Senefelderplatz is a
Berlin U-Bahn
The Berlin U-Bahn (; short for , "underground railway") is a rapid transit system in Berlin, the capital and largest city of Germany, and a major part of the city's public transport system. Together with the S-Bahn, a network of suburban train li ...
station located on the line.
The station is situated under Senefelderplatz, named after the inventor of the printing technique of lithography,
Alois Senefelder
Johann Alois Senefelder (6 November 177126 February 1834) was a German actor and playwright who invented the printing technique of lithography in the 1790s.Meggs, Philip B. A History of Graphic Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1998. p 146
Acto ...
.
The station was designed by
Alfred Grenander
Alfred Frederik Elias Grenander (26 June 1863 – 14 March 1931) was a Swedish architect, who became one of the most prominent engineers during the first building period of the Berlin U-Bahn network in the early twentieth century.
Biography
Gre ...
and opened in 1913. The grey tiles on the walls are still not covered with advertisements.
[J. Meyer-Kronthaler, ''Berlins U-Bahnhöfe'', Berlin: be.bra, 1996] In November 1943, this station was heavily damaged twice - entrance and the ceiling penetration.
References
U2 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations
Berlin U-Bahn stations located underground
Buildings and structures in Pankow
Railway stations in Germany opened in 1913
{{Berlin-railstation-stub