Schlesisches Tor
General information
Location	Schlesisches Tor Kreuzberg,Berlin Germany
Coordinates	52°30′03″N13°26′30″E / 52.50083°N 13.44167°E /52.50083; 13.44167
Owned by	Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Operated by	Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Platforms	2side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	: 165, 265, N1, N60, N65
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	: Berlin A/5555[1]
History
Opened	18 February 1902; 123 years ago (1902-02-18)
Services
Preceding station Berlin U-Bahn Following station Görlitzer Bahnhof towardsUhlandstraße U1 Warschauer Straße Terminus Görlitzer Bahnhof towardsKrumme Lanke U3 Arrangement 1961-1995 Görlitzer Bahnhof towardsUhlandstraße U1 Terminus Arrangement 1902-1945 Görlitzer Bahnhof towardsUhlandstraße U1 Stralauer Tor towardsWarschauer Straße
Route map Warschauer Straße Görlitzer Bahnhof
Location Schlesisches Tor Location within Berlin

Schlesisches Tor is aBerlin U-Bahnstation on linesU1 andU3. Many Berliners use the affectionate termSchlesi (seeBerlin dialect).

The station is located in easternKreuzberg, nearOberbaumbrücke, in theBohemian quarter commonly known asSO36 (named after its former postal code). The station is named after one of the former city gates ofBerlin, built in the early 18th century; the road that ran through it led southeastward to the province ofSilesia.

The exceptionally richly designed station opened on 18 February 1902, on the first U-Bahn line erected by theSiemens & Halske company (theStammstrecke). On 11/12 March 1945, this station was directly hit, and the track area was severely damaged. During thedivision of Berlin after 13 August 1961, the station was the eastern terminus of the U1, as the final station,Warschauer Straße, was inEast Berlin. The link was reopened in 1995. An intermediate station at theSpree river,Stralauer Tor, had been destroyed in 1945 and never reopened.

Schlesisches Tor was an atmospheric location in the 1966 espionage filmThe Quiller Memorandum, starring George Segal and Alec Guinness.

This article about a railway station in Berlin is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it.

• v
• t
• e

ThisBerlin U-Bahn-related article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• U1 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations
• U3 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations
• Railway stations in Germany opened in 1902
• Buildings and structures in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
• Berlin railway station stubs
• Berlin U-Bahn stubs

• Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas
• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Coordinates on Wikidata
• All stub articles