Kaliningrad-Severny railway station

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Today's pavilion of Kaliningrad-Severny station
The main building in 2017 (today used as a shopping center)

The Kaliningrad-Severny station ( Russian Калининград-Северный , Kaliningrad Nord or colloquially: Russian Северный вокзал - North Station) in the Russian city ​​of Kaliningrad (German: Königsberg ) is the starting point for regional connections to the Samland Baltic coast .

history

The reception building of the Königsberger Nordbahnhof on a contemporary postcard

The building was a community station for the Reichsbahn line to Labiau and Tilsit , as well as for the line to Cranz and the Samlandbahn . Under the leadership of Lord Mayor Hans Lohmeyer, the city ​​bought the majority of the shares traded on the stock exchange in order to build the community station with the other owners. In 1930, the north station was completed by the Königsberg architect Martin Stallmann instead of the Cranzer station and the Samland station in the neoclassical style as Königsberg north station .

The train station was located on the north-western edge of what was then the city center on Hansaplatz . This square, now known as Victory Square, has been Kaliningrad's city center since the city center was destroyed in World War II . Coming out of town, three tracks ended here, while one track was led through a tunnel under Hansaplatz and, following the old city fortifications, reached the main train station (today Kaliningrad-Passaschirski ).

The former station building as a seafarer's home in Kaliningrad, photo from 1992

After the conquest of Königsberg by the Soviet Union in 1945, the tracks were changed to Russian broad gauge . The station building , which remained undamaged, was initially converted into a seafarer's home and later into a business center.

Since then, access to the tracks has been made to the side of the building, and tickets are available from a small pavilion. In terms of the destination of the electrified station, however, nothing has changed since its opening: The S-Bahn-like suburban trains (" Elektritschkas ") ( Russian электричка ) have been running from here to the Baltic Sea at high intervals since 1976. Some trains use the also preserved electrified track leading through a tunnel to the south station. This 156 meter long tunnel, built after the Second World War, was renovated in 2009/2010. In 2011, a memorial plaque for the first Jews to be deported from Königsberg was placed on the bridge over the platform.

The ТЭ 858 steam locomotive was set up as a museum locomotive in front of the station .

literature

  • Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon. City and surroundings . Flechsig, Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1 .
  • Richard Armstedt: history of the royal. Capital and residence city of Königsberg in Prussia. Hobbing & Büchle, Stuttgart 1899 ( German land and life in single descriptions .  2, city stories), (reprint: Melchior-Verlag, Wolfenbüttel 2006, ISBN 3-939102-70-9 (historical library) ).
  • Fritz Gause : The history of the city of Königsberg in Prussia. 3 volumes. 2nd / 3rd supplemented edition. Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-412-08896-X .
  • Jürgen Manthey : Königsberg - history of a world citizenship republic . Hanser , Munich 2005, ISBN 3-446-20619-1 .
  • Gunnar Strunz: Discover Königsberg. Between Memel and fresh lagoon . Trescher, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89794-071-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Preussische Allgemeine Zeitung / Episode 44-10 of November 6, 2010
  2. ↑ For the history of its origins at www.kaliningrad.aktuell.ru
  3. ↑ Brief description with photos on www.memorialmuseums.org
  4. ^ PAZ of September 15, 2010

Coordinates: 54 ° 43 ′ 17.5 ″  N , 20 ° 30 ′ 2.1 ″  E