Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station

Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station

Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station is a former station of the Viennese "Stadtbahn". The buildings above ground on Karlsplatz are a well-known example of "Jugendstil" architecture. They were designed by Otto Wagner, adviser to the Transport Commission in Vienna, [cite web |url=http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/wagner/subway.html |title=Subway Pavilion, Karlsplatz |author=Mary Ann Sullivan] and Joseph Maria Olbrich and are, unlike the other Stadtbahn stations, made of a steel framework with marble slabs mounted on the exterior. [cite book |title=Vienna Museum Guide |publisher=Pichler Verlag |year=2000 |id=ISBN 3-85058-177-2]

The station was opened as "Akademiestraße" in 1899. When the "Stadtbahn" line was converted to U-Bahn in 1981, the original station was scheduled to be demolished. However, as a result of public outcry, it was decided to keep the station buildings. Both buildings were disassembled, renovated, and then reassembled two metres higher than their original location after completion of U-Bahn construction. One of the buildings is now used as a temporary exhibition space by the Wien Museum Karlsplatz and the other is used as a café.

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