![Charlottenburg Kaiserdamm West](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Charlottenburg_Kaiserdamm_West.JPG)
Kaiserdamm is a
boulevard
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Boulevards were originally circumferential roads following the line of former city walls.
In American usage, boulevards may ...
in the
Westend and
Charlottenburg
Charlottenburg () is a locality of Berlin within the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Established as a town in 1705 and named after Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Queen consort of Prussia, it is best known for Charlottenburg Palace, the ...
districts of
Berlin
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, Germany.
Route
Kaiserdamm is a 50m wide road, that runs for between Sophie-Charlotte-Platz in the east to
Theodor-Heuss-Platz
Theodor-Heuss-Platz (; colloquially called Theo by locals, ) is a large city square in the Westend district of Berlin, Germany. It is named after Theodor Heuss (1884–1963), the first President of Germany after World War II.
Location
The sq ...
in the west. It forms a westward continuation of Bismarckstraße,
Straße des 17. Juni
The Straße des 17. Juni (, en, 17th of June Street), is a street in central Berlin, the capital of Germany. Its name refers to the 1953 East German uprising, 17 June 1953 uprising in East Germany. It is the western continuation of the boule ...
and the
Unter den Linden
Unter den Linden (, "under the linden trees") is a boulevard in the central Mitte district of Berlin, the capital of Germany. Running from the City Palace to Brandenburg Gate, it is named after the linden (lime in England and Ireland, not rela ...
boulevard.
History
Originally an unpaved track, the road was inaugurated at the behest of
Wilhelm II
, house = Hohenzollern
, father = Frederick III, German Emperor
, mother = Victoria, Princess Royal
, religion = Lutheranism (Prussian United)
, signature = Wilhelm II, German Emperor Signature-.svg
Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor ...
(after whom it is named), and opened to traffic in 1906. The road was rebuilt in 1939 as part of the East-West Axis of the planned
Welthauptstadt Germania
Welthauptstadt Germania () or World Capital Germania was the projected renewal of the German capital Berlin during the Nazi period, part of Adolf Hitler's vision for the future of Nazi Germany after the planned victory in World War II. It wa ...
, and much of the road as it is today dates from this time.
Buildings
Kaiserdamm is served by the
Kaiserdamm U-Bahn station positioned halfway between the
Theodor-Heuss-Platz U-Bahn station and
Sophie-Charlotte-Platz U-Bahn stations.
Prominent buildings on the road include the studios of
Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (; "Berlin-Brandenburg Broadcasting"; abbreviated: RBB , stylized as rbb) is an institution under public law (national broadcaster) for the German states of Berlin and Brandenburg, based in Berlin and Potsdam. RBB ...
at the corner of Theodor-Heuss-Platz and the former police headquarters with the address Kaiserdamm 1.
External links
Streets in Berlin
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
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