In 1882, the Mirker Station was opened on the "Wuppertaler Nordbahn", whose brick viaducts still shape the cityscape today. Back then it was still in the green field, as the city had not yet grown up the hills. As the second main station, in competition with the railway line in the valley. By the mid-20th century, the line lost more and more significance, with railcars running until it was finally closed in 1991. The station building stood empty, later a doctor's office and a dance school moved in. The platform roof and tracks were removed. The Mirker Station remained, an outlying area in the middle of the city.
Only in 2011 did life return to the building. Beate Blaschczok and Christian Hampe signed a lease to realize their idea of "Utopiastadt" there. Five years earlier, in 2006, the two had studied communication design and created the statement magazine "clownfisch".
After negotiations with financiers and owners, "Utopiastadt" started in 2011 with a coworking space, studios, and project rooms, with urban gardening, food sharing, bike rental and workshop, concerts, and exhibitions.
