Named after Spichernstraße, which recalls a battle of the Franco-Prussian War.
The street is named after the Spichern Heights near the Lorraine village of Spichern, south of Saarbrücken. On 6 August 1870 troops of the North German Confederation stormed the heights in the Battle of Spichern, opening the way to Metz. The village, Spicheren in French, lies in the Moselle département, right on the French–German border.