Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn)
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Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 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 located on the U2
U2 (Berlin U-Bahn)
U2 is a line on the Berlin U-Bahn. The U2 line starts at the Pankow urban rail station, runs through the eastern city centre to Potsdamer Platz, the western city centre and finally to the Ruhleben terminal station.The U2 has 29 stations and a length of...

. It was formerly called Schönhauser Tor and is located at the foot of Schönhauser Allee, at the corner of Torstraße.
Build in 1913 by Grenander its first name was "Schönhauser Tor". In 1934 the name was changed to "Horst-Wessel-Platz". After the war in 1945 it got its first name again. However in 1950 it was named Luxemburgplatz, then in 1978 precise in Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz to avoid confusion with the country.
The color of the station is yellow.

Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
The Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz is a square in Berlin-Mitte, Germany.The square is dominated by the Volksbühne and by the Karl-Liebknecht-Haus, the headquarters of the German Left Party...

 was named after the German revolutionary communist, Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and activist of Polish Jewish descent who became a naturalized German citizen...

in 1969.
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