| Kottbusser Tor | |
| Symbol Location: | berlin |
| Symbol: | u |
| Address: | Kottbusser Tor |
| Borough: | Kreuzberg, Berlin |
| Country: | Germany |
| Owned: | Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe |
| Operator: | Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe |
| Platforms: | 2 island platforms |
| Tracks: | 4 |
| Connections: | 140, N1, N8 |
| Structure: |
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| Bicycle: | Yes |
| Accessible: | Yes |
| Zone: | Berlin A/5555[1] |
| Opened: | (U1/3 level) (U8 level) |
| Map Type: | Berlin |
Kottbusser Tor (pronounced as /de/) is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on lines U1, U3, and U8. Many Berliners use the affectionate term Kotti (pronounced as /de/; see Berlin dialect).
It is located in central Kreuzberg. The area has a bad reputation for the relatively high, mainly drug-related crime rate, instances of which have recently become quite rare in most other parts of the district. The original Kottbusser Tor was a southern city gate of Berlin; the road through the gate led via the Neukölln suburb to the town of Cottbus.
The station on the first U-Bahn line from Potsdamer Platz to Stralauer Tor was opened on 18 February 1902 on a viaduct above Skalitzer Straße. When the U8 was built in 1926, a new two-level station was constructed westwards to allow both lines to meet in one location, and the original station was demolished.[2]
It was directly hit on 26 February 1945.