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, immediately after the seizure of power, to play their part in the "National Rising" () is shown by the practice of conferring honorary municipal citizenship on Hitler, and even more by naming a street (), a square or place (), a promenade (), an avenue ( or ), a stadium (), or a bridge () 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. 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.
After 1945, all streets and squares in Germany bearing Hitler's name were renamed as part of denazification.
Places in Europe
CityModern Country NameFromTo Pre-1933/Post-1945 nameSource Augsburg Adolf-Hitler-Platz KönigsplatzAndernachAdolf-Hitler-StraßenAktienstraßeAmbergAdolf-Hitler-StraßenUntere Nabburger StraßeAmbergs Problem-Straßen behalten ihren Namen (allgemein zur dortigen Stadtkultur) in o.netz.de, retrieved 8 November 2023. Berlin (Charlottenburg) Adolf-Hitler-Platz Reichskanzlerplatz (1904–1933, 1947–1963) Theodor-Heuss-Platz (1963-) Berlin 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 Adolf-Hitler-Straße Brunnenstraße Bratislava (Pressburg) Hitlerovo námestie Masarykovo námestie (1918–1938, 1945–1953) Námestie 4. Apríla (1953–1989) Hlavné námestie (1989–present) Bremen Adolf-Hitler-Brücke Große Weserbrücke (1895 bis 1933) Lüderitzbrücke (1939, 1961) torn down Bremen Adolf-Hitler-Brücke Westbrücke Stephanibrücke Bremen (Hemelingen) Adolf-Hitler-Platz Rathausplatz Bremen (Lesum) Adolf-Hitler-Platz An der Lesumer Kirche Bremen (Aumund) Adolf-Hitler-Straße Hammersbecker Straße Bremen (Lesum) Adolf-Hitler-Straße Kellerstraße Bromberg(now Bydgoszcz) Adolf-Hitler-Straße Gdańska Breslau(now Wrocław) Adolf-Hitler-Platz Plac Mongolski Breslau(now Wrocław) Adolf-Hitler-Straße Friedrich-Ebert-Straße Mickiewicza Budapest VI. Hitler Adolf tér Kodály körönd Cilli(now Celje) Adolf-Hitler-Platz Prešernova ulica Cologne Adolf-Hitler-Platz Platz der Republik/Deutscher Platz Ebertplatz (after 1950) Dortmund Adolf-Hitler-Allee Hainallee Düsseldorf Adolf-Hitler-Platz Graf-Adolf-Platz Düsseldorf Adolf-Hitler-Straße Haroldstraße Engerau(now Bratislava) Adolf-Hitler-Straße Masarykova (1918–1938) Benešova (1945–1948) Stalinova (1948–1989) Zadunajská cesta (1989–present) Eppingen Adolf-Hitler-Straße Brettener StraßeErlangenAdolf-Hitler-StraßeHauptstraßeErftstadtAdolf-HitlerstrasseNiederweg Essen Adolf-Hitler-Platz Burgplatz Essen Adolf-Hitler-Straße Kettwiger Straße Viehofer Straße Esslingen Adolf Hitlerplatz – Marktplatz Euskirchen Adolf-Hitler-Straße Hochstraße Festenberg(now Twardogóra) Adolf Hitler Platz Plac Piastów Frankfurt am Main Adolf-Hitler-Anlage Gallus-Anlage Freising Adolf-Hitler-Straße Obere Hauptstraße Gera Adolf-Hitler-Platz Gotenhafen(now Gdynia) Adolf-Hitler-Straße Świętojańska Graz Adolf-Hitler-Platz Hauptplatz Groß Glienicke(since 1945 Berlin-Kladow) Adolf-Hitler-Allee Seekorso Hagen Adolf-Hitler-Straße Ebertstraße (1945–1960) function as main street and B7 taken over by nearby Graf-von-Galen-Ring and half of the street being destroyed in 1960; Am Hauptbahnhof (1960–present)Hagendingen(now Hagondange)Adolf-Hitler-Straße19401944rue de la gare Hamburg Adolf-Hitler-Platz Rathausmarkt Hamburg (Winterhude) Adolf-Hitler-Straße Bebelallee Hamburg (Altona) Adolf-Hitler-Platz Platz der Republik Hamburg (Wandsbek) Adolf-Hitler-Damm Friedrich-Ebert-Damm Hamburg (Wilhelmsburg) Adolf-Hitler-Straße Wilhelmsburger Reichsstraße Hanover Adolf-Hitler-Platz Hermann-Göring-Platz (1933–1945) Corvinusplatz (1945 - ) Hanover Adolf-Hitler-Platz Theaterplatz Hanover Adolf-Hitler-Straße Bahnhofstraße Idar-Oberstein Adolf-Hitler-Straße Hauptstraße Hauptstraße Iglau(now Jihlava) Adolf-Hitler-Platz Masarykovo náměstí Jägerndorf(now Krnov) Adolf-Hitler-Platz Hlavní náměstí (Main Square) Karlsruhe (Neureut)Adolf-Hitler-StraßeWelschneureuter Straße Karlsruhe (Durlach)Adolf-Hitler-StraßePfinztalstraße Karlsruhe (Hagsfeld)Adolf-Hitler-StraßeSchwetzinger Straße Karlsruhe (Knielingen)Adolf-Hitler-StraßeNeufeldstraße Karlsruhe (Grötzingen)Adolf-Hitler-StraßeEugen-Kleiber-Straße Kiel Adolf-Hitler-Platz Neumarkt/Rathausplatz Königsberg(now Kaliningrad) Adolf-Hitler-Platz Hansaplatz Ploshchad Pobedy (Victory Square) (now) Kassa(now Košice) Hitlerova ulica Národná trieda Kolozsvár(now Cluj-Napoca) Hitler Adolf-tér Avram Iancu Square, Cluj-Napoca Krainburg(now Kranj) Adolf-Hitler-Platz Glavni trg Krakau(now Kraków) Adolf-Hitler-Platz Rynek Główny Leipzig Adolf-Hitler-Straße Karl-Liebknecht-Straße Leslau(now Włocławek) Adolf-Hitler-Platz Plac WolnościLinzAdolf-Hitler-PlatzHauptplatz Lippstadt Adolf-Hitler-Straße Lange Straße Litzmannstadt(now Łódź) Adolf-Hitler-Straße1939 Piotrkowska Street Loon op Zand Adolf-Hitler-Straße1942 Hooispoor (partial) The stretch east of the Horst which was part of the M.A.St (Munitions Ausgabe Stelle) Luxemburg(now Luxembourg City) Adolf-Hitlerstraße Avenue de la LibertéLemberg (now Lviv) Adolf-Hitler Platz19411944Prospekt Svobody Memel(now Klaipėda) Adolf-Hitler-Straße Präsident Smetona Allee (before 1939) Liepų gatvė(post 1945) Mülhausen(now Mulhouse) Adolf-Hitler-Straße rue du Sauvage Mülhausen(now Mulhouse) Adolf-Hitler-Platz place de la Réunion Munich (Pasing) Adolf-Hitler-Platz Avenariusplatz Munich (Solln) Adolf-Hitler-Allee Diefenbachstraße Munich (Obermenzing) Adolf-Hitler-Straße Verdistraße Munich(Untermenzing) Adolf-Hitler-Straße Eversbuschstraße Munich (Allach) Adolf-Hitler-Straße Vesaliusstraße Munich (Aubing) Adolf-Hitler-Straße Limesstraße Munich (Lochhausen) Adolf-Hitler-Straße Schussenrieder Straße Nitra (Neutra) Hitlerova ulica Leninova trieda Hitlerova ulica Wilsonova ulica Masarykova ulica Erzsébet út Tóth Vilmos utcza Hosszú utcza Štefánikova trieda (current) Neuburg an der Donau Adolf-Hitler-Straße Luitpoldstraße/Luitpoldstraße (1945–2014) Adolf-Hitler-Straße (2014–2016, inadvertently restored) Luitpoldstraße (since 2016)NeumünsterAdolf-Hitler-PlatzGroßfleckenNeumünsterAdolf-Hitler-StraßeKuhberg Nuremberg Adolf-Hitler-Platz Hauptmarkt Osnabrück Adolf-Hitler-Platz Neumarkt Osnabrück Adolf-Hitler-Straße Bramstraße Potsdam Adolf-Hitler-Allee Allee nach Glienicke Potsdam Adolf-Hitler-Platz Green space between Althoffstraße and Yorckstraße (today Kopernikusstraße) Považská Bystrica (Waagbistritz) Adolf-Hitler-Straße Továrenská (-1939) Stalinova (1945–1989) Robotnícka (from 1990) Reichenberg(now Liberec) Adolf-Hitler-Platz Altstädter Platz (-1938) Náměstí bojovníků za mír (1945–1989) nám. Dr. E. Beneše (from 1990) Riga Adolf-Hitler-Allee19421944 Brīvības bulvāris Riga Adolf-Hitler-Straße19421944 Brīvības iela Rome Piazzale Adolf Hitler Piazzale dei Partigiani Rome Viale Adolf Hitler Viale delle Cave Ardeatine Saarbrücken Adolf-Hitler-Straße19351945 Bahnhofstraße Schönwalde-Glien Adolf-Hitler-Straße Straße des Westens Straße der Jugend (today) Sofia Adolf Hitler blvd. Булевард Евлоги и Христо Георгиеви (Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi Boulevard) Sulz unterm Wald(now Soultz-sous-Forêts) Adolf-Hitler-Platz rue des Barons-de-Fleckenstein Straßburg(now Strasbourg) Adolf-Hitler-Platz place Broglie Stuttgart Adolf-Hitler-Straße Planie Stuttgart (Birkach) Adolf-Hitler-Platz Bei der Linde Stuttgart (Stammheim) Adolf-Hitler-Platz – Stuttgart (Feuerbach) Adolf-Hitler-Straße Stuttgarter Straße Stuttgart (Plieningen) Adolf-Hitler-Straße Paracelsusstraße Stuttgart (Möhringen) Adolf-Hitler-Straße Laustraße Stuttgart (Vaihingen) Adolf-Hitler-Straße Böblinger Straße Hauptstraße Stuttgart (Bad Cannstatt) Adolf-Hitler-KampfbahnNeckarstadion Tallinn (Reval) Adolf-Hitler-Straße19421944 Narva maantee Tarnowitz (now Tarnowskie Góry) Adolf-Hitler-Straße19391944 ul. Parkowa ul. Stanisława Wyspiańskiego Dorpat (now Tartu) Adolf-Hitler-Platz19421944 Raekoja plats Thorn(now Toruń) Adolf-Hitler-Straße1940 Aleja Świętego Jana Pawła II Treuburg(now Olecko) Adolf-Hitler-Platz Freedom square Trier Adolf-Hitler-Straße Nordallee (Western part) and Bahnhofstraße now Theodor-Heuss-Allee and Bahnhofstraße Trnava (Tyrnau) Hitlerova ulica Masarykova ulica (1918–1938, 1945–1948) Ulica Februárového víťazstva (1953–1990) Hlavná ulica (1990–present) Újvidék, Hungary(now Novi Sad) () Hitler Adolf utca 1941 1944 Улица краља Александра (1918–1941) Стаљинова улица (1944–1948) Улица Александра Ранковића (1948–1966) Улица народних хероја (1966–1992) Улица краља Александра (1992–present) Valkenburg aan de Geul Adolf Hitler-Allee19421944 KloosterwegVarnsdorfAdolf-Hitler-Straße19391945 ulice Generalisima Stalina Leninova ulice Národní ulice Warschau(now Warsaw) Adolf-Hitler-Platz19391944 Piłsudski Square, formerly Plac Saski (Saxon Square, named after the Saxon Palace) 1818–1928, 1939–40, 1945–46 Weimar Adolf-Hitler-Straße Karl-Liebknecht-Straße Vienna Adolf-Hitler-Platz Rathausplatz Wilhelmshaven Adolf-Hitler-Straße Paul-Hug-Straße Zittau Adolf-Hitler-Straße
Places in the Americas CityModern Country NameFromToLater nameSourceYaphank, New YorkAdolf Hitler StreetsPark BoulevardNY Times Staff (August 14, 1941). "Yaphank Renounces Hitler Street Name". The New York Times. Santo Amaro, São PauloRua Adolpho HitlerRua Almirante Barroso (1931-1935)Rua Gil Eanes (1935-) 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 local streets were named after prominent Nazis, such as Adolf Hitler Street (renamed Park Boulevard), Goering Street (renamed Oak Street), and Goebbels Street (renamed Northside Avenue).
Before 1931, there are records of a street named Rua Adolpho Hitler in the Campo Belo district of Santo Amaro, São Paulo, Brazil – notably at a time when the Nazis had not yet come to power in Germany. Its name was changed in 1931 to Rua Almirante Barroso, but when Santo Amaro was merged into the city of São Paulo four years after, the street was again renamed Rua Gil Eanes, due to a homonymous street in Brás. The street still retains Gil Eanes's name today.
See also Adolf-Hitler-Platz (disambiguation)
Notes
References
Further reading Christian Zentner, Friedemann Bedürftig (1991). The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich, pp. 6–7. Macmillan, New York.