U-Bahnhof Naturkundemuseum

This U6 ghost station has had a confusing naming history. During the Wall era it was called “Nordbahnhof” on East German maps, then renamed “Zinnowitzer Straße” after the wall fell to avoid confusion, and finally “Naturkundemuseum” in 2009 for the nearby Natural History Museum.

Before the wall, the station was called “Stettiner Bahnhof” after the nearby railway terminus. The East German government renamed the surface-level station “Nordbahnhof,” which then caused confusion with the separate S-Bahn Nordbahnhof ghost station nearby. Each political era left its mark on the station’s identity.

After reunification, the U-Bahn station was renamed “Zinnowitzer Straße” to reduce confusion, and then renamed again to “Naturkundemuseum” in 2009, after the nearby Museum für Naturkunde (Natural History Museum), home to one of the world’s largest dinosaur skeletons. Three names in three eras, all for a station that spent 28 years sealed underground.

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