Fehrbelliner Platz is a station 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 train li ...

located in the

Wilmersdorf Wilmersdorf (), an inner-city locality of Berlin, lies south-west of the central city. Formerly a borough by itself, Wilmersdorf became part of the new borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform. History The v ...

district on the and the lines. The U3 section was opened on 12 October 1913 as one of the line's original stations, the U7 section on 29 January 1971 with the line's extension from Möckernbrücke. Though the station has then been widely rebuilt including the new entrance hall in a - disputed - 1970s "oil rig" style (the ''Bohrinsel''), the U3 platform is preserved in its original condition. For more than seven years Fehrbelliner Platz was the western terminus of the U7, until its continuation toward Richard-Wagner-Platz on 28 April 1978.J. Meyer-Kronthaler: Berlins U-Bahnhöfe. be.bra Verlag (1996) The eponymous square is named after

Fehrbellin Fehrbellin is a municipality in Germany, located 60 km NW of Berlin. It had 9,310 inhabitants as of 2005, but has since declined to 8,606 inhabitants in 2012. History In 1675, the Battle of Fehrbellin was fought there, in which the troops of ...

, where in 1675 the Battle of Fehrbellin between Brandenburg-Prussia and the

Swedish Empire The Swedish Empire was a European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region during the 17th and early 18th centuries ( sv, Stormaktstiden, "the Era of Great Power"). The beginning of the empire is usually ta ...

took place. Its horseshoe shape was laid out in 1934 and is surrounded by several administrative buildings of the Nazi era, including the former seat of the

German Labour Front The German Labour Front (german: Deutsche Arbeitsfront, ; DAF) was the labour organisation under the Nazi Party which replaced the various independent trade unions in Germany during Adolf Hitler's rise to power. History As early as March 1933, ...

finished in 1943, today the Wilmersdorf town hall. On , the next station is Heidelberger Platz (change here for S-Bahn) or Hohenzollernplatz. On , the next station is Blissestraße or Konstanzer Straße. File:UBahnhf Fehrbellinerpl U3.JPG, Platform of the U3 File:Fehrbelliner Platz (U7).jpg, Platform of the U7

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{{coord, 52, 29, 26, N, 13, 18, 52, E, display=title, type:railwaystation_source:nlwiki U3 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations U7 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Railway stations in Germany opened in 1913