Frankfurter Allee | |
Map Type: | Germany Berlin |
Map Alt: | Location within Berlin |
Namesake: | Frankfurt (Oder) |
Type: | Thoroughfare |
Length: | [1] |
Location: | Berlin, Germany |
Quarter: | Friedrichshain, Lichtenberg, Rummelsburg |
Direction A: | West |
Direction B: | East |
The Frankfurter Allee is one of the oldest roads of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It extends the Karl-Marx-Allee from Frankfurter Tor in the direction of the city of Frankfurt (Oder). It is part of Bundesstraße 1 and has a length of .
Line of the city's U-Bahn runs beneath the length of Frankfurter Allee. The U-Bahn stations of Frankfurter Tor, Samariterstraße, Frankfurter Allee, Magdalenenstraße and Lichtenberg are all under or adjacent to the street. Frankfurter Allee and Lichtenberg stations are also served by the city's S-Bahn.[2]
Following the establishment of the German Democratic Republic the Frankfurter Allee was officially renamed Stalinallee on 22 December 1949 to honour Stalin's 70th birthday. The street was to become the most well known in East Berlin, with the poet Kurt Barthel penning a poem to commemorate the occasion of its renaming: