U-Bahnhof Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Bahnsteig

Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 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 U2. It was formerly called Schönhauser Tor and is located at the foot of Schönhauser Allee, at the corner of Torstraße. The color of the station is yellow.J. Meyer-Kronthaler: Berlins U-Bahnhöfe. be.bra Verlag (1996)

History

Built in 1913 and designed by

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, the station bears its original name of "Schönhauser Tor" (English: Schönhausen Gate). In 1934 the name was changed to "Horst-Wessel-Platz" (English: Horst Wessel Square), named after the Nazi Party stormtrooper

Horst Wessel Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel (9 October 1907 – 23 February 1930) was a Berlin ''Sturmführer'' ("Assault Leader", the lowest commissioned officer rank) of the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA), the Nazi Party's stormtroopers. After his killing in 1 ...

who died on 23 February 1930. On 16 April 1945, this station was totally destroyed in

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. After the war in 1945 the name was reverted to its original. In 1950 it was renamed to Luxemburgplatz (Luxemburg Square) and finally in 1978 it was renamed to Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz to avoid confusion with the

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Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, formerly the Bülowplatz, is a square in Berlin-Mitte, Germany. History The square is dominated by the Volksbühne and by the Karl-Liebknecht-Haus, the headquarters of the German Left Party. The party's predecessor, the ...

was named after the Polish-German revolutionary communist,

Rosa Luxemburg Rosa Luxemburg (; ; pl, Róża Luksemburg or ; 5 March 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a Polish and naturalised-German revolutionary socialist, Marxist philosopher and anti-war activist. Successively, she was a member of the Proletariat party, ...

in 1969.

Specifications

The station is 813 meters from the

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and 595 meters from the Senefelderplatz stations respectively. The central platform is 7.6 meters wide and 110.1 meters long, while the hall is 2.7 meters high. Due to its small depth beneath the pavement of four meters, it is classified as an ''Unterpflasterbahn'' Station. Since the station has no

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, it is considered to lack accessibility.

References

U2 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations Buildings and structures in Mitte Railway stations in Germany opened in 1913 Rosa Luxemburg {{Berlin-railstation-stub