Motzstraße

Motzstraße is a street in Schöneberg, Berlin which now runs from Nollendorfplatz via Viktoria-Luise-Platz to Prager Platz. Named after Adolf von Motz a Prussian Finance Minister, it was laid out around 1870. The original section of Motzstraße (North of Nollendorfplatz) has been renamed twice, firstly to Mackensenstraße and in 1996 to Else Lasker-Schüler Straße. It is also the centre of one of Berlin's gay areas and the location for the Berlin Gay Stadtfest, a Gay street festival, which is held every June on the weekend before the Gay Pride celebrations (CSD) in Berlin.