List of streets named after Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler street sign being taken down in Trier during denazification
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,[citation needed ] immediately after the seizure of power , to play their part in the "National Rising" (Nationale 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 or 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. There was a decree from the Reich Ministry of the Interior requiring that the most important street or central square in every city was to bear Hitler's name.[ 1] Most of the examples in the list come from this period.
The renaming of streets and squares was part of the personality cult surrounding Hitler and served as propaganda and a demonstration of power. In addition, many streets and squares were systematically renamed in the spirit of the regime during the Nazi era, by systematically removing names that were associated with criticism of the regime or the Weimar Republic .[ 2]
After 1945, all streets and squares in Germany bearing Hitler's name were renamed as part of denazification .
Places in Europe
City
Modern Country
Name
From
To
Pre-1933/Post-1945 name
Source
Augsburg
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Königsplatz
[ 3]
Andernach
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straßen
Aktienstraße
[ 4]
Amberg
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straßen
1933
1945
Untere Nabburger Straße
[ 5]
Berlin (Charlottenburg )
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Platz[ a]
April 21, 1933
July 31, 1947
[ 6] [ 7]
Berlin
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Sport-Platz
At the Ostpreussendamm and Krahmerstrasse, opposite of Schlosspark Lichterfelde.
Now a football pitch. Still a stadium next to it.
Bad Wildungen
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Brunnenstraße
Bratislava
Slovakia
Hitlerovo námestie
1938
1945
Masarykovo námestie (1918–1938, 1945–1953)
Námestie 4. Apríla (1953–1989)
Hlavné námestie (1989–present)
Bremen
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Brücke
April 1, 1933
July 1, 1939
Große Weserbrücke (1895 bis 1933)
Lüderitzbrücke (1939, 1961) torn down
Bremen
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Brücke
July 1, 1939
March 30, 1945
Westbrücke
Stephanibrücke
Bremen (Hemelingen )
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Rathausplatz
Bremen (Lesum)
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
An der Lesumer Kirche
Bremen (Aumund)
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Hammersbecker Straße
Bremen (Lesum)
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Kellerstraße
Bromberg (now Bydgoszcz )
Poland
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Gdańska
Breslau (now Wrocław )
Poland
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Plac Mongolski
Breslau (now Wrocław )
Poland
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Friedrich-Ebert-Straße
Mickiewicza
Budapest VI.
Hungary
Hitler Adolf tér
1938
1945
Kodály körönd
Cilli (now Celje )
Slovenia
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Prešernova ulica
Cologne
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Platz der Republik/Deutscher Platz
Ebertplatz (after 1950)
Dortmund
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Allee
Hainallee
Düsseldorf
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Graf-Adolf-Platz
Düsseldorf
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Haroldstraße
Engerau (now Bratislava )
Slovakia
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
1938
1945
Masarykova (1918–1938)
Benešova (1945–1948)
Stalinova (1948–1989)
Zadunajská cesta (1989–present)
Eppingen
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Brettener Straße
Erlangen
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Hauptstraße
Essen
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Burgplatz
Essen
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Kettwiger Straße
Viehofer Straße
Esslingen
Germany
Adolf Hitlerplatz
Euskirchen
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Hochstraße
Festenberg (now Twardogóra )
Poland
Adolf Hitler Platz
Plac Piastów
Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Anlage
Gallus-Anlage
Freising
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Obere Hauptstraße
Gera
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Gotenhafen (now Gdynia )
Poland
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Świętojańska
Graz
Austria
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Hauptplatz
[ 8]
Groß Glienicke (since 1945 Berlin-Kladow )
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Allee
Seekorso
Hagen
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
1945
Ebertstraße (1945–1960)
function as main street and B7 taken over by nearby Graf-von-Galen-Ring and half of the street being destroyed in 1960;
Am Hauptbahnhof (1960–present)
Hagondange
France
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
1940
1944
rue de la gare
[ 9]
Hamburg
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Rathausmarkt
Hamburg (Winterhude )
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Bebelallee
Hamburg (Altona )
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Platz der Republik
Hamburg (Wandsbek )
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Damm
Friedrich-Ebert -Damm
Hamburg (Wilhelmsburg )
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Wilhelmsburger Reichsstraße
Hanover
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
September 15, 1933
[citation needed ] [ 10]
Hanover
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Theaterplatz
Hanover
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Bahnhofstraße
Idar-Oberstein
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Hauptstraße
Hauptstraße Iglau (now Jihlava )
Czech Republic
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Masarykovo náměstí
Jägerndorf (now Krnov )
Czech Republic
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Hlavní náměstí (Main Square)
Karlsruhe (Neureut )
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Welschneureuter Straße
Karlsruhe (Hagsfeld )
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Schwetzinger Straße
Karlsruhe (Knielingen)
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Neufeldstraße
Karlsruhe (Grötzingen )
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Eugen-Kleiber-Straße
Kiel
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Neumarkt/Rathausplatz
Königsberg (now Kaliningrad )
Russia
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Kassa (now Košice )
Slovakia
Hitlerova ulica
Národná trieda
Kolozsvár (now Cluj-Napoca )
Romania
Hitler Adolf-tér
1941
1945
Avram Iancu Square, Cluj-Napoca [ 11]
Krainburg (now Kranj )
Slovenia
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
1941
1945
Glavni trg [ b]
Krakau (now Kraków )
Poland
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
1939
1944
Rynek Główny [ c]
Leipzig
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
1933
1945
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße
Leslau (now Włocławek )
Poland
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Plac Wolności[ d]
Linz
Austria
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
1938
1945
Hauptplatz
[ 12]
Lippstadt
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Lange Straße
Litzmannstadt (now Łódź )
Poland
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
1939
1944
Piotrkowska Street
[ 13]
Loon op Zand
Netherlands
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
1942
1944
Hooispoor (partial) The stretch east of the Horst which was part of the M.A.St (Munitions Ausgabe Stelle)
Luxemburg (now Luxembourg City )
Luxembourg
Adolf-Hitlerstraße
Avenue de la Liberté
[ 14]
Lviv
Soviet Union (now Ukraine )
Adolf-Hitler Platz
1941
1944
Проспект Свободи
Memel (now Klaipėda )
Lithuania
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
1939
1945
Präsident Smetona Allee[ e] (before 1939)
Liepų gatvė(post 1945)
Mülhausen (now Mulhouse )
France
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
rue du Sauvage[ f]
Mülhausen (now Mulhouse )
France
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
place de la Réunion
Munich (Pasing )
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Avenariusplatz
Munich (Solln)
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Allee
Diefenbachstraße
Munich (Obermenzing )
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Verdistraße
Munich (Untermenzing)
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Eversbuschstraße
Munich (Allach)
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Vesaliusstraße
Munich (Aubing)
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Limesstraße
Munich (Lochhausen )
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Schussenrieder Straße
Nitra
Slovakia
Hitlerova ulica
Leninova trieda
Hitlerova ulica
Wilsonova ulica
Masarykova ulica
Erzsébet út
Tóth Vilmos utcza
Hosszú utcza
Štefánikova trieda (current)
Neuburg an der Donau
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
1945
Luitpoldstraße/Luitpoldstraße (1945–2014)
Adolf-Hitler-Straße (2014–2016, inadvertently restored)
Luitpoldstraße (since 2016)
[ 15]
Neumünster
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Großflecken
[ 16]
Neumünster
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Kuhberg
[ 17]
Nuremberg
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Hauptmarkt
Osnabrück
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Neumarkt
Osnabrück
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Bramstraße
Potsdam
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Allee
Allee nach Glienicke
Potsdam
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Green space between Althoffstraße and Yorckstraße (today Kopernikusstraße)
Považská Bystrica
Slovakia
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
1939
1945
Továrenská (-1939)
Stalinova (1945–1989)
Robotnícka (from 1990)
Reichenberg (now Liberec )
Czech Republic
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
1938
1945
Altstädter Platz (-1938)
Náměstí bojovníků za mír (1945–1989)
nám. Dr. E. Beneše (from 1990)
Riga
Latvia
Adolf-Hitler-Allee
1942
1944
Brīvības bulvāris
Riga
Latvia
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
1942
1944
Brīvības iela
Rome
Italy
Viale Adolf Hitler
Viale dei Partigiani
Saarbrücken
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
1935
1945
Bahnhofstraße
Schönwalde-Glien
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Straße des Westens
Straße der Jugend (today)
Sofia
Bulgaria
Adolf Hitler blvd.
Булевард Евлоги и Христо Георгиеви (Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi Boulevard )
[ 18]
Sulz unterm Wald (now Soultz-sous-Forêts )
France
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
rue des Barons-de-Fleckenstein
Straßburg (now Strasbourg )
France
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
place Broglie
Stuttgart
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Planie
Stuttgart (Birkach)
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Bei der Linde
Stuttgart (Stammheim)
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
–
Stuttgart (Feuerbach)
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Stuttgarter Straße
Stuttgart (Plieningen )
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Paracelsusstraße
Stuttgart (Möhringen )
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Laustraße
Stuttgart (Vaihingen)
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Böblinger Straße
Hauptstraße
Stuttgart (Bad Cannstatt )
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Kampfbahn
Neckarstadion
Tallinn
Estonia
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
1942
1944
Narva maantee
Tarnowskie Góry
Poland
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
1939
1944
ul. Parkowa
ul. Stanisława Wyspiańskiego
Tartu
Estonia
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
1942
1944
Raekoja plats
Toruń
Poland
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
1940
Aleja Świętego Jana Pawła II
Treuburg (now Olecko )
Poland
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
Freedom square[ g]
Trier
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße[ h]
Nordallee (Western part) and Bahnhofstraße
now Theodor-Heuss-Allee and Bahnhofstraße
Újvidék, Hungary
(now Novi Sad )
Serbia
Hitler Adolf utca[ i]
1941
1944
Улица краља Александра[ j] (1918–1941)
Стаљинова улица[ k] (1944–1948)
Улица Александра Ранковића[ l] (1948–1966)
Улица народних хероја[ m] (1966–1992)
Улица краља Александра[ n] (1992–present)
Valkenburg
Netherlands
Adolf Hitler-Allee
1942
1944
Kloosterweg
Varnsdorf
Czech Republic
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
1939
1945
ulice Generalisima Stalina
Leninova ulice
Národní ulice
Warsaw
Poland
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
1939
1944
Piłsudski Square ,
formerly Plac Saski (Saxon Square, named after the Saxon Palace ) 1818–1928, 1939–40, 1945–46
Weimar
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße
Wien
Austria
Adolf-Hitler-Platz
1938
April 30, 1945
Rathausplatz
[ 19] [ 20]
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Paul-Hug-Straße
Zittau
Germany
Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Places in the Americas
The planned community German Gardens in Yaphank, New York , was built on the former site of Camp Siegfried , which was owned and operated by the pro-Nazi German-American Bund . Until 1941, several streets were named after prominent Nazis, such as Adolf Hitler Street (renamed Park Street), Goering Street (renamed Oak Street), and Goebbels Street (renamed Northside Avenue).[ 21]
Before 1931, there are records of a street named Rua Adolpho Hitler in the Campo Belo district of Santo Amaro , Brazil – notably at a time when the Nazis had not yet come to power in Germany. Its name was changed in 1931 to Rua Almirante Barroso, but when Santo Amaro was merged into São Paulo the next year, the street was again renamed Rua Gil Eanes, due to a homonymous street in Brás . The street still retains Gil Eanes 's name.[ 22]
Notes
^ further renamings were planned for after the "Final Victory"
^ Main Square
^ Main Square
^ Freedom Square
^ Prezidento Smetonos alėja
^ ger: Wildemannstraße
^ plac Wolności
^ see picture above
^ Улица Адолфа Хитлера
^ King Alexander street
^ Stalin's street
^ Aleksandar Ranković street
^ National heroes street
^ King Alexander street
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