Gleisdreieck_ history

 

The Gleisdreieck or "railway triangle" site was formerly home of the Anhalter and Potsdam railway stations.  Between 1870 and 1883, these stations constituted the busiest passenger terminal in Europe. 

(Source: http://www.gleisdreieck-dialog.de/discoursemachine.php?view=viewcompiler&id_view=1, Accessed 1/10/08)

(Source [1930 and 1966]: http://www.gleisdreieck-dialog.de/discoursemachine.php?view=viewcompiler&id_view=1, Accessed 1/10/08)

(Source [1980's]: Anne Spirn, 1994)

 

The station and tracks were bombed extensively during the Second World War and, like the freight terminal at Schoneberger Sudgelande, the land was abandoned for the years of Berlin’s East-West partition.  While some portions of the site have, over the decades, been reclaimed for sports fields, a museum of technology, and other uses, the majority of the site has remained open.

(Source: http://www.gleisdreieck-dialog.de/discoursemachine.php?view=viewcompiler&id_view=1, Accessed 1/10/08)

 

Following the abandonment of the station facilities, buildings and rail infrastructure were allowed to deteriorate and were overtaken by emergent vegetation.

(Source: http://www.gleisdreieck-dialog.de/discoursemachine.php?view=viewcompiler&id_view=1, Accessed 1/10/08)

(Source [1934, 1956, 1979]: http://www.gleisdreieck-dialog.de/discoursemachine.php?view=viewcompiler&id_view=1, Accessed 1/10/08)

(Source [2005]: http://www.gleisdreieck-dialog.de/discoursemachine.php?view=viewcompiler&id_view=3, Accessed 1/10/08)
Sources and Further Information

"Big Plans for Gleisdreieck." The Berlin Paper. http://meinberlin.com/etc/home/33452.html

Zum Park Gleisdreieck. http://www.gleisdreieck-dialog.de/