Leipzig Berlin train station
The Berlin train station in Leipzig is a now defunct train station that was used for rail traffic from 1859 to 1912.
history
By 1859, Leipzig had developed into a railway junction: In addition to the line to Dresden inaugurated in 1837/39, a connection to Magdeburg had existed since 1840 , a line to Bavaria since 1842 ( Bayerischer Bahnhof , 1844) and from 1856 a connection to Thuringia. As a result, the land immediately bordering the northern edge of the city center was already built on with the facilities of the Dresden , Magdeburg and Thuringian train stations . For the end point of the railway line from Berlin , a plot of land located far outside the city was therefore chosen, which, however, allowed for a more spacious development.
The Berlin train station was built around 1858 on the so-called Petzscher Mark , named after the former settlement of Petzsch or Petzschau. According to today's geographical conditions, it was located between Rackwitzer and Berliner Strasse at the level of the tram depot on Wittenberger Strasse. On February 1, 1859, the Berlin – Leipzig railway line and the Berlin train station were put into operation by the Berlin-Anhalt Railway Company .
Immediately after the opening, the great distance to the city and the other Leipzig train stations became the main disadvantage of the newly built train station. This can already be read in a travel guide for the city of Leipzig from 1860:
“The latest creation of this kind is the 8 3/4 miles long line of the Berlin-Anhalt Railway, opened on February 1, 1859, which connects the Prussian capital with Leipzig via the shortest route via Bitterfeld; the train station is unfortunately far from the city. "
For the time being, the station could only be reached from the city on foot or by horse-drawn cab. Because of this shortcoming, it became a through station in 1891 after the tracks were extended to the south-east of the (second) connecting line . From then on, the trains coming from Berlin ended at the Bayerischer Bahnhof. The connection to the Leipzig tram network, which was made in 1896 with the opening of the lines to Mockau and Schönefeld , did not increase the attractiveness of the system for passenger traffic. In any case, the planners of the station system had only designed it for through traffic and not as a terminus .
A special feature of the Berlin train station was that it had two reception buildings. They were simply designed, but nevertheless representative functional buildings.
With the construction of the main train station , the Berlin train station lost its function. On October 1, 1912, Leipzig's only through station was closed to passenger traffic. Then the building of the train station, which in 1890 had covered an area of 21 hectares with 16,000 m² of built-up area and 22 km of track, were demolished.
Today nothing is reminiscent of this early evidence of Leipzig's railway history. On the site there are now parking facilities for passenger trains and an ICE depot built in 2009 .
literature
- Horst Riedel: Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z. Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-936508-03-8 .
- Wolfram Sturm: Railway Center Leipzig - History from the beginning to the present. Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3-9807201-9-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Verlagbuchhandlung JJ Weber, Leipzig 1860, 1989 (repr.), ISBN 3-350-00310-9
Coordinates: 51 ° 21 ′ 20.5 ″ N , 12 ° 23 ′ 35.2 ″ E