Post station Luckenwalder Strasse
The Postbahnhof Luckenwalder Strasse was a post station for parcel traffic at Luckenwalder Strasse 4/5 in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg . He was initially responsible for the railway lines going south and south-west from the city, the associated post office SW 77 was considered the largest German parcel post office before the Second World War . More than 50 percent of the total parcel volume in Berlin and an even higher volume of through traffic were handled via the SW 77 post office or the post station.
The STATION Berlin exhibition and event center is located in parts of the Postbahnhof, which was closed in 1997 .
location
The Postbahnhof bordered directly to the southeast on the site of the Gleisdreieck of the Berlin subway , the structure of which influenced the layout of the facility. To the west it was bounded by the tracks of Potsdamer Bahnhof and to the east by those of Anhalter Bahnhof . Located between Luckenwalder Strasse and Yorckstrasse , the site is now part of the Park am Gleisdreieck .
history
Between 1907 and 1915, the Berlin Postbahnhof and the SW 77 parcel post office were built on the site of the Dresden train station , which was closed as a passenger train station in 1882 . The facility, designed in the historicist style , was probably built according to plans by Hermann Struve (1857–1916) and Wilhelm Walter (1850–1914).
The station opened in 1913 had become necessary because the passenger stations could no longer cope with the increased parcel turnover. It represented a separate unit under the management of the post office, which handled the operation with four electric locomotives . At peak times, up to 400 shunting trips were carried out per day. The station received an arrival and a departure packing chamber, each with a front building. Five covered loading platforms and the tracks were connected to the packing chambers.
After the destruction in World War II , the Postbahnhof was rebuilt in a very simplified manner. In 1962 the exit hall and from 1968 to 1971 the entrance hall were rebuilt. It gained particular importance during the division of Germany , as it was the only post station connecting West Berlin with the federal territory .
The German Federal Post disposal at the site over several own diesel locomotives , including at least one of the non-typical for West Berlin Federal Railways - Series V 60 . A two-axle small locomotive built by Orenstein & Koppel is owned by the German Museum of Technology as locomotive 2 and runs occasionally on the grounds of the park.
In 1997 the Postbahnhof was closed. The buildings are under monument protection .
Post station with locomotive 1 of the Bundespost, in the background the water tower of the Anhalter Bahnhof , 1986
View from the south, on the right the Plw signal box, 1986
Disused route from the Potsdamer Bahn , underpassing the track to the Potsdamer Bahnhof , 1986
View to the south with the Plw signal box and locomotive 1, 1986
Eastern track apron with DB class V 60 locomotive , 1986
Reuse
After its closure, parts of the former post station were used for exhibitions and events under the name Dresdener Bahnhof . In 2005 the owners changed, under the name STATION Berlin a venue for trade fairs, conferences and events was created.
The signal box Plw (Postbahnhof Luckenwalder Strasse) to the south was integrated into the park at Gleisdreieck and now houses a café.
Web links
- Post station and parcel post office SW 77 (Post Office 77) at luise-berlin.de
- Pictures from the Postbahnhof 1985 at koeker.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Postbahnhof / Postamt SW 77 at industriekultur.berlin, accessed on April 3, 2020
- ↑ Industriekultur am Gleisdreieck in industrie-kultur-berlin.de of the DTMB, 3/2013 p. 21 ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 8, 2014
- ↑ Postbahnhof and Paketpostamt SW 77 (Postamt 77) at luise-berlin.de , accessed on May 7, 2014
- ^ Website of the German Museum of Technology , accessed on June 10, 2014
- ^ STATION Berlin , accessed on February 18, 2015.
Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ 56.2 " N , 13 ° 22 ′ 28.3" E