Portico of the destroyed Anhalter Station
The Anhalter Bahnhof is a former railway terminus in Berlin, Germany, approximately 600 m southeast of Potsdamer Platz. Once one of Berlin's most important railway stations, it was severely damaged in World War II, and finally closed for traffic in 1952, when the GDR-owned Deutsche Reichsbahn rerouted all railway traffic between Berlin and places in the GDR avoiding the West Berlin area.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Address: Askanischer Platz 6, Kreuzberg, Berlin, 10963
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Topography of Terror and Checkpoint Charlie.
Topography of Terror
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
The Topography of Terror is an outdoor and indoor history museum in Berlin, Germany. It is located on Niederkirchnerstrasse, formerly Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse, on the site of buildings, which during the Nazi regime from 1933 to 1945 was the SS Reich Security Main Office, the headquarters of the Sicherheitspolizei, SD, Einsatzgruppen and Gestapo. Topography of Terror is situated 300 metres northeast of Portico of the destroyed Anhalter Station.
Checkpoint Charlie
Photo: Adrian Purser, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Checkpoint Charlie was the Western Bloc's name for the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War, becoming a symbol of the Cold War, representing the separation of East and West. Checkpoint Charlie is situated 680 metres northeast of Portico of the destroyed Anhalter Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Friedrichstadt and Möckernkiez.
Friedrichstadt
Quarter
Photo: Tanweer Morshed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Friedrichstadt was an independent suburb of Berlin, and is now a historical neighbourhood of the city itself. The neighbourhood is named after the Prussian king Frederick I.
Friedrichswerder
Neighborhood
Friedrichswerder is a neighborhood, situated in the Berliner locality of Mitte, part of the homonymous borough. It is identical to the town of Friedrichswerder, founded in 1662, which was an independent town until 1710.
Portico of the destroyed Anhalter Station
- Categories: building, tourism, and railway station
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.50368° or 52° 30′ 13″ northLongitude
13.38252° or 13° 22′ 57″ eastOpen location code
9F4MG93M+F2OpenStreetMap ID
way 27695497OpenStreetMap feature
building=train_stationOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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