Podbielskiallee underground station
The Podbielskiallee is a metro station of the line U3 of the Berlin U-Bahn in the district of Dahlem the district Steglitz-Zehlendorf . Like the other stations of the Wilmersdorf-Dahlemer Schnellbahn, it went into operation on October 12, 1913. The train station and the street passing by are named after the Prussian general Victor von Podbielski . The first of the Dahlem underground stations marks the transition from the underground to the incision railway . The platform is designed as a central platform .
History and structure
The station was built as part of the construction of the Wilmersdorf-Dahlemer subway between Wittenbergplatz and Thielplatz in the south of the Dahlem domain . It also served to develop the newly emerging villa and country house colony. The Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage has been located in the immediate vicinity since 1924 . The station was built between 1911 and 1913 and designed by Heinrich Schweitzer .
Schweitzer designed the single-storey station building with crenellated step gables and two lateral extensions in the style of a medieval castle. When choosing the historicizing design, he was guided by the S-Bahn stations that were built at the beginning of the 20th century, such as the Berlin-Rahnsdorf station, which opened in 1902 . The building was originally sandy yellow, today it is plastered in light brown and adorned with red sandstone . Access to the station is through a central arch with wooden doors and large wrought-iron barred windows. The name is written in Gothic script above the entrance gate . Above it is an illuminated “U”, which encloses the coat of arms of Adolf Sommerfeld , who as the building owner and landowner played a key role in the construction of the Dahlem underground railway.
The entrance hall is brightly plastered and paved on the inside. The ceiling is designed as a dark wooden trapezoidal hall ceiling. There are sandstone bases on the side of the stairs. It is illuminated by metal windows with colored lead glazing . The staircase ceiling is barrel- shaped and also lightly plastered. Like the other stations to the south-west, this one is also covered by an inwardly sloping bitumen wood roof, which rests on riveted double- T steel columns with cantilever girders.
The station was significantly destroyed in the Second World War , but later largely rebuilt according to the original plans. The platform and roof construction were expanded in a simpler design after the war. Two iron work houses and two wooden benches have been preserved from the original structure.
An elevator went into operation on October 16, 2018, and around 1.7 million euros were invested in it. Access is via a pedestrian walkway. In this context, part of the roof was renewed and a guidance system for the blind was installed. The train station is therefore barrier-free .
Connection
At the underground station there are no transfer options to other local public transport lines in Berlin .
literature
- Sabine Bohle-Heintzenberg: Architecture of the Berlin elevated and subway , Verlag Willmuth Arenhövel, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-922912-00-1 , p. 132/133
- Biagia Bongiorno: Traffic monuments in Berlin - The stations of the Berlin elevated and underground railway , Michael Imhof Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-292-5 ; P. 118.
Web links
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
- BVG map of the station (PDF; 31 kB)
- Description of the Dahlem section of the U3, including pictures of the station
- More pictures at untergrundbahn.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ News in brief - U-Bahn . In: Berliner Verkehrsblätter . No. 11 , 2018, p. 229 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 27 ′ 51.7 " N , 13 ° 17 ′ 47.5" E