Berlin Heerstraße railway station
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Heerstraße is a railway station in the Westend
district of Berlin
. It is served by the S-Bahn lines and . The station is situated on the street of the same name, the major thoroughfare
from Berlin's inner city to the west. The street led to the former proving ground
s in Döberitz
, thus the name Heer (land army) stems from the passing Guards Corps of the Imperial German Army
. The Grunewald
forest with the Teufelsberg
hill is nearby.
The station opened in 1909. Here the new Westbahn suburban railway branched off the western continuation of the Berlin Stadtbahn to reach the Berlin-Hamburg
railway at Spandau station
.
Due to its direct connection to the city centre the station had occasionally been the site of official receptions: On May 11, 1925 the newly elected Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg
arrived here from Hanover
, received by Chancellor Hans Luther
, to take office the next day. On September 27, 1937 Adolf Hitler
received Benito Mussolini
at Heerstraße station and carried him in a triumphal procession to the Reich Chancellery
.
On July 4, 1944 Resistance
fighter Adolf Reichwein
on his way to a conspirative meeting with Communist Party
leaders was betrayed and arrested by the Gestapo
at Heerstraße station.
Severely damaged in World War II
the entrance hall in 1959 was rebuilt in a simplified style. In 1980 train service discontinued and was not resumed before 1998.
Westend (Berlin)
Westend is a locality of the Berlin borough Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf situated on the Spandauer Berg, the northern peak of the Teltow plateau between the river valleys of Spree and Havel...
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 lines and . The station is situated on the street of the same name, the major thoroughfare
Thoroughfare
A thoroughfare is a place of transportation intended to connect one location to another. Highways, roads, and trails are examples of thoroughfares used by a variety of general traffic. On land a thoroughfare may refer to anything from a rough trail to multi-lane highway with grade separated...
from Berlin's inner city to the west. The street led to the former proving ground
Proving ground
A proving ground is the US name for a military installation or reservation where weapons or other military technology are experimented or tested, or where military tactics are tested...
s in Döberitz
Dallgow-Döberitz
Dallgow-Döberitz is a municipality in the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, Germany.-Geography:It consists of the villages Dallgow-Döberitz, Rohrbeck and Seeburg. To the east it shares border with the Spandau borough of Berlin. Neighbouring Brandenburg municipalities are Falkensee in the north...
, thus the name Heer (land army) stems from the passing Guards Corps of the Imperial German Army
German Army (German Empire)
The German Army was the name given the combined land forces of the German Empire, also known as the National Army , Imperial Army or Imperial German Army. The term "Deutsches Heer" is also used for the modern German Army, the land component of the German Bundeswehr...
. The Grunewald
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...
forest with the Teufelsberg
Teufelsberg
The Teufelsberg is a hill in Berlin, Germany, in former West Berlin. It rises about 80 meters above the surrounding Brandenburg plain, more precisely the north of Berlin's Grunewald forest....
hill is nearby.
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
railway at Spandau station
Berlin-Stresow railway station
Stresow is a railway station in the Spandau district of Berlin, named after the Stresow neighbourhood east of the Havel river. It is served by the S-Bahn lines and ....
.
Due to its direct connection to the city centre the station had occasionally been the site of official receptions: On May 11, 1925 the newly elected Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg
Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg , known universally as Paul von Hindenburg was a Prussian-German field marshal, statesman, and politician, and served as the second President of Germany from 1925 to 1934....
arrived here from Hanover
Hanover
Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
, received by Chancellor Hans Luther
Hans Luther
Hans Luther was a German politician and Chancellor of Germany.-Biography:Born in Berlin, Luther started in politics in 1907 by becoming the town councillor in Magdeburg. He continued on becoming secretary of the German Städtetag in 1913 and then mayor of Essen in 1918...
, to take office the next day. On September 27, 1937 Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
received Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
at Heerstraße station and carried him in a triumphal procession to the Reich Chancellery
Reich Chancellery
The Reich Chancellery was the traditional name of the office of the Chancellor of Germany in the period of the German Reich from 1871 to 1945...
.
On July 4, 1944 Resistance
German Resistance
The German resistance was the opposition by individuals and groups in Germany to Adolf Hitler or the National Socialist regime between 1933 and 1945. Some of these engaged in active plans to remove Adolf Hitler from power and overthrow his regime...
fighter Adolf Reichwein
Adolf Reichwein
Adolf Reichwein was a German educator, economist, and cultural policymaker for the SPD. He was also a resistance fighter in Nazi Germany.-Biography:...
on his way to a conspirative meeting with Communist Party
Communist Party of Germany
The Communist Party of Germany was a major political party in Germany between 1918 and 1933, and a minor party in West Germany in the postwar period until it was banned in 1956...
leaders was betrayed and arrested by the Gestapo
Gestapo
The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chief of German Police...
at Heerstraße station.
Severely damaged in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
the entrance hall in 1959 was rebuilt in a simplified style. In 1980 train service discontinued and was not resumed before 1998.