Berlin-Grunewald railway station
Encyclopedia
Berlin-Grunewald is a railway station in the Grunewald
district of Berlin
. It is served by the S-Bahn
line and, replacing the S7 on Friday and Saturday nights, the line .
and Wetzlar
, the southwestern continuation of the Stadtbahn. It was originally named Hundekehle after a nearby lake and received its current name on October 15, 1884, when the former Grunewald station reopened under the name of Halensee
. The entrance hall modelled on a castle gate was finished in 1899. Berlin-Grunewald was connected to the S-Bahn network on June 11, 1928.
Starting on October 18, 1941 the adjacent goods station until February 1945 was one of the major sites of deportation of the Berlin Jews. The trains left mainly for the ghettos of Litzmannstadt and Warsaw
, from 1942 directly for the Auschwitz
and Theresienstadt concentration camp
s. On October 18, 1991 a monument was inaugurated at the ramp leading to the former freight yard. The Deutsche Bahn
had a memorial established on January 27, 1998 at the historic track 17 ("Gleis 17"), where most of the deportation trains departed.
Grunewald
Grunewald is a locality within the Berliner borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Famous for the homonymous forest, until 2001 administrative reform it was part of the former district of Wilmersdorf.-Geography:The locality is situated in the western side of the city and is separated from...
district of Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. It is served by the S-Bahn
Berlin S-Bahn
The Berlin S-Bahn is a rapid transit system in and around Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It consists of 15 lines and is integrated with the mostly underground U-Bahn to form the backbone of Berlin's rapid transport system...
line and, replacing the S7 on Friday and Saturday nights, the line .
History
The station opened on August 1, 1879 on the Wetzlarer Bahn from Berlin to BlankenheimBlankenheim, Saxony-Anhalt
Blankenheim is a municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany....
and Wetzlar
Wetzlar
Wetzlar is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany. Located at 8° 30′ E, 50° 34′ N, Wetzlar straddles the river Lahn and is on the German Timber-Framework Road which passes mile upon mile of half-timbered houses. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis on the north edge of...
, the southwestern continuation of the Stadtbahn. It was originally named Hundekehle after a nearby lake and received its current name on October 15, 1884, when the former Grunewald station reopened under the name of Halensee
Berlin-Halensee railway station
Halensee is a station in the Halensee district of Berlin. It is served by the S-Bahn lines , and .-Position:It is located at the prosaic western end of the Kurfürstendamm, one of Berlin's most famous and important boulevards and near the lake Halensee, after which the small locality of the city...
. The entrance hall modelled on a castle gate was finished in 1899. Berlin-Grunewald was connected to the S-Bahn network on June 11, 1928.
Gleis 17
Warsaw Ghetto
The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of all Jewish Ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. It was established in the Polish capital between October and November 15, 1940, in the territory of General Government of the German-occupied Poland, with over 400,000 Jews from the vicinity...
, from 1942 directly for the Auschwitz
Auschwitz concentration camp
Concentration camp Auschwitz was a network of Nazi concentration and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II...
and Theresienstadt concentration camp
Theresienstadt concentration camp
Theresienstadt concentration camp was a Nazi German ghetto during World War II. It was established by the Gestapo in the fortress and garrison city of Terezín , located in what is now the Czech Republic.-History:The fortress of Terezín was constructed between the years 1780 and 1790 by the orders...
s. On October 18, 1991 a monument was inaugurated at the ramp leading to the former freight yard. The Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
had a memorial established on January 27, 1998 at the historic track 17 ("Gleis 17"), where most of the deportation trains departed.
See also
- GrunewaldGrunewaldGrunewald is a locality within the Berliner borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Famous for the homonymous forest, until 2001 administrative reform it was part of the former district of Wilmersdorf.-Geography:The locality is situated in the western side of the city and is separated from...
- Grunewald (forest)Grunewald (forest)Grunewald is a German forest located in the western side of Berlin on the east side of the Havel, mainly in the Grunewald district...