 The station designed by the BVG architect Rainer G. Rümmler opened on 29 January 1971 with the line's extension from Spichernstraße to Walther-Schreiber-Platz.The station and the adjacent street are named after Karl August Bernhard Güntzel, mayor of Wilmersdorf from 1886 to 1892.A former snack stand at the northeastern entrance was a filming location of the 1987 film "Wings of Desire" by Wim Wenders, starring Solveig Dommartin and Peter Falk.