Leipziger Straße

Leipziger Straße
Leipziger Strasse
View east along the street in 2009
Location within Berlin
Former name(s)
  • Mauerstraße–Spittelkolonnaden:
  • An der Spitalbrücke
  • (1688–1775)
  • West of Mauerstraße:
  • Potsdamer Straße
  • (1734–1775)
  • Spittelkolonnaden–Spittelmarkt:
  • An der Spitalbrücke
  • (after 1688–1775)
Part of Bundesstraße 1
NamesakeLeipzig
TypeThoroughfare
Lengthc.1,500 m (4,900 ft)
LocationBerlin, Germany
QuarterMitte
Nearest metro station
Coordinates52°30′37″N 13°23′25″E / 52.5103°N 13.3903°E / 52.5103; 13.3903
West end
Major
junctions
East end
  • Seydelstraße
  • Niederwallstraße
  • Wallstraße
  • Spittelmarkt
  • Gertraudenstraße
Construction
Inauguration
  • Generally:
  • 1688
  • Current name:
  • 1775 (1775)

Leipziger Straße, or Leipziger Strasse (see ß), is a major thoroughfare in the central Mitte district of Berlin, capital of Germany. It runs from Leipziger Platz, an octagonal square adjacent to Potsdamer Platz in the west, to Spittelmarkt in the east. Part of the Bundesstraße 1 highway, it is today one of the city's main east–west road links.