Drei Annen Hohne station

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Drei Annen Hohne station is a small railway hub in Wernigerode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is a branch-off station on two lines, the Harz Railway and the Brocken Railway, and it has four platforms in a timber-framed building.

The upper station was built in 1898 by the Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway Company after the Harz Railway was finished. It was first named Signalfichte, then Signalfichte-Hohne. In October 1901 a storm blew down the famous Signalfichte tree, and the station’s name was created by combining the nearby hamlets’ names.

For the standard-gauge line to Elbingerode, a separate Lower Station opened on 1 May 1907 just south of the Harz Railway station. It was built by the Halberstadt-Blankenburg Railway. The two stations were linked by a pedestrian underpass. The Elbingerode line closed on 1 December 1965, and the remaining embankment is now used as a cycle path.

Until 1947 both stations were in Elbingerode. The lines were then swapped for the forest settlement Büchenberg, which belonged to Wernigerode. The Lower Station later fell into disrepair after the line closed and was used for a time as a Mitropa restaurant.

When the Harz Railway station opened, a hotel appeared opposite it to the north. It was called Beckers Hotel until 1940, and after 1945 was owned by the Interior Ministry. After German reunification it became private again and is now called the Kräuterhof.

The name Drei Annen Hohne was later given to the station and the surrounding settlement.