Wittenbergplatz is a Berlin U-Bahn

Berlin U-Bahn

The Berlin is a rapid transit railway in Berlin, the capital city of Germany, and is a major part of the public transport system of that city. Opened in 1902, the serves 173 stations spread across ten lines, with a total track length of , about 80% of which is underground...

 station on the , the , and lines. The station is located in the northwestern corner of Schöneberg

Schöneberg

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History

It is one of the oldest U-Bahn stations in Berlin, opened on 11 March 1902, with a remarkable Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau

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 entrance hall by Alfred Grenander

Alfred Grenander

Alfred Frederik Elias Grenander, , was one of the most prominent architects during the first building period of the Berlin U-Bahn in the first half of the twentieth century....

 built in 1913. The station has two island platforms and a single platform, serving five tracks, at below ground level and under a single roof. The building was badly damaged in World War II and reconstructed afterwards.

One of the station platforms features a sign donated by London Transport

London Transport Board

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 in 1952 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the U-Bahn. This sign features the station's name in the distinctive round, red and blue style of signs on the London Underground

London Underground

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The Wittenbergplatz

Wittenbergplatz

Wittenbergplatz is a square in the western part of Berlin, Germany, within the district of Schöneberg near the border with Charlottenburg.It was laid out between 1889 and 1892 and named after the storming of the town of Wittenberg on 14 February 1814 by Prussian troops under General Bogislav...

 square leads directly to the Tauentzienstraße

Tauentzienstraße

Tauentzienstraße is a major shopping street in the western part of Berlin, Germany. It is approximately 500 metres long and lies between two important squares, Wittenbergplatz and Breitscheidplatz...

, one of the major shopping streets in Berlin, where the Kaufhaus des Westens

Kaufhaus des Westens

The Kaufhaus des Westens is a department store in Berlin. With over 60,000 square metres of selling space and more than 380,000 articles available, it is the second largest department store in Europe; trumped only by Harrods in London...

(Department Store of the West, KaDeWe for short) is located.

From 1980-83 the station was renovated by architect Borchardt. He won the price (gold medal) of the ministry of architecture in 1986.

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Before Nürnberger Platz closed