Church of Sophie

(Local Name: Berlin - Sophienkirche) Sophienkirche, a church endowed by Queen Sophia in 1712, boasts what is undoubtedly Berlin's most beautiful church tower, added in 1734. Buried in the churchyard - part of which is now a playground for local children - are the architect and composer C. F. Zelter (d. 1832; to the left of the church) and the historian Leopold von Ranke (d. 1866; memorial slab on the right in the surrounding wall).