former Anhalter Bahnhof
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The former Anhalter Bahnhof was one of Berlin’s largest and most important railway terminals, heavily damaged in World War II and later demolished, with only its iconic portico remaining as a historical landmark.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| former Anhalter Bahnhof canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former building
ⓘ
historical landmark ⓘ railway station ⓘ |
| architect | Franz Heinrich Schwechten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
historicist architecture
ⓘ
neoclassical elements ⓘ |
| closureReason | war damage and postwar rail reorganization ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Austria
ⓘ
Italy ⓘ central Germany ⓘ southern Germany ⓘ |
| country | Germany ONNED1 ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of pre-war Berlin railway era ⓘ |
| currentRemains |
front façade fragment
ⓘ
station portico ⓘ |
| currentUseOfSite |
open space and roads
ⓘ
sports facilities ⓘ |
| demolitionDate | 1959 ⓘ |
| event | bombed during World War II ⓘ |
| featuredIn | Berlin urban history ⓘ |
| hadStructure |
large train shed
ⓘ
monumental entrance hall ⓘ ornate façade sculptures ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historical landmark ⓘ |
| laterOwnedBy | Deutsche Reichsbahn ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Berlin
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ Kreuzberg ⓘ
surface form:
district of Kreuzberg
|
| memorial | Holocaust-related memorial plaques ⓘ |
| near |
Anhalter Bahnhof (S-Bahn station)
ⓘ
surface form:
Anhalter Bahnhof S-Bahn station
Askanischer Platz NERFINISHED ⓘ Stresemannstraße NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1841 ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Deutsche Reichsbahn
ⓘ
surface form:
Prussian state railways
|
| peakPeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | long-distance railway terminal ⓘ |
| reconstructed |
1870s
ⓘ
1880s ⓘ |
| servedRailway |
Anhalt Railway
ⓘ
Berlin–Halle railway ⓘ Berlin–Leipzig rail corridor ⓘ
surface form:
Berlin–Leipzig railway
|
| servedTraffic |
domestic long-distance trains
ⓘ
international passenger trains ⓘ |
| status | heavily damaged in World War II ⓘ |
| usedFor | deportation of Jews during the Nazi era ⓘ |
| wasOneOf |
largest railway terminals in Berlin
ⓘ
most important railway terminals in Berlin ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.