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Bayerischer Platz (Berlin U-Bahn)

Berlin U-Bahn stationsBuildings and structures in Tempelhof-SchönebergRailway stations in Germany opened in 1910
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Bayerischer Platz is a Berlin U-Bahn station on the and the lines. The station is located under the square of the same name in the centre of the Bayerisches Viertel neighbourhood in Schöneberg. The U4 station opened with the rest of the line on 1 December 1910 and is now a protected historic landmark; the U7 part of the station opened on 29 January 1971.

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Bayerischer Platz (Berlin U-Bahn)
Grunewaldstraße, Berlin Schöneberg

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10779 Berlin, Schöneberg
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