Jüdenstraße (Berlin-Spandau)

Jüdenstraße is a traffic route in the old town of the Berlin district of Spandau and was in the Middle Ages residential area of the Jews of Spandau. It begins at the Altstädter Ring and crosses there the Mühlengraben, crosses the Moritzstraße as well as the Ritterstraße and meets at its northern end again the Viktoria-Ufer. The street originated in the 14th century. The word "Jüden" is a transliterated variant of the Middle High German word "Juden". This street received its name after the Jews living there at that time. The earliest known record of the name dates back to 1537. In 1938, the street was renamed Kinkelstraße by the National Socialists. Since 2002 it is called again Jüdenstraße.