1890, 77,000: in 1900. I S9,000.