Berlin U-Bahnhof Eberswalder Straße 2001

Eberswalder Straße is an overground station located on the line of the

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 tra ...

network. It is located in the

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area of the city on Schönhauser Allee, a major street running from the city centre north towards

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. The station is a raised iron structure on stone columns, designed by architect

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History

The station opened in 1913 as Danziger Straße. It was severely damaged in December 1943 and was also closed during the last months of World War II. The post-war division of Berlin put it in the Russian sector. In 1950 it was renamed Dimitroffstrasse, in honour of

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n communist leader

Georgi Dimitrov Georgi Dimitrov Mihaylov (; bg, Гео̀рги Димитро̀в Миха̀йлов), also known as Georgiy Mihaylovich Dimitrov (russian: Гео́ргий Миха́йлович Дими́тров; 18 June 1882 – 2 July 1949), was a Bulgarian ...

who had died in the previous year. In 1991, following the reunification of Germany, the station's name was changed in order to remove its political links. The station was named Eberswalder Straße, a street that crosses Schönhauser Allee very nearby. A local landmark below the elevated tracks at the south end of the station is ''Konnopke's Imbiß'', a well-known fast food stand that sells

currywurst Currywurst () is a fast food dish of German origin consisting of steamed, fried sausage, usually pork (german: Bratwurst), typically cut into bite-sized chunks and seasoned with curry ketchup, a sauce based on spiced ketchup or tomato past ...

. Max Konnopke started selling sausages on the same spot in 1930 from a board strapped around his neck. In 1960 he built the hut that served as the food stand until replaced by a new construction in 2011.

References

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