Westend is a locality of the Berlin borough Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in Germany. It emerged in the course of Berlin's 2001 administrative reform on the grounds of the former Charlottenburg borough. Originally a mansion colony, it is today a quite densely settled, still affluent territory adjacent to Berlin's inner city in the east.
Steubenplatz with equestrian statue by Louis Tuaillon
View from Spandauer Berg to Charlottenburg, photographed by Heinrich Zille about 1900
Heerstraße runs from Theodor-Heuss-Platz in Berlin-Charlottenburg to the western city border of Berlin in the locality of Staaken in the borough of Spandau. It is part of Bundesstraße 5; from Theodor-Heuss-Platz to Wilhelmstraße it is forms part of Bundesstraße 2. With a length of around 10 kilometres, it is one of the longest streets in Berlin and an important commuter route. The street is a five-lane expressway (Kraftfahrstraße), depending on traffic flow the middle lane is available during rush hours in the morning (eastbound) and in the evening (westbound).
The beginning of Heerstraße at Theodor-Heuss-Platz
Route bus of the British Route Bus Service at Wilhelmstraße in 1983
Northern side of the 5-end crossing. The Seeburger Weg is behind Magistratsweg (1966).