Straße
Encyclopedia
Straße is the German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 word for street
Street
A street is a paved public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, but is more often paved with a hard, durable...

 and may refer to:

Various notable streets:
  • In Berlin
    Berlin
    Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

    • Bernauer Straße
      Bernauer Straße
      Bernauer Straße is a street of Berlin situated between the localities of Gesundbrunnen and Mitte, today both belonging to the Mitte borough. It runs from the Mauerpark at the corner of Prenzlauer Berg to the Nordbahnhof...

      , a location of the Berlin Wall
      Berlin Wall
      The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin...

    • Friedrichstraße
      Friedrichstraße
      The Friedrichstraße is a major culture and shopping street in central Berlin, forming the core of the Friedrichstadt neighborhood. It runs from the northern part of the old Mitte district to the Hallesches Tor in the district of Kreuzberg...

    • Kopenhagener Straße
      Kopenhagener Straße
      The Kopenhagener Straße in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district runs parallel to the Ringbahn tracks between busy Schönhauser Allee in the East all the way to the Mauerpark in the West, where the Berlin Wall separated the Soviet from the French sector...

    • Leipziger Straße
    • Oranienburger Straße
    • Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße
    • Karl-Liebknecht-Straße
    • Straße des 17. Juni
      Straße des 17. Juni
      The Straße des 17. Juni is a street in central Berlin, the capital of Germany. It is the western continuation of the Unter den Linden. It runs east-west through the Tiergarten, a large forest park to the west of the city centre. At the eastern end is the Brandenburg Gate and at the western end is...

  • In Vienna
    Vienna
    Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

    • Ringstraße
      Ringstraße
      The Ringstraße is a circular road surrounding the Innere Stadt district of Vienna, Austria and is one of its main sights...

      , which circles the inner city
    • Kärntner Straße
      Kärntner Straße
      Kärntner Straße is the most famous shopping street in central Vienna . It runs from the Stephansplatz out to the Wiener Staatsoper at Karlsplatz on the Ringstraße...

  • In Zurich
    Zürich
    Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

    • Bahnhofstrasse
      Bahnhofstrasse, Zürich
      Bahnhofstrasse is Zurich's main downtown street and one of the world's most expensive and exclusive shopping avenues. In 2010 a study has named the Bahnhofstrasse the third most expensive street for retail property in Europe, and the fifth most expensive worldwide. It came into exsistence when the...

      , a famous and exclusive shopping avenue


Federal Highways in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 and Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

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  • Bundesstraße
    Bundesstraße
    Bundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...



Straße may also refer to:
  • Die Straße
    Die Straße
    Die Straße , also known as The Street, is a German film, directed by Karl Grune.-Cast:*Eugen Klöpfer ... Lower middle-class man*Lucie Höflich ... Wife of man*Anton Edthofer ... Pimp*Aud Egede-Nissen ... Harlot...

    , a German film

See also:
  • Street (disambiguation)
    Street (disambiguation)
    __notoc__A street is a public thoroughfare in a built environment.Street may also refer to:-Place names:*Street , a crater on the Moon named after the astronomer Thomas Street England*Street, Cumbria*Street, Devon...

  • ß
    ß
    In the German alphabet, ß is a letter that originated as a ligature of ss or sz. Like double "s", it is pronounced as an , but in standard spelling, it is only used after long vowels and diphthongs, while ss is used after short vowels...

    - German eszett character
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