Named after the Kurt-Schumacher-Platz, which honours the Social Democrat Kurt Schumacher.
The square was nameless until 4 August 1955, when it was named after Kurt Schumacher (1895–1952), SPD chairman from 1946 to 1952 and leader of the opposition in the Bundestag from 1949. He was a firm opponent of Nazism and of the East German SED, and the great rival of Konrad Adenauer.