Under den Linden (English spelling)

Japanese: Unter den Linden(英語表記)UnterdenLinden
Under den Linden (English spelling)

... The man who put an end to this stagnation was the Berlin-born Elector Friedrich William (reigned 1640-88). Between 1658 and 1685, he built walls around Berlin, Cologne, and Friedrichswerder, which became a city in 1667, turning them into fortifications. He also built the city of Dorotheen, which was surrounded by the Unter den Linden street (laid out in 1647) outside the moat, and began construction of the city of Friedrich, which later became the center of Berlin. He also protected Protestantism, and 6,000 of the 200,000 Huguenots who had left France immigrated to Berlin (population 17,500 in 1685), making a major contribution to the development of commerce and industry, including the textile industry. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Unter den Linden" is listed below.

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Japanese:

… この沈滞に終止符を打ったのは,ベルリン生れの大選帝侯フリードリヒ・ウィルヘルム(在位1640‐88)であった。彼は1658年から85年にかけ,ベルリンとケルン,および1667年に市となったフリードリヒスウェルダーFriedrichswerderを囲む城壁を築き,これを城塞化するとともに,濠の外にウンター・デン・リンデンUnter den Linden通り(1647敷設)をはさむドロテーンDorotheen市を建設し,さらに,のちにベルリンの中心街となるフリードリヒFriedrich市の建設にも着手した。また新教を保護したため,フランスを去った20万人のユグノーのうち6000人がベルリン(1685年の人口は1万7500)に移住し,繊維産業をはじめ商工業の発展に大きく貢献した。…

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