Magdalenenstraße (Metro station) (Berlin) | underground facility

Germany / Berlin / Berlin / Frankfurter Allee
 metro station, underground facility
Magdalenenstraße is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U5.
it was opened in 1930 and build by Alfred Grenander. Closed a few months in 1945 it has been renovated in 2004-5. Now green panels are on the walls and the columns are painted green, too. Artworks of east German artist are seen on the walls of this station. Painted in a very abstract way they show parts of German history. In 1995 these paintings should vanish beyond advertisements but it was prevented by the culture department of the Berliner Senat.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalenenstraße_(Berlin_U-Bahn)
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Coordinates:   52°30'44"N   13°29'13"E
This article was last modified 11 years ago