Adolf Hitler as the namesake of streets and squares

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Acceptance of a street sign in Trier after the National Socialist era

During the time of National Socialism, Adolf Hitler wasa frequent eponym of streets and squares in the territory of the then German Reich as well as in occupied areas.

There was an ordinance of the Reich Ministry of the Interior on the “principles for street naming” from July 1933, according to which the most important street or the central square in every city was to be named after Adolf Hitler. A nomination was sometimes made against the background of Hitler's honorary citizenship in the city concerned.

The renaming of streets and squares was part of the personality cult around Hitler and served as propaganda and demonstration of power. In addition, many streets and squares were systematically renamed in the sense of the regime during the Nazi era, with names associated with criticism of the regime or the Weimar Republic , for example , being systematically deleted.

After 1945, all streets and squares were renamed with Adolf Hitler as the namesake as part of the denazification .

Adolf Hitler Streets

The following is a selection of streets that were formerly called Adolf-Hitler-Strasse or Adolf-Hitler-Allee, possibly with the current name:

Adolf-Hitler-Platz

Postcard of Adolf Hitler Square in Kutno , Poland
Attachment of German street signs, for example “Adolf Hitler Platz”, in what was then Jarotschin (now Jarocin ), Poland

The following is a list of places with this name.

Other similar names

  • Ahrensburg : Adolf-Hitler-Allee (today "Große Straße")
  • Aue (Saxony) : Bahnhofsbrücke - was opened to traffic on June 5, 1937 under the name 'Adolf-Hitler-Brücke' (today Bahnhofsbrücke).
  • Bad Homburg The Tannenwaldallee between the Landgrafenschloss and the Gothic House was renamed Adolf-Hitler-Allee on May 30, 1933,
  • Bremen : The second Great Weser Bridge (1895 to 1961) was baptized on April 1, 1933 with the name “Adolf Hitler Bridge”. A little more than six years later, on July 1, 1939, this name was transferred to the newly built West Bridge . Instead, the Great Weser Bridge was given the name "Lüderitz Bridge".
  • Braunschweig :
    • Before November 6, 1937, Adolf-Hitler-Wall was called Bruchtorwall or Kalenwall and was renamed back to Bruchtorwall after the end of the war
    • Gliesmarode : Before January 1, 1935, Adolf-Hitler-Ring was called Am Hasselteich and was renamed back to Am Hasselteich after the end of the war
  • Dortmund : Adolf-Hitler-Allee - before 1933 Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee / Rathenauallee, since 1945 Hainallee
  • Eilenburg : The north promenade was renamed Adolf-Hitler-Ring in 1933. Since 1945 this street has been called Nordring.
  • Flensburg : The station facilities in front of the Flensburg station were named "Adolf Hitler facilities" in May 1935 at the will of the National Socialist Lord Mayor Wilhelm Sievers (cf. Carlisle Park ). The decision was repealed in May 1945.
  • Frankfurt am Main :
  • Giessen : Hitler Wall (today "Ostanlage")
  • Gründau , Niedergründau district : From 1936 to 1945 Adolf-Hitler-Allee, since 1945 Mittel-Gründauer Strasse.
  • Halle (Saale) : Adolf-Hitler-Ring (today Hansering)
  • Heilbronn : Adolf-Hitler-Allee (today Allee )
  • Itzehoe : Adolf-Hitler-Park (afterwards Stadtpark, today Cirencester -Park after a twin town of Itzehoe). The park is now a cultural monument .
  • Jüterbog : Adolf Hitler camp (Forst Zinna)
  • Koblenz : Adolf Hitler Bridge (today Europabrücke ), inauguration and handover of traffic April 22, 1934
  • Cologne : Adolf Hitler Bridge (today Rheinbrücke Köln-Rodenkirchen ), built 1938 to 1941
  • Krefeld : Adolf Hitler Bridge (today Krefeld-Uerdinger Bridge ) (B 288), construction began in 1933, inaugurated on June 7, 1936 by Rudolf Hess .
  • Offenbach am Main : Adolf Hitler Ring (before and again since 1945 August Bebel Ring)
  • Magdeburg : Sternbrücke inaugurated June 14, 1922 as 'Sternbrücke'; in March 1925 in 'Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke', renamed in May 1933 in 'Adolf-Hitler-Brücke'.
  • Mannheim : the Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke (inaugurated December 23, 1926); during the time of National Socialism it was renamed 'Adolf Hitler-Brücke'; Blown up by the Wehrmacht on March 27, 1945 before US troops marched in
  • Munster : Adolf-Hitler-Damm, today Wilhelm-Bockelmann-Straße and the “main shopping street”.
  • Munich : Adolf-Hitler-Allee in the Solln district , before 1938 Solln was not part of Munich and the street was called Lindenallee, renamed Diefenbachstraße in 1945.
  • Oberndorf am Neckar : Adolf Hitler settlement (today Lindenhof)
  • Potsdam : Adolf-Hitler-Allee (today Allee to Glienicke)
  • Regensburg : Nibelungen Bridge (July 16, 1938 baptized into 'Adolf Hitler Bridge', blown up April 23, 1945)
  • Schwarzenbek : Adolf-Hitler-Allee (today Jungfernstieg)
  • Schwetzingen : Adolf-Hitler-Anlage (today train station)
  • Stendal : Adolf-Hitler-See (1935–1945), Stadtsee (1945–1948), Stalin-See (1948–1961), Stadtsee (1961-today)
  • Straubing : Stadtgraben: Adolf-Hitler-Ring
  • Ulm : Adolf-Hitler-Ring (previously Promenade, Adolf-Hitler-Straße and Olgastraße, today Promenade, Friedrich-Ebert-Straße, Olgastraße and Schwambergerstraße)
  • Wackersberg : Hitler-Berg (before and since 1945 Heigelkopf )

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

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