All stops in Berlin

Tap a name to read where it comes from. The stories are short, checked against their sources, and free to read.

A

• AdenauerplatzNamed after Adenauerplatz, which honours Konrad Adenauer, the first Federal Chancellor.
• AdlershofNamed after Adlershof, which grew out of an 18th-century estate of that name.
• Afrikanische StraßeNamed after Afrikanische Straße (‘African Street’) in Wedding’s African Quarter.
• AhrensfeldeNamed after Ahrensfelde, the Brandenburg municipality just across the city boundary.
• Ahrensfelde/StadtgrenzeNamed after Ahrensfelde, the Brandenburg municipality at the city boundary (‘Stadtgrenze’).
• Ahrenshooper StraßeNamed after Ahrenshoop, a Baltic seaside resort in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
• AlbertinenstraßeNamed after Albertine Schön (1833–1904), who helped fund the building of Neu-Weißensee.
• AlexanderplatzNamed after Alexanderplatz, which honours Tsar Alexander I of Russia.
• Alfred-Kowalke-StraßeNamed after Alfred Kowalke (1907–1944), a communist resistance fighter.
• Allee der Kosmonauten/PoelchaustraßeNamed after the ‘Avenue of the Cosmonauts’ and the prison chaplain Harald Poelchau.
• Allee der Kosmonauten/RhinstraßeNamed after the ‘Avenue of the Cosmonauts’ and the River Rhin.
• Alt-Friedrichsfelde/RhinstraßeNamed after the old village of Friedrichsfelde and the River Rhin.
• Alt-HohenschönhausenNamed after Alt-Hohenschönhausen, ‘old’ Hohenschönhausen.
• Alt-MariendorfNamed after Alt-Mariendorf, the old village street of Mariendorf.
• Alt-MarzahnNamed after Alt-Marzahn, the core of the medieval village of Marzahn.
• Alt-Moabit/Rathenower StraßeNamed after the old core of Moabit and the town of Rathenow.
• Alt-ReinickendorfNamed after Alt-Reinickendorf, the street around the old village green of Reinickendorf.
• Alt-TegelNamed after Alt-Tegel, the old village street of Tegel.
• Alt-TempelhofNamed after Alt-Tempelhof, the old village street of Tempelhof.
• Alte Hellersdorfer/Zossener StraßeNamed after the village of Hellersdorf and the town of Zossen.
• Altenhofer StraßeNamed after Altenhof, a village in Brandenburg.
• AltglienickeNamed after Altglienicke, whose name comes from the Slavic word for clay.
• Altstadt SpandauNamed after Spandau’s old town (Altstadt), right above the station.
• Am FriedrichshainNamed after the Volkspark Friedrichshain, the park beside the street.
• Am IderfenngrabenNamed after the Iderfenngraben, a ditch (‘Graben’) at the street’s western end.
• Am KupfergrabenNamed after the Kupfergraben, the arm of the Spree along the Museum Island.
• Am SteinbergNamed after the Steinberg, a gentle hill in Heinersdorf.
• Am WasserturmNamed after the Heinersdorf water tower, a local landmark.
• Amrumer StraßeNamed after Amrumer Straße, which honours the North Frisian island of Amrum.
• AngerwegNamed after a local field called ‘Der Anger’.
• Anhalter BahnhofThe name recalls the Anhalter Bahnhof, once one of Berlin’s most important terminals.
• Anna-Ebermann-StraßeNamed after Anna Ebermann (1891–1944), who resisted the Nazi regime.
• Anton-Saefkow-PlatzNamed after Anton Saefkow (1903–1944), a communist resistance fighter.
• Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-StraßeNamed after Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße, which honours an 18th-century philosopher from West Africa.
• AntonplatzNamed after Anton Matthias Schön (1837–1922), who helped fund Neu-Weißensee.
• ArendswegNamed after Leopold Arends (1817–1882), inventor of a shorthand system.
• ArnimstraßeNamed after Arnim, a male first name.
• AttilastraßeNamed after Attilastraße, which honours Attila, king of the Huns.
• Augsburger StraßeNamed after Augsburger Straße, which honours the Bavarian city of Augsburg.

B

• BabelsbergNamed after Babelsberg, now part of Potsdam; the name comes from a hill.
• BarnimplatzNamed after the Barnim, the glacial plateau north-east of Berlin.
• Baumschulenweg‘Baumschulenweg’ means ‘tree-nursery road’, after the famous Späth nursery.
• Bayerischer PlatzNamed after Bayerischer Platz (‘Bavarian Square’), the heart of the Bayerisches Viertel.
• BehaimstraßeNamed after Martin Behaim (1459–1507), the geographer behind the oldest surviving globe.
• Beilsteiner StraßeNamed after Beilstein, a wine village on the Moselle.
• BellevueNamed after Schloss Bellevue, the official residence of the German Federal President.
• BergfeldeNamed after Bergfelde, a village first recorded in 1349.
• Berliner StraßeNamed after Berliner Straße, Wilmersdorf’s old road towards Berlin.
• BernauNamed after Bernau bei Berlin, a town just north-east of the city.
• Bernau-FriedenstalNamed after Friedenstal, a settlement belonging to the town of Bernau.
• Bernauer StraßeNamed after Bernauer Straße, which honours the town of Bernau.
• Bernhard-Bästlein-StraßeNamed after Bernhard Bästlein (1894–1944), a communist politician and resistance fighter.
• BersarinplatzNamed after Nikolai Bersarin (1904–1945), Berlin’s first Soviet city commandant.
• Betriebsbahnhof RummelsburgNamed after the Rummelsburg railway yard (‘Betriebsbahnhof’ = depot).
• Betriebshof Indira-Gandhi-StraßeNamed after the bus depot on Indira-Gandhi-Straße.
• Betriebshof LichtenbergNamed after the Lichtenberg tram depot, opened in 1913.
• Betriebshof MarzahnNamed after the Marzahn tram depot, opened in 1985.
• BeusselstraßeNamed after Beusselstraße, which honours Georg Christian Beussel, a Moabit landowner.
• BiesdorfNamed after Biesdorf, an old village first recorded in 1375.
• Biesdorf-SüdNamed after Biesdorf; ‘Süd’ means south.
• BirkenstraßeNamed after Birkenstraße, ‘Birch Street’, after an avenue of birches.
• BirkenwerderNamed after Birkenwerder, a Brandenburg municipality first recorded in 1355.
• BismarckstraßeNamed after Bismarckstraße, which honours Otto von Bismarck.
• BjörnsonstraßeNamed after Björnsonstraße, which honours the Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.
• BlankenburgNamed after Blankenburg, a village founded around 1230.
• BlankenfeldeNamed after Blankenfelde, today part of the municipality of Blankenfelde-Mahlow.
• BlaschkoalleeNamed after Blaschkoallee, which honours the physician Alfred Blaschko.
• BlissestraßeNamed after Blissestraße, which recalls the Wilmersdorf farming family Blisse.
• BoddinstraßeNamed after Boddinstraße, which honours Hermann Boddin, mayor of Rixdorf.
• BorgsdorfNamed after Borgsdorf, a village first recorded in 1375.
• Bornholmer StraßeNamed after Bornholmer Straße, which honours the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm.
• BorsigwerkeNamed after the Borsigwerke, the Borsig engineering works in Tegel.
• Boschpoler StraßeNamed after Boschpoler Straße, which recalls two villages in Pomerania.
• Botanischer GartenNamed after the Botanischer Garten (botanical garden) nearby.
• Brandenburger TorNamed after the Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate).
• BreitenbachplatzNamed after Breitenbachplatz, which honours the Prussian minister Paul von Breitenbach.
• Britz-SüdNamed after Britz, with ‘Süd’ meaning south.
• Brodowiner RingNamed after Brodowiner Ring, which recalls the Brandenburg village of Brodowin.
• BrückenstraßeNamed after Brückenstraße (‘Bridge Street’), which leads to the Treskowbrücke over the Spree.
• Brunnenstraße/InvalidenstraßeNamed after two streets that meet here: Brunnenstraße and Invalidenstraße.
• BuchNamed after Buch, an old village whose name probably means ‘beech’.
• Buckower ChausseeNamed after Buckower Chaussee, the old road to the neighbouring village of Buckow.
• BülowstraßeNamed after Bülowstraße, which honours the Prussian general Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz.
• BundesplatzNamed after Bundesplatz, renamed in 1950 to show that Berlin belonged to the Federal Republic.
• BundestagNamed after the Bundestag, the German parliament.
• Bürgerpark MarzahnNamed after the Bürgerpark Marzahn (‘citizens’ park’).
• Bürgerpark PankowNamed after the Bürgerpark Pankow, a twelve-hectare park along the Panke.
• BuschalleeNamed after Buschallee, which honours Felix Busch, district administrator of Niederbarnim.
• BüschingstraßeNamed after Büschingstraße, which honours the geographer Anton Friedrich Büsching.

C

• CharlottenburgNamed after Charlottenburg, the town named after Queen Sophie Charlotte.
• Cottbusser PlatzNamed after Cottbusser Platz, which takes its name from the city of Cottbus.
• CriegernwegNamed after Criegernweg, which honours the general Paul von Criegern.

D

• Dahlem-Dorf‘Dahlem-Dorf’ means ‘Dahlem village’.
• Deutsche OperNamed after the Deutsche Oper, the opera house next door.
• Dingelstädter StraßeNamed after Dingelstädter Straße, which recalls the Thuringian town of Dingelstädt.
• Drontheimer StraßeNamed after Drontheimer Straße; ‘Drontheim’ is the old German name of Trondheim.

E

• Eberswalder StraßeNamed after Eberswalder Straße, which takes its name from the town of Eberswalde.
• EichborndammNamed after Eichborndamm – though sources disagree on which Eichborn it honours.
• EichwaldeNamed after Eichwalde, the municipality on Berlin’s south-eastern edge.
• Eisenacher StraßeNamed after Eisenacher Straße, which takes its name from Eisenach in Thuringia.
• Elsterwerdaer PlatzNamed after Elsterwerdaer Platz, which takes its name from the Brandenburg town of Elsterwerda.
• Erich-Weinert-StraßeNamed after Erich-Weinert-Straße, which honours the writer Erich Weinert.
• ErknerNamed after the town of Erkner, whose name comes from a stream.
• Ernst-Reuter-PlatzNamed after Ernst-Reuter-Platz, which honours the Berlin mayor Ernst Reuter.

F

• FalkenbergNamed after Falkenberg, a village on Berlin’s north-eastern edge.
• FanningerstraßeNamed after Fanningerstraße, which honours Carl Wilhelm Fanninger, a Lichtenberg landowner.
• Fehrbelliner PlatzNamed after Fehrbelliner Platz, which recalls the Battle of Fehrbellin in 1675.
• FeldtmannstraßeNamed after Feldtmannstraße, which honours Heinrich Feldtmann, a Weißensee village head.
• FeuerbachstraßeNamed after Feuerbachstraße, which honours the painter Anselm Feuerbach.
• Flughafen BERNamed after BER, the airport Berlin Brandenburg ‘Willy Brandt’.
• Frankfurter AlleeNamed after Frankfurter Allee, the old road towards Frankfurt (Oder).
• Frankfurter TorThe name recalls the Frankfurter Tor, an old city gate – though not on this spot.
• Franz-Neumann-PlatzNamed after Franz-Neumann-Platz, which honours the Social Democrat Franz Neumann.
• FredersdorfNamed after the village of Fredersdorf – although the station was first called Petershagen.
• Freie Universität (Thielplatz)Named after the Freie Universität and the former Thielplatz, which honoured Hugo Thiel.
• Freienwalder StraßeNamed after Freienwalder Straße, which recalls the Brandenburg town of Bad Freienwalde (Oder).
• Freizeitforum MarzahnNamed after the Freizeitforum Marzahn (‘Marzahn Leisure Forum’), a cultural centre.
• FriedenauNamed after Friedenau, the villa colony it was built for – though it stands in Schöneberg.
• Friedrich-Engels-Straße/EichenstraßeNamed after two streets that meet here: Friedrich-Engels-Straße and Eichenstraße.
• Friedrich-Wilhelm-PlatzNamed after Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz, which honours the later Kaiser Friedrich III.
• FriedrichsfeldeNamed after Friedrichsfelde, a village renamed in 1699 after Elector Friedrich III.
• Friedrichsfelde Ost‘Friedrichsfelde Ost’ means ‘Friedrichsfelde East’.
• FriedrichshagenNamed after Friedrichshagen, a colonists’ village founded under King Friedrich II.
• FriedrichstraßeNamed after Friedrichstraße, which honours Elector Friedrich III, later King Friedrich I.
• FriesickestraßeNamed after Friesickestraße, which honours the lawyer Adolph Friesicke.
• FröbelstraßeNamed after Fröbelstraße, which honours Friedrich Fröbel, founder of the kindergarten.
• FrohnauNamed after Frohnau, a garden city founded in 1910.

G

• GehrenseestraßeNamed after Gehrenseestraße, which takes its name from the Gehrensee, a small pond.
• GenslerstraßeNamed after Genslerstraße, which honours Albert Gensler, a Hohenschönhausen councillor.
• Gesundbrunnen‘Gesundbrunnen’ means ‘health spring’, after a mineral spring found here.
• Gewerbepark Georg KnorrNamed after the Gewerbepark Georg Knorr, a business park honouring the engineer Georg Knorr.
• Gleisdreieck‘Gleisdreieck’ means ‘track triangle’ – the junction that once stood here.
• GneisenaustraßeNamed after Gneisenaustraße, which honours the Prussian field marshal August Neidhardt von Gneisenau.
• Görlitzer BahnhofThe name recalls the Görlitzer Bahnhof, the old terminus of the railway to Görlitz.
• GotlindestraßeNamed after Gotlindestraße, which recalls Gotlinde, a figure from the Nibelung saga.
• GounodstraßeNamed after Gounodstraße, which honours the French composer Charles Gounod.
• Grabbeallee/Pastor-Niemöller-PlatzNamed after Grabbeallee and Pastor-Niemöller-Platz, which meet here.
• Greifswalder StraßeNamed after Greifswalder Straße, which is named after the town of Greifswald.
• Greifswalder Straße/Danziger StraßeNamed after two streets that cross here: Greifswalder Straße and Danziger Straße.
• Greifswalder Straße/OstseestraßeNamed after two streets that meet here: Greifswalder Straße and Ostseestraße.
• GrenzalleeNamed after Grenzallee, the ‘border avenue’.
• GriebnitzseeNamed after the Griebnitzsee, a lake with a Slavic name.
• GrünauNamed after Grünau, a colonists’ village ‘on the green meadow’.
• GrünbergalleeNamed after Grünbergallee, which honours the resistance fighter Alfred Grünberg.
• Grünberger Straße/Warschauer StraßeNamed after two streets that cross here: Grünberger Straße and Warschauer Straße.
• GrunewaldNamed after the Grunewald, a forest named after a hunting lodge.
• Grüntaler StraßeNamed after Grüntal, a village north-east of Berlin.
• GuntherstraßeNamed after Gunther, a figure of the Nibelungenlied.
• GüntzelstraßeNamed after Güntzelstraße, which honours Bernhard Güntzel, head of old Wilmersdorf.
• Gustav-Adolf-Straße/LanghansstraßeNamed after two streets honouring two founders of Neu-Weißensee.

H

• Hackescher MarktNamed after the Hackescher Markt, a square laid out by Count von Hacke.
• HalemwegNamed after Halemweg, which honours the resistance fighter Nikolaus Christoph von Halem.
• HalenseeNamed after Halensee, a neighbourhood named after a lake.
• Hallesches TorThe name recalls the Hallesches Tor, a city gate on the road to Halle.
• Hannoversche StraßeNamed after Hannover, the capital of Lower Saxony.
• HansaplatzNamed after the Hansaplatz, centre of the Hansaviertel.
• Hansastraße/BuschalleeNamed after Hansastraße, recalling the Hanseatic League, and Buschallee, honouring Felix Busch.
• Hansastraße/Malchower WegNamed after Hansastraße, recalling the Hanseatic League, and Malchower Weg, the old road to Malchow.
• HaselhorstNamed after Haselhorst, an old field name in Spandau.
• Hauptbahnhof‘Hauptbahnhof’ means main station; the name replaced the traditional Lehrter Bahnhof.
• Hauptstraße/Friedrich-Engels-StraßeNamed after Rosenthal’s Hauptstraße (‘main street’) and Friedrich-Engels-Straße.
• HausvogteiplatzNamed after the Hausvogteiplatz, which recalls the royal court of the Hausvogtei.
• HeerstraßeNamed after the Heerstraße, the ‘army road’ to the Döberitz training ground.
• Hegemeisterweg‘Hegemeister’ was an old title for a forester.
• HegermühleNamed after the Hegermühle, one of Strausberg’s old mills.
• Heidelberger PlatzNamed after the Heidelberger Platz, which is named after Heidelberg.
• HeiligenseeNamed after Heiligensee, the village by the lake of the same name.
• HeinersdorfNamed after Heinersdorf, a village named after its founder, Heinrich.
• Heinersdorf KircheNamed after the old village church of Heinersdorf.
• Heinrich-Böll-StraßeNamed after Heinrich Böll (1917–1985), the writer.
• Heinrich-Heine-StraßeNamed after Heinrich-Heine-Straße, which honours the poet Heinrich Heine.
• Helene-Weigel-PlatzNamed after Helene Weigel (1900–1971), actress and wife of Bertolt Brecht.
• HellersdorfNamed after Hellersdorf, an old village first recorded as Helwichstorpp.
• HennigsdorfNamed after the town of Hennigsdorf, the ‘village of Henneke’.
• Hermann-Hesse-Straße/WaldstraßeNamed after Hermann-Hesse-Straße and Waldstraße (‘forest street’).
• HermannplatzNamed after the Hermannplatz, which honours Hermann the Cheruscan, Arminius.
• HermannstraßeNamed after Hermannstraße, officially honouring Arminius, perhaps also a local mayor.
• HermsdorfNamed after Hermsdorf, an old village on the Tegeler Fließ.
• Herzbergstraße/Dong-XuanNamed after Herzbergstraße and the Dong Xuan Center, an Asian wholesale market.
• Herzbergstraße/SiegfriedstraßeNamed after Herzbergstraße and Siegfriedstraße, which cross here.
• HirschgartenNamed after Hirschgarten, a villa colony founded in 1870.
• Hohen NeuendorfNamed after Hohen Neuendorf, renamed to tell it apart from Nieder Neuendorf.
• HohenschönhausenNamed after Hohenschönhausen, the ‘upper’ Schönhausen.
• Hohenschönhauser StraßeNamed after the direction it leads: to Hohenschönhausen.
• HohenzollerndammNamed after the Hohenzollerndamm, which honours the Hohenzollern dynasty.
• HohenzollernplatzNamed after the Hohenzollernplatz, named after the imperial house.
• HolteistraßeNamed after Karl von Holtei (1798–1880), writer.
• Holzhauser StraßeNamed after Holzhauser Straße, named after the village of Holzhausen.
• HönowNamed after Hönow, the neighbouring village in Brandenburg.
• HoppegartenNamed after Hoppegarten, a name that comes from ‘hops’.
• HufelandstraßeNamed after Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland (1762–1836), physician.
• HumboldthainNamed after the Volkspark Humboldthain, a park dedicated to Alexander von Humboldt.

I

• Innsbrucker PlatzNamed after the Innsbrucker Platz, named after the city of Innsbruck.
• InvalidenparkNamed after the Invalidenpark, once the garden of the Invalidenhaus.

J

• Jakob-Kaiser-PlatzNamed after the Jakob-Kaiser-Platz, which honours the politician Jakob Kaiser.
• Jan-Petersen-StraßeNamed after Jan Petersen (1906–1969), writer.
• JannowitzbrückeNamed after the Jannowitzbrücke, a bridge named after the man behind it.
• Jenaer StraßeNamed after Jena, a city in Thuringia.
• JessnerstraßeNamed after Leopold Jessner (1878–1945), theatre and film director.
• JohannisthalNamed after Johannisthal, which is named after its founder Johann Wilhelm Werner.
• Johannisthaler ChausseeNamed after the Johannisthaler Chaussee, the old road to Johannisthal.
• Judith-Auer-StraßeNamed after Judith Auer (1905–1944), resistance fighter against Nazism.
• Julius-Leber-BrückeNamed after the Julius-Leber-Brücke, the bridge that honours a Social Democrat of the resistance.
• JungfernheideNamed after the Jungfernheide, a forest whose name recalls the nuns of Spandau.

K

• KaiserdammNamed after the Kaiserdamm, the grand avenue named in honour of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
• Kaiserin-Augusta-StraßeNamed after Kaiserin-Augusta-Straße, which honours Empress Augusta.
• Karl-Bonhoeffer-NervenklinikNamed after the Karl-Bonhoeffer-Nervenklinik, a psychiatric hospital nearby from 1880 to 2006.
• Karl-Lade-StraßeNamed after Karl Lade (1909–1945), resistance fighter against Nazism.
• Karl-Marx-StraßeNamed after Karl-Marx-Straße, Neukölln's main street, which honours Karl Marx.
• KarlshorstThe name recalls Carl von Treskow, whose farmstead here was first recorded in 1825.
• KarowNamed after the old village of Karow, first recorded as Kare.
• KaulsdorfNamed after the village of Kaulsdorf, recorded as Caulestorp in 1285.
• Kaulsdorf-NordNamed after the northern part of Kaulsdorf, on whose land the housing estate was built.
• Kienberg (Gärten der Welt)Named after the Kienberg hill and the Gärten der Welt park at its foot.
• KleistparkNamed after the Heinrich-von-Kleist-Park, which honours the writer Heinrich von Kleist.
• Klinikum im FriedrichshainNamed after the hospital by the Volkspark Friedrichshain.
• KlosterstraßeNamed after Klosterstraße, the street of the Graues Kloster.
• KnaackstraßeNamed after Ernst Knaack (1914–1944), resistance fighter against Nazism.
• Kniprodestraße/Danziger StraßeNamed after Kniprodestraße and Danziger Straße, which cross here.
• Kochstraße (Checkpoint Charlie)Named after Kochstraße, and after Checkpoint Charlie, the border crossing nearby.
• Köllnische HeideNamed after the Köllnische Heide, the old heathland of the town of Kölln.
• Königs Wusterhausen'Königs Wusterhausen' means 'the King's Wusterhausen'.
• Konstanzer StraßeNamed after Konstanzer Straße, which honours Konstanz on Lake Constance.
• KöpenickNamed after Köpenick, whose Slavic name means 'island place'.
• Kopernikusstraße/Warschauer StraßeNamed after Kopernikusstraße and Warschauer Straße, which cross here.
• Kottbusser TorThe name recalls a city gate on the road to Cottbus.
• Kriminalgericht MoabitNamed after the Moabit criminal court.
• Krumme Lanke'Krumme Lanke' means roughly 'crooked lake'.
• KuckhoffstraßeNamed after Adam Kuckhoff (1887–1943), writer and resistance fighter.
• KurfürstendammNamed after the Kurfürstendamm, the elector's old causeway to his hunting lodge.
• KurfürstenstraßeNamed after Kurfürstenstraße, which honours the prince-electors.
• Kurt-Schumacher-PlatzNamed after the Kurt-Schumacher-Platz, which honours the Social Democrat Kurt Schumacher.

L

• Landsberger AlleeNamed after Landsberger Allee, the road towards Altlandsberg.
• Landsberger Allee/Blumberger DammNamed after two roads that meet here: Landsberger Allee and Blumberger Damm.
• Landsberger Allee/Petersburger StraßeNamed after two streets that cross here: Landsberger Allee and Petersburger Straße.
• Landsberger Allee/RhinstraßeNamed after Landsberger Allee and Rhinstraße, which cross here.
• Landsberger Allee/Weißenseer WegNamed after Landsberger Allee and Weißenseer Weg, the old road to Weißensee.
• Landsberger Chaussee/Zossener StraßeNamed after Landsberger Chaussee and Zossener Straße, which meet here.
• LankwitzNamed after the old village of Lankwitz, whose Slavic name means 'place by the riverside meadow'.
• LeinestraßeNamed after Leinestraße, which honours the river Leine.
• LeopoldplatzNamed after the Leopoldplatz, which honours Prince Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau.
• Lesser-Ury-WegNamed after Lesser Ury (1861–1931), the Berlin Impressionist painter.
• LichtenbergNamed after Lichtenberg, a village founded around 1230.
• LichtenradeNamed after Lichtenrade, whose name is said to mean a clearing made in the forest.
• Lichterfelde OstNamed after Lichterfelde, a name that probably came with Flemish settlers.
• Lichterfelde SüdNamed after the southern part of Lichterfelde, once the village of Giesensdorf.
• Lichterfelde WestNamed after Lichterfelde West, the villa colony this station was built to serve.
• Lindauer AlleeNamed after Lindauer Allee, which honours Lindau on Lake Constance.
• LipschitzalleeNamed after Lipschitzallee, which honours the Social Democrat Joachim Lipschitz.
• LoeperplatzNamed after the Loeper family, landowners important to the village of Lichtenberg.
• Louis-Lewin-StraßeNamed after Louis-Lewin-Straße, which honours the pharmacologist Louis Lewin.
• Louise-Schroeder-PlatzNamed after Louise Schroeder (1887–1957), acting Lord Mayor of Berlin in 1947–1948.
• Lübecker StraßeNamed after Lübeck, the Hanseatic city in Schleswig-Holstein.

M

• MagdalenenstraßeNamed after Magdalenenstraße, a street named after the first name Magdalena.
• MahlowNamed after Mahlow, a village first recorded in 1280 as Malow.
• MahlsdorfNamed after the old village of Mahlsdorf, first recorded as Malterstorp.
• Marienburger StraßeNamed after Marienburg in West Prussia, since 1945 Malbork in Poland.
• MarienfeldeNamed after the old village of Marienfelde, first recorded in 1344 as Merghenvelde.
• Märkisches MuseumNamed after the neighbouring Märkisches Museum, the main house of the Stadtmuseum Berlin.
• MarksburgstraßeNamed after the Marksburg, a medieval castle on the Rhine.
• MarzahnThe name Marzahn comes from a Slavic word for ‘swamp’.
• Marzahner PromenadeNamed after Marzahn, the district whose name means a settlement by a swamp.
• MasurenstraßeNamed after Masuria, a region of former East Prussia, now in Poland.
• Max-Herrmann-StraßeNamed after Max Herrmann (1865–1942), literary historian and theatre scholar.
• Meeraner StraßeNamed after Meerane, a town in Saxony.
• MehringdammNamed after Mehringdamm, which honours the Marxist writer Franz Mehring.
• Mehrower AlleeNamed after Mehrower Allee, an avenue named after the village of Mehrow.
• Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-ParkNamed after the adjacent park, which honours the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
• Messe Nord/ZOBNamed after the exhibition grounds (Messe) and the central bus station (ZOB).
• Messe SüdNamed after the exhibition grounds (Messe) to the north and the Eichkamp estate.
• MexikoplatzNamed after Mexikoplatz, the square in front of the station.
• Michendorfer StraßeNamed after Michendorf, a municipality in Brandenburg.
• MierendorffplatzNamed after Mierendorffplatz, which honours the Social Democrat Carlo Mierendorff.
• MöckernbrückeNamed after the Möckernbrücke, the bridge carrying Möckernstraße over the Landwehrkanal.
• Möllendorffstraße/Storkower StraßeNamed after Möllendorffstraße and Storkower Straße, which meet here.
• Mollstraße/Otto-Braun-StraßeNamed after two streets that cross here: Mollstraße and Otto-Braun-Straße.
• Mollstraße/Prenzlauer AlleeNamed after Mollstraße and Prenzlauer Allee, which meet here.
• MonbijouplatzNamed after Schloss Monbijou, a palace that once stood nearby.
• MoritzplatzNamed after Moritzplatz, which honours Prince Maurice of Orange.
• Mühlenbeck-MönchmühleNamed after Mühlenbeck and its settlement Mönchmühle, the ‘monks’ mill’.
• MuseumsinselNamed after the Museumsinsel (Museum Island), in the north of the Spree island.

N

• NaturkundemuseumNamed after the nearby Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin’s natural history museum.
• Nauener PlatzNamed after Nauener Platz, which honours the Brandenburg town of Nauen.
• Neu-WestendNamed after Neu-Westend, the residential quarter built here after 1905.
• NeuenhagenNamed after the municipality of Neuenhagen bei Berlin.
• NeuköllnNamed after Neukölln, which was called Rixdorf until 1912.
• Niemegker StraßeNamed after Niemegk, a small town in the Fläming in Brandenburg.
• NikolasseeNamed after Nikolassee, the villa colony that took its name from a small lake.
• NöldnerplatzNamed after Nöldnerplatz, which honours the resistance fighter Erwin Nöldner.
• NollendorfplatzNamed after Nollendorfplatz, which recalls a battle of 1813 in Bohemia.
• Nordbahnhof‘North station’: the name replaced Stettiner Bahnhof, terminus of the line to Stettin.
• NordendNamed after Nordend (‘north end’), an old country-house colony on the edge of Rosenthal.
• NordendstraßeNamed after Nordend, the neighbouring country-house colony.
• Nossener StraßeNamed after Nossen, a small town in Saxony.

O

• OberseestraßeNamed after the Obersee (‘upper lake’), a small lake in Alt-Hohenschönhausen.
• Oberspree‘Oberspree’ means ‘upper Spree’: a stretch of the river and a locality here.
• OderbruchstraßeNamed after the Oderbruch, a lowland landscape on the Oder in Brandenburg.
• Olympia-StadionNamed after the Olympiastadion, built for the 1936 Olympic Games.
• OlympiastadionNamed after the Olympiastadion, built in 1934–1936 for the Olympic Games.
• Onkel Toms Hütte‘Onkel Toms Hütte’ means ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’, after an old inn.
• OranienburgNamed after the town of Oranienburg, called after a palace built for a princess of Orange.
• Oranienburger StraßeNamed after Oranienburger Straße, which honours the town of Oranienburg.
• Oranienburger TorThe name recalls the Oranienburger Tor, a city gate on the road to Oranienburg.
• Osdorfer StraßeNamed after Osdorfer Straße, the road towards the vanished village of Osdorf.
• Oskar-Helene-HeimNamed after the Oskar-Helene-Heim, a former orthopaedic home for children.
• Osloer StraßeNamed after Osloer Straße, which honours the Norwegian capital.
• Osloer Straße/PrinzenalleeNamed after Osloer Straße and Prinzenallee (‘Princes’ Avenue’), which cross here.
• Osram-HöfeNamed after the Osram-Höfe, a former light-bulb factory, now offices and shops.
• Ostbahnhof‘East station’: a name given in 1950 to replace Schlesischer Bahnhof.
• Ostkreuz‘Ostkreuz’ means ‘east cross’: a crossing of railway lines.
• OtisstraßeNamed after Otisstraße, which honours the lift inventor Elisha Graves Otis.

P

• PankowNamed after Pankow, which takes its name from the river Panke.
• Pankow KircheNamed after Pankow’s old village church, which stands on the village green nearby.
• Pankow-HeinersdorfNamed after Pankow and Heinersdorf, the two localities that meet here.
• PankstraßeNamed after Pankstraße, which takes its name from the river Panke.
• PappelplatzNamed after the poplars (‘Pappeln’) on this small triangular square.
• Paracelsus-BadNamed after the nearby Paracelsus-Bad, an indoor swimming pool.
• ParadestraßeThe name recalls the parade ground on the Tempelhofer Feld.
• Parchimer AlleeNamed after Parchimer Allee, which honours the town of Parchim in Mecklenburg.
• Pastor-Niemöller-PlatzNamed after Martin Niemöller (1892–1984), Protestant pastor and opponent of the Nazi regime.
• Paul-Heyse-StraßeNamed after the writer Paul Heyse, born in Berlin.
• PaulsternstraßeNamed after Paulsternstraße, which recalls Paulstern, a vanished settlement that grew from an inn.
• Petershagen NordNamed after Petershagen; ‘Nord’ (north) set it apart from a second Petershagen station.
• PichelsbergNamed after Pichelsberg, a hilly area above the Havel.
• PlänterwaldNamed after the Plänterwald, a forest managed as a ‘Plenterwald’.
• Platz der LuftbrückeNamed after Platz der Luftbrücke, the square that recalls the Berlin Airlift.
• Platz der Vereinten Nationen‘Platz der Vereinten Nationen’ means United Nations Square.
• PodbielskialleeNamed after Podbielskiallee, which honours Victor von Podbielski (1844–1916).
• PoelchaustraßeNamed after Poelchaustraße, which honours the prison chaplain Harald Poelchau (1903–1972).
• Potsdam HauptbahnhofNamed after Potsdam, capital of Brandenburg; ‘Hauptbahnhof’ means main station.
• Potsdamer PlatzNamed after Potsdamer Platz, the square outside the old gate on the road to Potsdam.
• Prendener StraßeNamed after Prenden, a village north-east of Berlin.
• Prenzlauer AlleeNamed after Prenzlauer Allee, the old road to Prenzlau in the Uckermark.
• Prenzlauer Allee/Danziger StraßeNamed after two streets that cross here: Prenzlauer Allee and Danziger Straße.
• Prenzlauer Allee/Metzer StraßeNamed after two streets that meet here: Prenzlauer Allee and Metzer Straße.
• Prenzlauer Allee/OstseestraßeNamed after Prenzlauer Allee and Ostseestraße, the ‘Baltic Sea street’.
• Prenzlauer Promenade/Am SteinbergNamed after Prenzlauer Promenade, the road to Prenzlau, and Am Steinberg, a low hill.
• Prerower PlatzNamed after Prerow, a Baltic seaside resort on the Darß peninsula.
• PriesterwegNamed after the Priesterweg, the path the pastors of Schöneberg took to Lankwitz.
• PrinzenstraßeNamed after Prinzenstraße, named in 1849 after Prince Wilhelm, later Emperor Wilhelm I.

R

• RahnsdorfNamed after Rahnsdorf, an old fishing village between the Müggelspree and the Müggelsee.
• Raoul-Wallenberg-StraßeNamed after Raoul-Wallenberg-Straße, which honours the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg.
• Rathaus LichtenbergNamed after the Rathaus Lichtenberg, the borough’s neo-Gothic town hall.
• Rathaus NeuköllnNamed after the Rathaus Neukölln, town hall of a town called Rixdorf until 1912.
• Rathaus PankowNamed after the Rathaus Pankow, the red-brick town hall on Breite Straße.
• Rathaus ReinickendorfNamed after the Rathaus Reinickendorf, the borough's town hall opposite the station.
• Rathaus SchönebergNamed after the Rathaus Schöneberg, West Berlin's town hall during the city's division.
• Rathaus SpandauNamed after the Rathaus Spandau, the town hall at the edge of Spandau's old town.
• Rathaus SteglitzNamed after the Rathaus Steglitz, the neo-Gothic town hall across the road.
• RehbergeNamed after the Volkspark Rehberge, a park laid out on the Rehberge dunes.
• Reinickendorfer StraßeNamed after Reinickendorfer Straße, the road towards the old village of Reinickendorf.
• ResidenzstraßeNamed after Residenzstraße, the road that led to the royal ‘Residenz’ of Berlin.
• Revaler StraßeNamed after Reval, the old German name of Tallinn, capital of Estonia.
• Rhinstraße/GärtnerstraßeNamed after Rhinstraße, which recalls the river Rhin, and Gärtnerstraße.
• Rhinstraße/Plauener StraßeNamed after Rhinstraße, which recalls the river Rhin, and Plauener Straße.
• Richard-Wagner-PlatzNamed after Richard-Wagner-Platz, which honours the composer Richard Wagner (1813–1883).
• Riesaer StraßeNamed after Riesa, a town on the Elbe in Saxony.
• Riesaer Straße/Louis-Lewin-StraßeNamed after Riesaer Straße and Louis-Lewin-Straße, which honours a toxicologist.
• RoederplatzNamed after Hermann Roeder, a landowner and local politician of Lichtenberg.
• RohrdammNamed after the Rohrdamm, a road built over a water main – ‘Rohr’ means pipe.
• RöntgentalNamed in honour of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, the discoverer of X-rays.
• Rosa-Luxemburg-PlatzNamed after Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, which honours the socialist Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919).
• Rosenthal NordNamed after the old village of Rosenthal; ‘Nord’ means north.
• Rosenthaler PlatzNamed after Rosenthaler Platz, where the gate on the road to Rosenthal once stood.
• Rotes RathausNamed after the Rotes Rathaus, Berlin's ‘Red Town Hall’ and seat of the Governing Mayor.
• RothenbachstraßeNamed after Emil Hermann Rothenbach, a local landowner.
• Rüdesheimer PlatzNamed after Rüdesheimer Platz, the heart of the Rheingau quarter.
• RüdickenstraßeNamed after Rüdicken, an old field name.
• RudowNamed after Rudow, an old village first recorded in 1373.
• RuhlebenNamed after Ruhleben, an old estate between Spandau and Charlottenburg.
• RummelsburgNamed after Rummelsburg, an inn whose name passed to a whole settlement.
• Rummelsburger Straße/EdisonstraßeNamed after Rummelsburger Straße and Edisonstraße, which honours Thomas Edison.

S

• SamariterstraßeNamed after Samariterstraße, which takes its name from the Samariterkirche (Samaritan Church).
• SandinostraßeNamed after Augusto César Sandino, the Nicaraguan guerrilla leader.
• SavignyplatzNamed after Savignyplatz, which honours the jurist Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779–1861).
• Schalkauer StraßeNamed after Schalkau, a small town in Thuringia.
• ScharnweberstraßeNamed after Scharnweberstraße, which honours Scharnweber, district administrator of Niederbarnim.
• SchichauwegNamed after Schichauweg, which honours the engineer Ferdinand Schichau (1814–1896).
• SchillerstraßeNamed after the poet Friedrich von Schiller.
• SchillingstraßeNamed after Schillingstraße, which honours the merchant Philipp Andreas Schilling.
• SchlachtenseeNamed after the Schlachtensee – a lake whose name has nothing to do with a battle.
• Schlesisches TorThe name recalls the Schlesisches Tor, the city gate closest to Silesia.
• SchloßstraßeNamed after Schloßstraße, the ‘castle street’ leading to the Steglitz manor house.
• SchönebergNamed after the old village of Schöneberg, first recorded in 1264.
• SchönefeldNamed after the municipality of Schönefeld, where Berlin's airport lies.
• Schöneweide‘Schöneweide’ means ‘beautiful meadow’, after a meadow on the bank of the Spree.
• SchönfließNamed after the village of Schönfließ, first recorded in 1270.
• Schönfließer StraßeNamed after Bad Schönfließ, now Trzcińsko-Zdrój in Poland.
• Schönhauser AlleeNamed after Schönhauser Allee, the old road to Schloss Schönhausen.
• Schönhauser Allee/Bornholmer StraßeNamed after Schönhauser Allee and Bornholmer Straße, which crosses it here.
• SchönholzNamed after Schönholz, a colony of weavers from the time of Frederick II.
• SchönleinstraßeNamed after Schönleinstraße, which honours the physician Johann Lukas Schönlein.
• SchragenfeldstraßeNamed after the Schragenfeld, an old field name.
• SchulzendorfNamed after Schulzendorf, a settlement named after a forestry official called Schultze.
• SchwartzkopffstraßeNamed after Schwartzkopffstraße, which honours the industrialist Louis Schwartzkopff.
• SeestraßeNamed after Seestraße, the ‘lake street’ that runs past the Plötzensee.
• Seestraße/Amrumer StraßeNamed after Seestraße, the ‘lake street’, and Amrumer Straße, after the island of Amrum.
• SenefelderplatzNamed after Senefelderplatz, which honours Alois Senefelder, inventor of lithography.
• Siegfriedstraße/Josef-Orlopp-StraßeNamed after Siegfriedstraße, after the hero of the Nibelungen saga, and Josef-Orlopp-Straße.
• SiemensdammNamed after Siemensdamm, which honours Werner von Siemens.
• Simon-Bolivar-StraßeNamed after Simón Bolívar, the South American independence leader.
• SimplonstraßeNamed after the Simplon Pass in the Swiss Alps.
• SonnenalleeNamed after Sonnenallee, which bore a Nazi-era name from 1938 to 1947.
• Sophie-Charlotte-PlatzNamed after Sophie Charlotte, the first Prussian queen.
• SpandauNamed after Spandau, the old town on the Havel, first recorded in 1197.
• Spandauer Straße/MarienkircheNamed after Spandauer Straße, the old road to Spandau, and St Mary’s Church.
• SpichernstraßeNamed after Spichernstraße, which recalls a battle of the Franco-Prussian War.
• SpindlersfeldNamed after Spindlersfeld, the factory district of the Spindler laundry firm.
• Spittelmarkt‘Spittel’ is an old word for hospital: the square recalls the Gertraudenhospital.
• SportforumNamed after the Sportforum Hohenschönhausen, a large sports complex.
• SpringpfuhlNamed after the Springpfuhl, a pond about 200 metres away.
• Stadion Buschallee/HansastraßeNamed after the Stadion Buschallee and the Hansastraße, which meet here.
• Stadtmitte‘Stadtmitte’ means ‘city centre’, though the station is not at Berlin's centre.
• Stahlheimer Straße/Wisbyer StraßeNamed after two streets with Scandinavian names: Stahlheimer Straße and Wisbyer Straße.
• Stendaler Straße/Quedlinburger StraßeNamed after two streets that recall towns in Saxony-Anhalt: Stendal and Quedlinburg.
• Stendaler Straße/Zossener StraßeNamed after two streets that recall the towns of Stendal and Zossen.
• Storkower StraßeNamed after Storkower Straße, which honours the small town of Storkow.
• StraßmannstraßeNamed after Wolfgang Straßmann, physician and Berlin politician.
• StrausbergNamed after the town of Strausberg, on the Straussee lake.
• Strausberg NordNamed after Strausberg Nord, the northern part of the town of Strausberg.
• Strausberg Stadt‘Strausberg Stadt’ means ‘Strausberg Town’.
• Strausberger PlatzNamed after Strausberger Straße, itself named after the town of Strausberg.
• StresowNamed after the Stresow, a part of Spandau on the east bank of the Havel.
• Südende‘Südende’ means ‘south end’: the name of a 19th-century villa colony.
• Südkreuz‘Südkreuz’ means ‘south cross’: here the Ring crosses the lines to the south.
• SüdsternNamed after the Südstern, a star-shaped square on Berlin's old southern edge.
• Sulzfelder StraßeNamed after Sulzfeld am Main, a municipality in Bavaria.
• Sundgauer StraßeNamed after Sundgauer Straße, which recalls the Sundgau in southern Alsace.

T

• TegelNamed after Tegel, an old village on the Tegeler See.
• Teltow StadtNamed after the town of Teltow; ‘Stadt’ (town) marks the station in the town itself.
• TempelhofThe name recalls the Knights Templar, who had a commandery here.
• Theodor-Heuss-PlatzNamed after Theodor-Heuss-Platz, which honours West Germany's first Federal President.
• Thomas-Mann-StraßeNamed after the writer Thomas Mann.
• TiergartenNamed after the Großer Tiergarten, once the electors' hunting park.
• TierparkNamed after the Tierpark Berlin (‘animal park’), East Berlin's zoo.
• Tino-Schwierzina-StraßeNamed after Tino Schwierzina, the last Lord Mayor of East Berlin.
• TraberwegNamed after the nearby Karlshorst racecourse: ‘Traber’ means trotter.
• TraveplatzNamed after Travestraße, which recalls the river Trave.
• Treptower ParkNamed after the Treptower Park, a 19th-century public park on the Spree.
• Treskowallee/HTWNamed after Treskowallee and the HTW, a university of applied sciences.
• TschaikowskistraßeNamed after the Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
• Turmstraße‘Turm’ means tower: the street is named after church towers.

U

• UhlandstraßeNamed after Uhlandstraße, which honours the poet Ludwig Uhland.
• UllsteinstraßeNamed after Ullsteinstraße, which honours the publisher Leopold Ullstein.
• UniversitätsstraßeNamed after the Berlin university, today’s Humboldt-Universität.
• Unter den LindenNamed after Unter den Linden, the boulevard ‘under the lime trees’.

V

• Viktoria-Luise-PlatzNamed after Viktoria-Luise-Platz, which honours Kaiser Wilhelm II's only daughter.
• VinetastraßeNamed after Vinetastraße, which recalls Vineta, a legendary city on the Baltic coast.
• Virchow-KlinikumNamed after the Rudolf-Virchow-Krankenhaus, today the Charité’s Campus Virchow-Klinikum.
• Volkspark WuhlheideNamed after the Volkspark Wuhlheide, a ‘people’s park’ in the Wuhlheide forest.
• VoltastraßeNamed after Voltastraße, which honours the physicist Alessandro Volta.

W

• WaidmannslustNamed after the Waidmannslust district, which took its name from an inn.
• WaldemarstraßeNamed after Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg.
• Walther-Schreiber-PlatzNamed after Walther-Schreiber-Platz, which honours a Governing Mayor of West Berlin.
• WaßmannsdorfNamed after Waßmannsdorf, a village in the municipality of Schönefeld.
• WannseeNamed after the Wannsee district, which takes its name from the lake Großer Wannsee.
• Warschauer StraßeNamed after Warschauer Straße, which honours the Polish capital, Warsaw.
• WartenbergNamed after Wartenberg, an old village whose fields became a housing estate.
• WeberwieseNamed after the Weberwiese, a green once used by dyers and weavers.
• WeddingNamed after the Wedding district, which recalls a medieval manor.
• Weißer SeeNamed after the Weißer See, the ‘white lake’ that probably gave Weißensee its name.
• WeinmeisterstraßeNamed after Weinmeisterstraße, a lane through a master vintner's garden.
• WelsestraßeNamed after the Welse, a river in Brandenburg.
• Werneuchener StraßeNamed after Werneuchen, a small town north-east of Berlin.
• WestendNamed after the Westend district, itself named after London's West End.
• WesthafenNamed after the Westhafen, the inland port next to the station.
• Westkreuz‘Westkreuz’ means ‘west cross’: here the Stadtbahn and the Ringbahn cross.
• WestphalwegNamed after Westphalweg, which honours Mariendorf's first full-time village head.
• Wiesenwinkel‘Wiesenwinkel’ means meadow corner, after the former Winkelwiesen.
• WildauNamed after the town of Wildau, which was called Hoherlehme until 1922.
• Wilhelminenhofstraße/EdisonstraßeNamed after two streets: Wilhelminenhofstraße and Edisonstraße.
• WilhelmshagenNamed after Wilhelmshagen, a villa colony in Rahnsdorf.
• WilhelmsruhNamed after Wilhelmsruh, a villa colony whose name is a small mystery.
• Wilmersdorfer StraßeNamed after Wilmersdorfer Straße, the old road from Charlottenburg to Wilmersdorf.
• WittenauNamed after Wittenau, renamed after its village head Peter Witte.
• WittenbergplatzNamed after Wittenbergplatz, which recalls the siege of Wittenberg in the wars against Napoleon.
• WollankstraßeNamed after Wollankstraße, which honours the Pankow landowner Friedrich Adolph Wollank.
• WuhletalNamed after the Wuhletal, the green valley of the little river Wuhle.
• WuhletalstraßeNamed after the Wuhletal, the valley of the river Wuhle.
• WuhlheideNamed after the Wuhlheide, a forest named after the river Wuhle.
• Wühlischstraße/GärtnerstraßeNamed after Wühlischstraße and Gärtnerstraße, which cross here.
• WutzkyalleeNamed after Wutzkyallee, which honours the trade unionist Emil Wutzky.

Y

• YorckstraßeNamed after Yorckstraße, which honours the Prussian general Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg.
• Yorckstraße (Großgörschenstraße)Named after Yorckstraße, with Großgörschenstraße added to tell it apart.

Z

• Zechliner StraßeNamed after Zechlin, near Rheinsberg in Brandenburg.
• ZehlendorfNamed after Zehlendorf, an old village whose name mixes German and Slavic.
• ZepernickNamed after Zepernick, a village whose Slavic name means roughly ‘dense scrub’.
• ZeuthenNamed after Zeuthen, an old village of fishermen on the Dahme.
• Zingster StraßeNamed after Zingst, a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
• Zingster Straße/Ribnitzer StraßeNamed after two places in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Zingst and Ribnitz-Damgarten.
• ZitadelleNamed after the Zitadelle Spandau, the Renaissance fortress nearby.
• Zoologischer GartenNamed after the Zoologischer Garten, Berlin's zoo across the square.
• Zossener Straße/KastanienalleeNamed after Zossener Straße and Kastanienallee, the ‘chestnut avenue’.
• Zwickauer DammNamed after Zwickauer Damm, which honours the Saxon city of Zwickau.