Nollendorfplatz (Berlin U-Bahn)
The underground station Nollendorfplatz is the subway station, stop at the with the four subway lines U1 to U4 most of the lines of the Berlin U -Bahn. The train station at Nollendorfplatz in the Berlin district of Schöneberg district of Tempelhof- Schöneberg consists of an elevated station with a large dome structure on which the trains of U2, as well as a two-storey underground station ( U1, U3, U4). The two underground platforms are superimposed and connected by stairs. At the upper platform the trains of U1 Warschauer Straße, the trains of the U3 arrive and put out, and the traits of the U4 reverse direction Innsbruck place at the lower platform the trains of the U1 direction Uhland Street and the traits of the U3 launch here in direction Krumme Lanke.
History
The high station Nollendorfplatz was in 1902, opened as a railway station on the first Berlin elevated railway, the main line. Designed had him the architect Wilhelm Cremer and Richard Wolff stone. He is the last high station of this route in a westerly direction. From Kleiststrasse - amounting Courbièrestraße - disappears underground as a subway under the earth.
Between 1908 and 1910, built the then independent town of Schöneberg Schöneberg their underground ( today: U4 ). Therefore, a temporary station with the name Schöneberg station in sub-surface location at Nollendorfplatz was built, which received a direct transition to the same station. During the construction of this temporary station bones of early prehistoric animals were found in the Motz.
Even the construction of the Schöneberg station of the construction of a parallel out Discharge distance north of the main line was provided. Therefore, as early as 1915 began rebuilding the railway station Nollendorfplatz to a community station. Against 1917, the underground facilities of the station were structurally complete, but not yet used.
It was not until 1926, was the opening of the running under Kurfürstenstrasse new subway. Together with the two new underground levels one designed by Alfred Grenander new station vestibule was opened. At the same time Schöneberg station was closed and only serves as part of the subway tunnel.
During the Second World War, the elevated station was severely damaged and rebuilt again greatly simplified without the dome. After the wall was built the track in the eastern sector towards Pankow ( Vinetastraße ) was interrupted before the subway station Potsdamer Platz. In 1972, the high station Nollendorfplatz was jointly shut down with the distance along the road to the track triangle Bülow, since the small number of passengers no longer made a profitable operation possible.
Instead, put on the high platforms of the flea market " Berlin flea market," one in which disused subway cars were used as retail space. As in neighboring and also disused railway station Buelowstrasse was a Turkish bazaar, a tram line has been set up on the high rail line between the two stations, on the only commuted a tramcar. It was the last time being Tramway in West Berlin.
After the fall of the Wall in 1989, the flea market in 1993 the reopened route had to give U2 to Pankow. As of 1999, the dome construction of the high station was rebuilt in a simplified form exclusively by donations. The architect was Ralf students.
The underground railway lines have been extensively remodeled in 1971. The direct connection between the tracks in the direction of Innsbruck's Place (U4 ) and Warsaw Bridge (U1 ) was interrupted, instead north of the station set up a parking area. At the same time an existing since 1940 bunker on the lower platform was dismantled and first used the exposed roadbed for the outgoing lines of U4.
With a plaque that was attached to the south side of the facade of the station in 1989, was first thought to the public in a German town of homosexual victims of National Socialism.
In 2001, the BVG built a glass-enclosed control center for passenger information in the walk-in hall of the high station a; The control center deals with a glazed extension also continued under the ramp of the elevated train toward Wittenberg Platz.
Both the high and the base station are under monument protection. This also includes the western end Situated beneath the subway arch of the elevated railway Nickelmann Fountain.
Former " Berlin flea market " on the upper platform, 1983
Illuminated dome at night
Platform of U1 and U3
Connection
In addition to the four metro lines holding here the Metro Station, a transfer possibility to various bus lines of the Berlin Transport Authority.