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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,[ 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.
City | Modern Country | Name | From | To | Pre-1933/Post-1945 name | Source |
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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 |
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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 |
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Bremen | Germany | Adolf-Hitler-Brücke | April 1, 1933 | July 1, 1939 |
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Bremen | Germany | Adolf-Hitler-Brücke | July 1, 1939 | March 30, 1945 |
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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 |
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Budapest VI. | Hungary | Hitler Adolf tér | 1938 | 1945 | Kodály körönd | |
Cilli (now Celje) | Slovenia | Adolf-Hitler-Platz | Prešernova ulica | |||
Cologne | Germany | Adolf-Hitler-Platz |
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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 |
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Eppingen | Germany | Adolf-Hitler-Straße | Brettener Straße | |||
Erlangen | Germany | Adolf-Hitler-Straße | Hauptstraße | |||
Essen | Germany | Adolf-Hitler-Platz | Burgplatz | |||
Essen | Germany | Adolf-Hitler-Straße |
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Esslingen | Germany | Adolf Hitlerplatz |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Neuburg an der Donau | Germany | Adolf-Hitler-Straße | 1945 |
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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 |
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Reichenberg (now Liberec) | Czech Republic | Adolf-Hitler-Platz | 1938 | 1945 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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] |
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Újvidék, Hungary (now Novi Sad) | Serbia | Hitler Adolf utca [i] | 1941 | 1944 | ||
Valkenburg | Netherlands | Adolf Hitler-Allee | 1942 | 1944 | Kloosterweg | |
Varnsdorf | Czech Republic | Adolf-Hitler-Straße | 1939 | 1945 |
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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 |
City | Modern Country | Name | From | To | Pre-1933/Post-1945 name | Source |
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Yaphank, New York | United States | Adolf-Hitler-Street | 1930s | Park Boulevard | [21] | |
Campo Belo | Brazil | Rua Adolpho Hitler | 1931 | Rua Almirante Barroso (1931-) Rua Gil Eanes | [22] |
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]
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