Berlin - Anhalter Bahnhof

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Anhalter Bahnhof in Berlin was once a most imposing station, the "Gateway to the South" for Berliners. Until the Second World War trains from Dresden, Leipzig and Halle an der Saale all arrived here. Today all that remains is a section of the front facade and the entrance on Askanischer Platz. The first Anhalter Bahnhof, modest in size and appearance, was built in 1839. In 1841, August Borsig's first locomotive pulled a train from here to Jüterborg. Increased demand for passenger and goods trains in the middle of the 19th C. meant that a new station had to be built. In 1875 the task was entrusted to the architect Franz Schwechten (who also designed the Emperor William Memorial Church and the AEG factory) and the engineer Heinrich Seidel

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Hobbies & Activities category: Historic site; Railroad attraction or museum