Berlin Heerstraße station

• Spandau suburb train ( KBS 200.75, 200.9 )

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The military road railway station is a stop on the S -Bahn in Berlin and is managed in operation Jobs Directory as BHST.

Opened on November 1, 1909 train station is on the edge of the Grunewald forest in the district of Charlottenburg- Wilmersdorf in the suburban route to Spandau, between the stations of Messe Süd ( Eichkamp ) and Olympic Stadium. He stands as the entire route with all the bridges and train stations, historical monument.

History

The eponymous military road was a military parade street and later belonged to the so-called east -west axis. You (today: Theodor -Heuss -Platz) in 1903 by the then Chancellor space created as a connection to the military training areas in Doberitz. On the occasion of the Olympic Games in 1936 she made the connection between the Olympic Village and the Olympic Stadium in Elstal.

The station itself was built 1908/1909 on the suburban route Charlottenburg -Spandau, for the development of the planned there Villenkolonie. After the station had initially eked a marginal existence, he was occasionally used by the attractive, wide road link in the Berlin city center later for state receptions. On 11 May 1925, the newly elected President Paul von Hindenburg met here on a special train from Hannover coming, in Berlin and was received by the Chancellor Hans Luther. On September 27, 1937 there was received by the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler with a meticulously planned staging of the Italian leader of the fascist movement, Benito Mussolini and drove with him about the martial decorated east-west axis to the Reich Chancellery.

As part of the planning for the reconstruction of Berlin as the so-called "World Capital Germania " of the S-Bahn station was demolished and by one, designed by Theodor Dierk Meier, representative - called " Mussolini Station " - Reception Station be replaced for state guests. This should be guided from there via the East-West axis to Berlin for a monumental expansion was planned. Due to the high cost and soon made ​​the outbreak of the Second World War, the conversion did not come through the planning phase.

Occasion and only for the period of the Olympic Games in 1936 was close to a temporary station for the " KdF -Stadt " is created, which was located on the current Exhibition Centre at Wandalenallee. In the established settlement of wooden houses numerous Olympic guests were received and were cheap board and lodging options near the Olympic stadium. The temporary station was reached via a track that branched off from the ring freight railroads north of West Cross and resulted in a large arc to the fairgrounds. This so-called " fair track " had been created in 1928 in the reorganization of the railway facilities in this area and still exists today in a slightly different form.

On July 4, 1944, the educational reformer and resistance fighter Adolf Reich wine was arrested on the high road station on the way to a clandestine meeting with leaders of the KPD in preparation for the assassination of 20 July by the Gestapo.

The station building was badly damaged in World War II and 1958/1959 changed rebuilt.

End of September 1980 was shut down after the Berlin S -Bahn strike the S-Bahn route to Staaken and with it the S-Bahn station. On May 25, 1984, the station woke briefly back to life: a train - Day took place on him. To re- opening of the line on 16 January 1998, the station was rebuilt again and was given its present form.

Environment

On the other station is the Raußendorffplatz. This memorial garden was created in 1925 by Erwin Barth simple lawn and benches.

Is the Devil's Mountain Between the Grunewald and highway S-Bahn stations.

Connection

The S-Bahn station is served by the S5 line of the Berlin S-Bahn. There is a transit traffic to the bus lines of the Berlin Transport Authority.