Bahnhof Wandlitzsee, Railway station and heritage monument in Wandlitz, Germany.
Bahnhof Wandlitzsee is a railway station in Wandlitz with traditional Brandenburg architecture and direct connection to beach and water areas. The building integrates rail infrastructure with immediate access to the lake and surrounding open spaces.
Wandlitzsee station opened in 1905 as a request stop on the Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn line from Berlin-Wilhelmsruh to Groß Schönebeck. After the lakeside beach opened in 1923, the stop was rebuilt as a representative station; the building was ceremonially inaugurated in 1928. Architect Wilhelm Wagner, who had also designed the beach, integrated the nearby road into the ensemble.
The station's name comes from the Wandlitzer See it serves, and the 1923 beach next to it drew so many Berlin day-trippers that the 1905 halt had to be rebuilt as a full station. The former waiting hall now hosts exhibitions and events as a Kulturbahnhof, while the old station restaurant is leased out.
The station square, about 30 by 25 metres, is paved with small cobblestones and serves as the arrival point; the pergola walks on both sides lead past it and across the Prenzlauer Chaussee (B 109) to the lake shore. West of the road a sloping promenade gives access to the water, with parking laid out for visitors' vehicles. The station lies on the RB 27 line, served hourly toward Berlin-Karow and Klosterfelde.
The station forecourt, about 30 by 25 metres, is paved with small cobblestones, and the covered pergola walks linking station and beach café rest on square brick pillars set five metres apart. The site also held a two-pump petrol station with the attendant's house at Prenzlauer Chaussee 163, used into the 1960s; after operator Minol gave up, a Deutsche Post branch moved in.
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