Former station reception building in Elberfeld
| Döppersberg | |
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 Station building seen from the street
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| Data | |
| Location in the network | Intermediate station |
| opening | October 9, 1847 |
| Conveyance | 1848 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Wuppertal |
| Place / district | Döppersberg |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 15 '17 " N , 7 ° 9' 17" E |
| Railway lines | |
| Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia | |
The former station reception building in Elberfeld (house address Döppersberg 1 ) is a historic station building in Wuppertal - Elberfeld . The building is located on Döppersberg Street in Elberfeld and should not be confused with the entrance building of today's Wuppertal Central Station on the same street .
The station
The station of the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (BME) was the terminus of this line in Elberfeld for a short time since the opening of the Elberfeld – Döppersberg – Barmen – Rittershausen section of the Elberfeld – Dortmund railway on October 9, 1847 .
Closing the gap to the railway Dusseldorf-Elberfeld the Dusseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company (DTE) was 20th December 1848, after 800 meters of rock incision had been exposed between both stations. Until then, the Steinbeck train station , which opened on September 1, 1841, was the DEE terminus. At the same time, with the connection of both sections, the Elberfeld train station , now known as the main train station, went into operation.
Locomotive stations and the central workshop “In der Kluse” of the BME were built opposite the reception building of the Döppersberg train station, around 330 meters east of the main train station . In between, the Dessau Bridge spans the railway line.
The station building and its current use
The reception building is a single-storey natural stone building that is divided into four axes . To the east there is a two-story, two-axis side risalit . The openings on the ground floor were originally all round-arched doors. The lintels are made of bricks, the soffits of quarry stone . The building is divided vertically by wall templates. The window openings on the first floor of the side elevation are arched.
Presumably this building had a typical flat pitched gable roof in the original period . This could still be seen in the workshop buildings opposite in the 20th century .
As a result of changes in use, the main building wing and the side elevation were each increased by one floor. The wall templates were pulled through in quarry stone up to the new eaves and corner blocks were created in the side elevation. The wall surfaces in between were made with bricks. In contrast to the ground floor, the first floor received two axis windows, but here too with arched lintels.
The building, which was used as a station building on an interim basis, is a testament to the early days of the railway and is significant for the history of the railway, as well as for the history of the city and its residents for urban planning and scientific reasons. For these reasons, it was placed under protection on December 8, 1987 as a monument .
Since 2001 the building has been used for drug aid under the name “Gleis 1” . Around 2000 people from Wuppertal take hard drugs. During the opening period, around 200 came to platform 1 every day. After an increasing number of drug addicts from other cities arrived and there was violence, a security guard was hired at the city's expense. Furthermore, only Wuppertal residents can now take the help. The number of those seeking help has leveled off at around 100.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Bahn-Chronik (time tables). In: Bahnen-Wuppertal.de. Retrieved June 24, 2017 .
- ^ André Joost: Döppersberg Operational Office Archive. In: NRWbahnarchiv. Retrieved June 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Crime: The Wuppertal Drug Deal Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) of May 14, 2007
Web links
- Entry in the Wuppertal monument list