Krumme Lanke, literally “Crooked Lake“, is a

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on the . It is the line's southwestern terminus, located in the Zehlendorf district of Berlin.

History

The station, named after a nearby lake in the

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forest, opened on 22 December 1929.

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designed the entrance hall, which was demolished in 1986 because of its poor condition, but rebuilt in its original form and reopened in 1989. On 24 May 1944, this station was directly hit by air raids five times.

Overview

Grenander's design of Krumme Lanke station was one of the influences that inspired

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in his buildings for a number of stations, notably Chiswick Park station, on the 1930-3 extension of the

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. The platform is below street level, though not underground. Plans to extend the U3 toward the

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, which is just away, have never been carried out.

References

U3 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations Berlin U-Bahn stations located above ground Buildings and structures in Steglitz-Zehlendorf Railway stations in Germany opened in 1929 {{Berlin-railstation-stub