Messe Süd is a

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in the

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district of

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. Located on the ''Westbahn'' railway to

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it is served by the

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lines and .

History

When the station opened in 1928 it was originally entitled Berlin Eichkamp, the name of a garden city just south of it, built in the 1920s according to plans of

Max Taut Max Taut (15 May 1884 – 26 February 1967) was a German architect of Prussian Lithuanian heritage. Biography Max Taut was born in Königsberg, the younger brother of Bruno Taut. He, his brother and Franz Hoffman formed Taut & Hoffman, an ar ...

. The station was renamed Messe Süd in 2002 to assist visitors to Berlin in finding their way to the '' Messe'' (

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) halls on its northern side. The former

AVUS The Automobil-Verkehrs- und Übungsstraße ('Automobile traffic and training road'), known as AVUS, is a public road in Berlin, Germany. Opened in 1921, it was also used as a motor racing circuit until 1998. Today, the AVUS forms the northern par ...

racing track and the

Deutschlandhalle Deutschlandhalle was an arena located in the Westend neighbourhood of Berlin, Germany. It was inaugurated on 29 November 1935 by Adolf Hitler. The building was granted landmark status in 1995, but was demolished on 3 December 2011. History Buil ...

arena are nearby.

References

Berlin S-Bahn stations Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Railway stations in Germany opened in 1928 {{Berlin-railstation-stub