Mehringdamm

Mehringdamm
Block of flats, built in 1868, on Mehringdamm 40 at the corner of Yorckstraße
Location within Berlin
Former name(s)
  • Tempelhofer Straße
  • (1837–1864)
  • Belle-Alliance-Straße
  • (1864–1946)
  • Franz-Mehring-Straße
  • (1946–1947)
Part of Bundesstraße 96
NamesakeFranz Mehring
TypeStreet
Length1,500 m (4,900 ft)
LocationBerlin, Germany
QuarterKreuzberg, Tempelhof
Nearest metro station
Coordinates52°29′30″N 13°23′14″E / 52.4917°N 13.3872°E / 52.4917; 13.3872
North end
Major
junctions
  • Obentrautstraße
  • Blücherstraße
  • Yorckstraße
  • Gneisenaustraße
  • Hagelberger Straße
  • Kreuzbergstraße
  • Bergmannstraße
  • Fidicinstraße
South end

The Mehringdamm is a street in southern Kreuzberg, Berlin. In the north it starts at Mehringbrücke and ends - with its southernmost houses already belonging to Tempelhof locality - on Platz der Luftbrücke. It is the historical southbound Berlin-Halle highway, now forming the federal route 96. The main junction of Mehringdamm is with the 19th-century ring road around Berlin's inner city, named Yorckstraße west, and Gneisenaustraße east of Mehringdamm.