Overview

• The district of Mitte is responsible for carrying out the formal renaming.
• Mayor Kai Wegner praised Kohl’s role in reunification and European integration, calling it “a big street for a big man.”
• The avenue runs from the Victory Column through the Tiergarten toward Klingelhöferstraße near the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and the CDU’s federal headquarters.
• The street has no residents, so the change imposes no costs on private citizens.
• The decision implements a 2023 CDU–SPD coalition commitment and comes as coverage notes Kohl’s celebrated status as Chancellor of Unity alongside criticism tied to the CDU donations scandal.