Named after the Hansaplatz, centre of the Hansaviertel.
The square was named in 1878. The Hansa quarter was developed from 1874 by the Berlin-Hamburg property company ‘Hansa’, mostly Hamburg businessmen. The name also recalled the links to Hamburg via the Spree and the Elbe, and that Berlin belonged to the Hanseatic League in the 14th and 15th centuries. The station opened in 1961.