Nollendorfplatz is a

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station on lines U1, U2, U3, and U4. It opened in 1902, and today is the only station in Berlin that is served by four U-Bahn lines, and the only one served by all of the ''Kleinprofil'' (small profile) lines.

Overview

The station, and the

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named after Nakléřov in the

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, lies in the north of

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at the junction of

Motzstraße Motzstraße is a street in the Berlin borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg. It runs from Nollendorfplatz via Viktoria-Luise-Platz in Schöneberg to Prager Platz in Wilmersdorf. The section of Motzstraße between Nollendorfplatz and Martin-Luther-S ...

, Kleiststraße and Bülowstraße. The area is an important centre of gay culture, and the nearby Winterfeldtplatz is home to a well known market. It became a more run down centre of heroin addiction,

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s, and

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s in the 1970s and early 1980s, and has seen a comeback into the (somewhat intellectual) mainstream culture with higher rents and upscale restaurants and bookshops. In this it resembles (and indeed was a role model for) the western part of

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. In 2002, the station was given an

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styled dome, which resembles the one it had before World War Two, designed by

Cremer & Wolffenstein The Cremer & Wolffenstein architecture firm was founded in Germany in 1882 by Richard Wolffenstein (1846–1919) and Wilhelm Cremer (1854–1919) and existed up to the death of its two founders. During the so-called ''Gründerzeit'' in Berlin, th ...

.J. Meyer-Kronthaler. ''Berlins U-Bahnhöfe''. be.bra Verlag (1996)

Gallery

File:U1Nollendorfpl.JPG, Underground platform File:Ubahnhf-Nollendorfpl u4.JPG, Underground platform File:U-Bahn Berlin Nollendorfplatz.JPG, Underground platform File:Ubahn-Nollendorfpl u2.JPG, U2 platforms

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Hoch- und Untergrundbahnhof Nollendorfplatz
entry in the list of Berlin cultural monuments {{BU-BahnStations U1 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations U2 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations U3 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations U4 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations Berlin U-Bahn stations located underground Berlin U-Bahn stations located above ground Heritage sites in Berlin Buildings and structures in Tempelhof-Schöneberg Railway stations in Germany opened in 1902 Art Nouveau architecture in Berlin Art Nouveau railway stations Cremer & Wolffenstein