Hausvogteiplatz (Berlin U-Bahn)

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Hausvogteiplatz
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Eastern entrance, 2006
General information
LocationHausvogteiplatz
Mitte, Berlin
Germany
Coordinates 52°30′47″N13°23′48″E / 52.51306°N 13.39667°E / 52.51306; 13.39667
Owned by Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Operated by Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilitiesYes (Call a Bike, bicycle parking)
AccessibleNo
Other information
Fare zone VBB-Logo.svg : Berlin A/5555 [1]
History
Opened1 October 1908;114 years ago (1908-10-01)
Services
Preceding station Berlin U-Bahn Following station
Stadtmitte
towards Ruhleben
U2 Spittelmarkt
towards Pankow
Hausvogteiplatz (Berlin U-Bahn)
Location
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Hausvogteiplatz
Location within Berlin
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Location within Germany
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Station platform

Hausvogteiplatz is a Berlin U-Bahn station on line U2, located in Mitte. The eponymous square, former site of a bastion of the historic city fortification (Berlin Fortress), was named after the Prussian aulic court and prison. In the late 19th century it had developed as a centre of Berlin's clothing industry.

Entrance, 1908 U-Bahn Berlin Hausvogteiplatz Eingangshauschen 1908.jpg
Entrance, 1908

The station, designed by Alfred Grenander, opened on 1 October 1908 with Berlin's second U-Bahn line, running from Potsdamer Platz on the initial Stammstrecke route to Spittelmarkt. During an air raid on 3 February 1945 it was devastated by a direct bomb hit and could not be reopened until 1950. [2]

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References

  1. "Alle Zielorte". Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2021. p. 63. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  2. J. Meyer-Kronthaler: Berlins U-Bahnhöfe. be.bra Verlag (1996)