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Railway Station
The original buildings were destroyed during World War II and they were later replaced by a Functionalistic structure.
The railway station was constructed in the years 1863 and 1864 under the supervision of the designer of the eastern railway, H. v. Hügel, from Munich. A grand reconstruction and enlargement was carried out in the 1900s. The railway station was destroyed during an air raid in 1945. The railway tracks passed through the railway station. The three rectangular, three-storey buildings with facades in the style of arch Decorativism were oriented along the railway tracks and they were interconnected by sections with a forward projecting corridor. The main building was at the centre and it was built in the 1900s in Neo-Renaissance style of the Florence type. The central block was distinguished by a Cubistic corner pavilion and descending wings. The railway station hall had a cylindrical vaulted ceiling with a large three-part window and a skylight. The ornamental decorations were rather modest. The passenger building housed 3 post offices, 5 customs rooms, 29 administrative offices, 3 large waiting rooms, and a restaurant. Eighty habitable rooms were located on the first floor.
(Kunst 1992, 594)
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