page_title: Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
section_title: Second building (1949–1999)
hierarchical_section_title: Freiburg Hauptbahnhof / Architecture / Second building (1949–1999)
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Ehemaliger Bahnhofsvorplatz mit altem Empfangsgebäude, inzwischen komplett abgerissen und durch den neuen HBF ersetzt
context_page_description: Freiburg Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in the German city of Freiburg im Breisgau. The Rhine Valley Railway, Höllentalbahn and the Breisach Railway meet here.
  The station is located on the western outskirts of the Old Town of Freiburg, about a kilometre from Freiburg Minster at 5–7 Bismarckallee. This street is also fronted by the Freiburg concert hall, several hotels and the Jazzhaus Freiburg jazz club and the Xpress office complex was built along the line in 2008.
  The first station building was built in 1845 in the Rundbogenstil, with Romanesque Revival elements. A temporary station built after the destruction of the station in 1944/45 lasted 50 years. This was replaced around the turn of the 21st century with an ensemble of buildings, including the station hall, a shopping mall, hotels and office blocks. With around 38,300 passengers per day, in 2005 it was the fifth largest railway station in Baden-Württemberg.
  It is a Category 2 station serving southern Baden-Württemberg.
context_section_description: The lack of financial resources, building materials and construction machinery meant that an architecturally complex solution could be ruled out from the beginning. Therefore, it was decided the re-use of the intact foundations and the basement. On this basis, a floor plan was created with a massive central block and two lower wings in lightweight construction, which could be later expanded on one level or replaced by multi-storey buildings. It was designed and built by the railway administration and the architect Walter Lay.
  The steel frame of the skylight of the old building had also survived the air raids. By reusing this component with dimensions of 15.6 × 12.4 metres, the middle part of the building was adequately supplied with natural light, which, given the height of the hall, which was only 5.5 meters, would otherwise not have been possible. Unlike its predecessor, the waiting rooms were no longer determined by ticket class, but instead by the distinction between smokers and non-smokers. A clock tower was placed on the roof in order to recall the memory of the old station.
  The main hall, built between 1947 and 1949 for DM 300,000 by the construction company Bilfinger Berger was, according to the Badische Zeitung newspaper, recognised for its "extremely clever floor plan", especially in view the fact that there was only 30 metres between the platform and the station forecourt. At 520 m² the area with the station hall was even larger than its predecessor. The British magazine, The Railway Gazette described the building in 1950 as "not only fully adequate for the purpose, but also satisfactory architecturally".
caption: The temporary station of 1949
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