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The fifth crossing
These days the tracks of the Ringbahn and Wannsee train are not the only ones that overlap at the Schöneberg transfer station. Even early on the domineering railway construction shaped the complexity and heterogeneity of its surroundings, creating spaces for numerous niches. The first railroad line in Prussia – the so-called Stammbahn – was the precursor to the Wannsee train. From 1838 ... by Mathis Sommer

Tips and Links for Schöneberg
Berlin has a thing for mountains, but here all it can show for it is the mighty old gasometer, a prominent landmark and certainly an eye-catcher for urban romantics. The “red island” circumscribed by train tracks has a notorious history: Stammbahn | EUREF | Südringspitzkehre | Rote Insel | Marlene Dietrich's birthplace | Denk Mal PositHIV | Ehemaliger Militärbahnhof | Hildegard Knef's residence | ...