to the newly opened station of the
Hochbahn. It is named after the historic and no longer existing
Hallesche Tor of the
Berlin Customs Wall, which replaced the
Berlin city wall in the 18th century. The gate was located in the south of Berlin between the
Wassertor and the
Potsdamer Tor and formed the exit gate to the
Prussian
Halle an der Saale. Until the Jewish Edict of 1812, the gate was the only one in southern Berlin that
Jews were allowed to pass, and they had to register. In the north they were only allowed to enter the city through the
Rosenthaler Tor - from 1750 through the
Prenzlauer Tor. Since the beginning of the 18th century, several
cemeteries have been built outside the former city in front of the
Hallesches Tor. The area was named
Am Halleschen Thore around 1848. In the years 1876 to 1879,
Heinrich Strack erected arcaded residential and commercial buildings and the
Belle-Alliance-Brücke as a representative entrance to the city centre of Berlin instead of the gate. The complex was decorated with four groups of figures depicting trade and traffic. After severe war damage and post-war demolition, the bridge was restored in the 1950s and 1980s and two groups of figures were reassembled. ==References==