Hausvogteiplatz (Berlin U-Bahn)

East entrance, Hausvogteiplatz U-Bahn station, 2006
Station platform

Hausvogteiplatz is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U2 in Mitte. The eponymous square, former site of a bastion of the historic city fortification, 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.

U-Bahn 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.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ J. Meyer-Kronthaler: Berlins U-Bahnhöfe. be.bra Verlag (1996)
Preceding station   Berlin U-Bahn   Following station
towards Ruhleben
U2
towards Pankow

Coordinates: 52°30′47″N 13°23′48″E / 52.51306°N 13.39667°E / 52.51306; 13.39667

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