Wilhelmstraße (Spandau)
The Wilhelmstraße () in the Berliner district of Bezirk Spandau, Spandau is the connecting street between Spandau and Potsdam. In the north, at Seeburger Straße and the Ziegelhof, the Wilhelmstraße runs into the Klosterstraße, about a kilometre south of Berlin-Spandau station, Spandau Station. It crosses the Heerstraße (Berlin), Heerstraße and from there on southwards it is also the Bundesstraße 2. At its southern end, at the „Seeburger Zipfel“ at Karolinenhöhe the Wilhelmstraße runs into the Potsdamer Chaussee. History In honour of William I, German Emperor, Emperor William I's 100th Birthday in 1897, the Potsdamer Chaussee was renamed north of Karolinenhöhe into „Wilhelmstraße“. The Wilhelmstadt also got its name around this time. Before the Wilhelmstadt was called „Potsdamer“ or also „Pichelsdorfer Vorstadt“.Series ''Spandau einst und jetzt'' from the ''Spandauer Volksblatt Berlin'', Blatt 35, in early 1977 The barracks were built between 18 ...
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