Hermannstraße, Collage, Klebeband auf Karton © Björn Paulissen

HERMANNSTRASSE

The life and death of a city's cemeteries
At the time it was built in 1899, the Hermannstraße station was far outside the borders of Berlin. Now part of the city's Neukölln neighborhood, the station is on the southern part of its eponymous main street, whose north-south stretch boasts eight church cemeteries dating back to the mid-nineteenth century. Appropriately enough, the station was rebuilt − or, buried − under the Hermannstraße bridge ... by Max Bach

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Tips and Links for Hermannstraße
The namesake was either Germany's original hero - or a vain mayor. No less than eight 19th-century cemeteries dot this major boulevard. Despite all that death, life in this Neukölln Kiez is bursting with energy and diversity: Langes Imbiss | Cosisuca | Neuer Kirchhof der St.-Jacobi-Gemeinde | Zauberkönig | Tandir | Kirchhof der Emmausgemeinde | Brauhaus Rixdorf | ...

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