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21-549: The Wriezener Bahnhof was built in 1903 at the end of a short spur from Lichtenberg station , as the dedicated terminus of the Wriezener Bahn (Berlin- Wriezen - Godków ), opened in 1892. From 1903 to 1924, it was a simple Bahnsteig ( platform ) part of the Schlesischer Bahnhof , named Schlesischer Bahnhof (Wriezener Bahnsteig) , and it was not until 1924 that it was renamed "Wriezener Bahnhof". In 1949

42-585: A clockwise sense starting from north, Altlandsberg , Oberbarnim , Buckow , Garzau-Garzin , Rehfelde , Rüdersdorf and Petershagen-Eggersdorf . The town is divided into nine boroughs: Fasanenpark, Gartenstadt, Hegermühle, Neue Mühle, Postbruch, Schillerhöhe (with the Spitzmühle), Strausberg Nord, Strausberg Stadt and Vorstadt. The municipality has three hamlets ( Ortsteile ): After an increase of population since World War II , Strausberg has slowed its "growth", remaining at almost 26,000 inhabitants in

63-729: A local branch of both the Social Democratic and the Communist Party of Germany. In World War II Strausberg housed a switching centre for teleprinter links encrypted by the Lorenz cipher from Hitler and the High Command to various Army Group commanders (see Fish (cryptography) ). During the war, men and women from the German-occupied Netherlands, Poland, Italy and Soviet Union were brought to

84-478: A population of about 27,000 it is the largest town in the district of Märkisch-Oderland . Strausberg was founded circa 1240, and in 1333 its first town hall was built. From 1373 to 1415, it was part of the Bohemian Crown . Today, a historic defensive wall borders the old town. In the 19th century, industrialization took place and the town developed a local labour movement, including union structures and

105-718: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Berlin-Lichtenberg station Berlin-Lichtenberg is a railway station in Berlin , Germany. It is located on the Eastern Railway , Wriezen Railway and Berlin Frankfurter Allee–Berlin-Rummelsburg railway lines in the Lichtenberg district. The station is also part of the Berlin S-Bahn and U-Bahn ( U5 line) network. During

126-689: The Ringbahn line and the Berlin outer ring . An additional platform for suburban trains was opened in 1952, accessible via a passenger tunnel above the U-Bahn tracks which has only a ceiling height of 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in). The track system was extensively remodeled with the construction of the Lichtenberger Brücke viaduct from 1972 to 1976. A new entrance hall was inaugurated on 15 December 1982. Since German reunification , Lichtenberg station has declined in importance, mainly with

147-579: The S5 line within the town, these being Strausberg Hegermühle , Strausberg Stadt and Strausberg Nord . Strausberg is also served by the Strausberg Railway ( Strausberger Eisenbahn ), a light rail line with nine stops, which connects the main railway station to the centre of town. Besides the main railway station, the other 8 stops are: Landhausstraße, Schlagmühle, Stadtwald, Hegermühle, Wolfstal, Käthe-Kollwitz-Straße, Elisabethstraße and Lustgarten,

168-533: The adjacent Rummelsburg locality. North of it, the Frankfurter Allee , part of the Bundesstraße 1 / 5 highway, crosses the tracks on the eight-lane Lichtenberger Brücke (Lichtenberg Bridge). Until 2006, international trains to Kaliningrad , Warsaw , Kyiv , Minsk , Moscow and Siberia (among others Omsk , Novosibirsk and Kazakhstan ) used to stop at Berlin-Lichtenberg. However, after

189-583: The completion of Berlin Hauptbahnhof , these trains now stop there. Night trains from all parts of Germany still terminate at this station, however, as do some trains from Warsaw and Kraków. Lichtenberg was featured in the opening scene of the 2007 movie The Bourne Ultimatum where it was made to look like a Moscow train station. Following the opening of the Prussian Eastern Railway line to Strausberg and Küstrin in 1867 and

210-586: The division of the city, Lichtenberg with its extended railyards became the central transport facility of East Berlin , together with Berlin Ostbahnhof . Today, the station mainly provides regional rail service to the eastern and northern environs. The station building marks the southeastern border of the Lichtenberg quarter and is primarily accessible from the Weitlingstraße neighbourhood in

231-597: The existence of the station, even if they are not actually located where the station once stood (but rather next to the Old Ostbahnhof or Küstriner Bahnhof). [REDACTED] Media related to Berlin Wriezener Bahnhof at Wikimedia Commons 52°30′37″N 13°26′24″E  /  52.51028°N 13.44000°E  / 52.51028; 13.44000 This article about a railway station in Berlin

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252-550: The first sections of the Berlin Ringbahn at nearby Ostkreuz station in 1871, the first marshalling yard at the site was laid out in the 1870s. Passenger trains stopped here from 1881 onwards; the station was renamed Lichtenberg- Friedrichsfelde the next year. Long-distance trains, however, ran via Schlesischer Bahnhof (the present-day Ostbahnhof) to the central Berlin Stadtbahn line. The Wriezen Railway branch-off

273-602: The lake). Its biggest lake is Straussee , located between the town and the biggest forest, the Strausberger Forest. The forest and water protection nurtures a unique environment. Strausberg is 30 km east of Berlin (from the district of Marzahn-Hellersdorf ) and 30 km to the west of Kostrzyn , at the Polish border. It is part of Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region and a middle centre ( Mittelzentrum ) of it. Its bordering municipalities are, listed in

294-544: The last census, with a slight decrease in the early years of the 21st century. Forecasts, however, anticipate a considerable decline within the next two decades. For further details, see sources of the following graphics. The town is served by Strausberg railway station , situated 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the south of the town, which is on the Berlin S-Bahn Line 5 and Deutsche Bahn 's Berlin Lichtenberg - Kostrzyn service. There are three other stops on

315-465: The northern terminus. The Strausberg Railway also operates the Straussee Ferry ( Strausseefähre ), an unusual electrically operated passenger cable ferry across Straussee. The town has also a small aerodrome ("Flugplatz Strausberg", ICAO : EDAY), opened in 1927, with a runway of 1,200 m × 28 m, and situated 2 kilometres in the east of town centre. The local football representative is

336-539: The opening of the Berlin North-South mainline in 2006. Nevertheless, large parts of the facilities have been restored and modernised in recent years. The station is served by the following service(s): Kulturzug Strausberg Strausberg ( German: [ˈʃtʁaʊ̯sˌbɛʁk] ) is a town in Brandenburg , in eastern Germany , located 30 km (19 mi) east of Berlin . With

357-522: The station was called "Bahnhof Lichtenberg". During World War II , it served as an air raid shelter. Train services ceased during the Battle of Berlin on 23 April 1945, but were resumed only a month later under Soviet occupation . After the war, the Deutsche Reichsbahn authority had Lichtenberg gradually rebuilt as the main train station of East Berlin, providing direct connections with

378-431: The station was closed to passenger traffic and used as a goods and mail station. In 2005 the tracks were removed and, in late 2006, a Metro supermarket and a Hellweg store were built in its place. Nowadays the area, owned by Deutsche Bahn , is probably earmarked for future estate projects. The old station building is the only surviving structure, and two roads ( Am Wriezener Bahnhof and Wriezener Karree ) remind us of

399-465: The town to perform forced labour since 1941, and a women's subcamp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp was established in 1944. In early 1945, a death march of prisoners of various nationalities from the dissolved camp in Żabikowo to Sachsenhausen passed through the town. After 1945, the town became part of East Germany and the seat of its Ministry of National Defence . Strausberg

420-514: Was opened in 1898. After the area was incorporated into Berlin by the 1920 Greater Berlin Act , Lichtenberg received access to the electrified S-Bahn commuter rail network in 1928. The subway station, built in the New Objectivity style according to plans designed by Alfred Grenander , was opened on 21 December 1930. Zentralfriedhof ('Central Cemetery') was then added to the name; from 1935

441-548: Was the administrative seat of the Strausberg district, until a 1993 merger with Bad Freienwalde and Seelow formed "Märkisch-Oderland", with Seelow becoming the new administrative seat of the district. It is where the German Army Command is located. Strausberg covers an area of 68 km . There are over 1,500 businesses and 100 km of footpath. It is known as "Die grüne Stadt am See" (the green town by

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