Hamburg Station (Lehrter Station) Hamburger Bahnhof (Lehrter Bahnhof)
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About 1,500 m/1,650yd northeast of the Congress Hall near Invalidenstrasse stands the Neo-Classical building of the former Hamburger Bahnhof, the oldest passenger station still in existence in Berlin. Its architects were Friedrich Neuhaus and Ferdinand Wilhelm Holz, who in 1845-47 built a departure hall with two-storied wings. The entrance hall later served as a model for many other German railroad stations.
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It is more than 100 years since trains ran from the Hamburger Bahnhof. After 1879 the neighboring Lehrter Bahnhof met the increased demands for trains and the Hamburger Bahnhof was closed down. In 1906 the Prussian minister of state had a Transport and Construction Museum installed. The exhibits were still there after the Second World War but administered by the Railroad Authority and not open to the public until 1984 (part is now in the Museum für Verkehr und Technik). The Museum für Verkehr und Technik arranges technical exhibitions here. When renovation work is completed the building will be a museum of contemporary art. The Hamburg-Lehrter goods and container depots are at Heidestrasse.
The Hamburg Station / Museum of Contemporary Art contains the major works of Joseph Beuys.
Address:
Hamburg Station, Invalidenstrasse 50-51, D-10557 Berlin, Germany
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Lehrter Bahnhof, Berlin.
