One of Berlin’s most important water roads, the Landwehrkanal just turned 165. A good reason to compile a few historical photos of the canal.
The “Potsdam Bridge” (Potsdamer Brücke) over Landwehrkanal in Berlin Tiergarten, crossing Schöneberger Ufer and Reichpietschufer, 1898 – Photo by Waldemar Titzenthaler (1869-1937) – Berliner Leben, 1. Jahrgang, Heft 11. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
Herkulesbrücke (“Hercules bridge”) near Lützowplatz crossing Landwehrkanal in Schöneberger Vorstadt, Berlin (now in Tiergarten district), ca. 1900 – Photo by Waldemar Titzenthaler – Landesinstitut für Schule und Medien Berlin-BrandenburgScanned from Janos Frecot “Helmut Geisert: Berlin in frühen Photographien 1857–1913. Schirmer/Mosel, Munich 1984. ISBN 3-88814-984-3. – Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
Landwehrkanal and Hochbahn (high line U-Bahn) near Moeckernbruecke, Berlin Kreuzberg, 1928 – “Landesarchiv Baden-Wuerttemberg Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 000614 Bild 1 (5-94930-1)” by Willy Pragher – Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
“Hallesches Tor, 1901” by Waldemar Titzenthaler – Scan from: Nick Gay, Berlin Then & Now, San Diego 2005, p.114. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. Basically everything has changed around here – the only details I recognize is the actual train station.
Prussian T3 train on railway bridge over the Landwehrkanal in Berlin Kreuzberg, near today’s “Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin” – Historical Postcard “Berlin Bruecke Landwehrkanal Hoch und Anhalter Bahn” by Unknown – Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
Train Bridge at Görlitzer Park / Lohmühle Ufer in Berlin Kreuzberg – 1869 – Photo by Hermann Rückwardt – scan. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
See also:
Read on:
- “Landwehr Canal” at en.wikipedia.org