Kottbusser Tor () is a

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located on lines U1, U3, and U8. Many Berliners use the affectionate term ''Kotti'' (; see

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). It is located in central

Kreuzberg Kreuzberg () is a district of Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Mitte. During the Cold War era, it was one of the poorest areas of West Berlin, but since German reunification in 1990 it ha ...

. The area has a bad reputation for the relatively high, mainly

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rate, instances of which have recently become quite rare in most other parts of the district. The original Kottbusser Tor was a southern

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; the road through the gate led via the

Neukölln Neukölln () is one of the twelve boroughs of Berlin. It is located in the southeastern part from the city centre towards Berlin Schönefeld Airport. It was part of the former American sector under the Four-Power occupation of the city. It featu ...

suburb to the town of

Cottbus Cottbus (; Lower Sorbian: ''Chóśebuz'' ; Polish: Chociebuż) is a university city and the second-largest city in Brandenburg, Germany. Situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree, Cottbus is also a major railway junction with exten ...

. Trivia - K and missing h (Cotbusser Thor) rely to a language reform at begin of 20th century. See e.g. Stralauer T(h)or, or Cölln and Neukölln.

History

The station on the first U-Bahn line from

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Stralauer Tor Stralauer Tor (''Osthafen'' as of 1924) was a Berlin U-Bahn station in Berlin-Friedrichshain. It operated between Warschauer Straße and Schlesisches Tor stations on today's U1. Following its destruction in World War II it was never rebuilt and ...

was opened on 18 February 1902 on a

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above Skalitzer Straße. When the U8 was built in 1926, a new two-level station was constructed westwards to allow both lines to meet in one location, and the original station was demolished.J. Meyer-Kronthaler: Berlins U-Bahnhöfe. be.bra Verlag (1996) It was directly hit on 26 February 1945.

Gallery

Kottbusser Tor oben.jpg, U1/U3 platform U-Bahnhof Kottbusser Tor.jpg, U8 platform File:Kottbusser Tor in Berlin at night.jpg, Kottbusser Tor station at night

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U1 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations U3 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations U8 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations Berlin U-Bahn stations located underground Berlin U-Bahn stations located above ground Buildings and structures in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Railway stations in Germany opened in 1902 {{Berlin-UBahn-stub