Market halls in Berlin explained

By the year 1900, there were 14 market halls (or market houses) in Berlin.

NameLocationBuilt (date)Sales area (in m2) / Number of standsRemarksImage
I, Zentralmarkthalle Berlin (I and II)Berlin-Mitte, on both sides of Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße (now Karl-Liebknecht-Straße) near Alexanderplatz1884–1886 and –189316.079/1336
13.281/776
The Central Market Hall I (as it was first called) was the first shopping center built according to the municipal building program. It had ice-cold storage rooms in the cellar area and its own railway connection to deliver goods. Until 1893, the extension of the central market hall was built on the opposite side of the street (Central Market Hall Ia or II). The Central Market Hall parts survived the First World War and the economic crisis to a large extent without damage, only in 1944 it was ruined. The Hall I, rebuilt in need of help, helped provide the East Berlin population. Hall Ia was dismantled. In the 1960s the first market hall was also destroyed. Some parts were integrated into a new building at the same place.More pictures
II, LindenhalleFriedrichstadt, Berlin-Mitte, Lindenstraße 97/98 / Friedrichstraße 181884–18869114/746This market hall is located north of the Mehringplatz and has access from the Friedrichstraße and the Lindenstraße. All buildings along with the market hall fell into ruins at the end of the Second World War. While the residential buildings were replaced by new ones, the market hall was only rebuilt in 1962 and 1965 in its original form but with new materials. Until 2010 it served as the Berlin Flower Market.
III, ZimmerhalleFriedrichstadt, Berlin-Mitte, Zimmerstraße 90/911884–18864843/409In 1910, it was closed down as a market place due to a decline in the number of retailers and leased to the catering firm Hoffmann & Retschlag. In 1942, the former harket hall also served as an internment station for arrested Jews. After 1945, the building was converted into a business building.
IVDorotheenstadt, Berlin-Mitte, Reichstagufer corner of Dorotheenstraße1884–18863778/364The hall had a tunnel entrance to neighboring buildings. It was closed as a market hall in 1913. Parts were integrated into the new post office building at the same place.
VBerlin-Tiergarten, Magdeburger Platz1886–18872538/231The hall was damaged in the Second World War, and was finally dismantled in 1956.
VI, Ackerhalle
Berlin-Mitte, Invalidenstraße corner of Ackerstraße1886–18883546/344More pictures
VIIBerlin-Kreuzberg, Dresdner Straße / Legiendamm1887–18884700/410
VIIIBerlin-Friedrichshain, Andreasstraße / Krautstraße1886–1 May 18885070/532
IX, Eisenbahnhalle
Markthalle Neun
Berlin-Kreuzberg, Pücklerstraße 34 / Eisenbahnstraße 42/43?–18913296/300
X, Arminiushalle
from 2010 Zunfthalle, now again Arminiushalle
Berlin-Moabit, Arminiusstraße/Bremer Straße/Bugenhagenstraße/Jonasstraße1890–18914810/425The only one-storey market hall, also known as the Moabiter Hall, has been used without any major interruptions since its opening.[1] More pictures
XI, MarheinekehalleBerlin-Kreuzberg, Zossener Straße / Bergmannstraße1891–15 March 1892[2] 2808/278Although severely damaged during the Second World War, in the summer of 1945 a new market activity began in the cellar. The upper surface served as a depot of a rubble railway until 1950.[3]

XIIBerlin-Gesundbrunnen, Grüntaler Straße / Badstraße 16a1890–18924198/273After a dramatic decline in the number of retailers (below 50), and due to inefficiency, the Berlin administration closed the hall in 1898.[4]
XIIIBerlin-Prenzlauer Berg, main entrance Wörther Straße 451890–18925095/393The indoor market was surrounded by Franseckystraße (north), Treskowstraße (east), Wörtherstraße (south) and Schönhauser Allee (west). After the number of leased market stalls had declined to around 100 by 1910, market hall was closed.
XIVBerlin-Gesundbrunnen, Dalldorfer Straße 21/22 (from 1919 Schönwalder Straße 19) east of the Wedding-Platz1890–18924057/352In 1910 this market hall is listed in the address book on Dalldorfer Straße, owned by the City of Berlin.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.markthalleberlin.com/ Homepage of Zunfthalle Arminiusmarkthalle
  2. http://meine-markthalle.de/geschichte/ Geschichte
  3. Angela M. Arnold, Gabriele von Griesheim: Trümmer, Bahnen und Bezirke. Eigenverlag, Berlin 2002,, S. 117ff.
  4. Uwe Spiekermann: Basis der Konsumgesellschaft. Entstehung und Entwicklung des modernen Kleinhandels in Deutschland 1850–1914 (= Schriftenreihe zur Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte. Bd. 3). C. H. Beck, München 1999,, S. 180/181, Google Books, retrieved on February 11, 2011