List of streets named after Adolf Hitler
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This is a partial list of streets and squares named after Adolf Hitler during the era of Nazi Germany.
The zeal with which German municipal authorities attempted, immediately after the seizure of power, to play their part in the "National Rising" (German: Erhebung) is shown by the practice of conferring honorary municipal citizenship on Hitler, and even more by naming a street (Strasse), a square or place (Platz), a promenade (Anlage), an avenue (Damm, Allee), a stadium (Kampfbahn), or a bridge (Brücke) after the new chancellor. As early as March and April 1933, a wave of renamings swept through Germany's cities. Most of the examples in the list come from this period.
City | 1933–1945 name | Pre-1933/Post-1945 name |
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Berlin | Adolf-Hitler-Platz (Charlottenburg; further renamings were planned for after the "Final Victory") | Reichskanzlerplatz/Theodor-Heuss-Platz |
Bremen | Adolf-Hitler-Brücke (Lüderitzbrücke after 1939) | Grosse Weserbrücke (torn down, 1961) |
Bremen | Adolf-Hitler-Brücke (new in 1939) | Westbrücke/Stephaniebrücke |
Bremen | Adolf-Hitler-Platz (Hemelingen) | Rathausplatz |
Bremen | Adolf-Hitler-Platz (Lesum) | An der Lesumer Kirche |
Bremen | Adolf-Hitler-Strasse (Aumund) | Hammersbecker Strasse |
Bremen | Adolf-Hitler-Strasse (Lesum) | Kellerstrasse |
Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) |
Adolf-Hitler-Strasse | Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse/Mickiewicza street |
Cologne | Adolf-Hitler-Platz | Platz der Republik/Deutscher Platz (Ebertplatz after 1950) |
Cracow, Poland | Adolf-Hitler-Platz (1939–1944) | Main Market Square |
Dortmund | Adolf-Hitler-Allee | Hainallee |
Düsseldorf | Adolf-Hitler-Platz | Graf-Adolf-Platz |
Düsseldorf | Adolf-Hitler-Strasse | Haroldstrasse |
Essen | Adolf-Hitler-Platz | Burgplatz |
Essen | Adolf-Hitler-Strasse | Kettwiger Strasse; Viehofer Strasse |
Frankfurt am Main | Adolf-Hitler-Anlage | Gallus-Anlage |
Hamburg | Adolf-Hitler-Platz | Rathausmarkt |
Hamburg | Adolf-Hitler-Strasse (Winterhude) | Bebelallee |
Hamburg | Adolf-Hitler-Platz (Altona) | Platz der Republik |
Hamburg | Adolf-Hitler-Damm (Wandsbek) | Friedrich-Ebert-Damm |
Hamburg | Adolf-Hitler-Strasse (Wilhelmsburg) | Wilhelmsburger Reichsstrasse |
Hannover | Adolf-Hitler-Platz (Hermann-Göring-Platz after 15 September 1933) | Corvinusplatz |
Hannover | Adolf-Hitler-Platz | Theaterplatz |
Hannover | Adolf-Hitler-Strasse | Bahnhofstrasse |
Kiel | Adolf-Hitler-Platz | Neumarkt/Rathausplatz |
Litzmannstadt (now Łódź, Poland) |
Adolf-Hitler-Straße (1939–1944) | Piotrkowska Street[1] |
Munich | Adolf-Hitler-Platz (Passing) | Avenariusplatz |
Munich | Adolf-Hitler-Allee (Solln) | Diefenbachstrasse |
Munich | Adolf-Hitler-Strasse (Obermenzing) | Verdistrasse |
Munich | Adolf-Hitler-Strasse (Untermenzing) | Eversbuschstrasse |
Munich | Adolf-Hitler-Strasse (Allach) | Vesaliusstrasse |
Munich | Adolf-Hitler-Strasse (Aubing) | Limesstrasse |
Munich | Adolf-Hitler-Strasse (Lochhausen) | Schussenrieder Strasse |
Nuremberg | Adolf-Hitler-Platz | Hauptmarkt |
Riga, Latvia | Adolf-Hitler-Allee (1942–1944) Adolf-Hitler-Strasse (1942–1944) |
Brīvības bulvāris Brīvības iela |
Saarbrücken | Adolf-Hitler-Strasse (1935–1945) | Bahnhofstrasse |
Stuttgart | Adolf-Hitler-Strasse | Planie |
Stuttgart | Adolf-Hitler-Platz (Birkach) | Bei der Linde |
Stuttgart | Adolf-Hitler-Platz (Stammheim) | — |
Stuttgart | Adolf-Hitler-Strasse (Feuerbach) | Stuttgarter Strasse |
Stuttgart | Adolf-Hitler-Strasse (Plieningen) | Paracelsusstrasse |
Stuttgart | Adolf-Hitler-Strasse (Möhringen) | Laustrasse |
Stuttgart | Adolf-Hitler-Strasse (Vaihingen) | Böblinger Strasse/Hauptstrasse |
Stuttgart | Adolf-Hitler-Kampfbahn (Bad Cannstatt) | Neckarstadion |
Tallinn, Estonia | Adolf-Hitler-Straße (1942–1944) | Narva maantee |
Vienna | Adolf-Hitler-Platz (1938–1945) | Rathausplatz |
Warsaw, Poland | Adolf-Hitler-Platz (1939–1944) | Piłsudski Square |
Zittau | Adolf-Hitler-Straße | — |
See also
Bibliography
- ^ Die Chronik des Gettos Lodz/Litzmannstadt: 1943. Wallstein Verlag. 2007. p. 334. ISBN 978-3-89244-834-1.
- Christian Zentner, Friedemann Bedürftig (1991). The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich, pp. 6–7. Macmillan, New York. ISBN 0-02-897502-2