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The Kurfürstendamm (colloquially ''Ku'damm'') is one of the most famous avenues in Berlin. The street takes its name from the former ''Kurfürsten'' (prince-electors) of Brandenburg. This very broad, long boulevard can be considered the Champs-Élysées of Berlin — lined with shops, houses, hotels and restaurants. In particular, many fashion designers have their shops there, as well as several car manufacturers' show rooms. ==Description== The avenue includes four lines of plane trees and runs for through the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough in western Berlin. It branches off from the Breitscheidplatz near Bahnhof Zoo and the ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and leads southwestward through the Charlottenburg district. At the junction with ''Joachimstaler Straße'' it passes the Café Kranzler, successor of the ''Café des Westens'', a famous venue for artists and bohémiens of the pre-World-War-I era. At the same junction can be found the Kurfürstendamm U-Bahn station and the Swissôtel Berlin. One block further on, near Uhlandstraße U-Bahn station is the Kempinski hotel as well as the ''Theater am Kurfürstendamm'' at the site of a former exhibition hall of the Berlin Secession art association. At Adenauerplatz the boulevard reaches the district of Wilmersdorf, where it passes the Schaubühne theatre on ''Lehniner Platz''. The more sober western or "upper" end of the Kurfürstendamm is marked by the Berlin-Halensee railway station on the Ringbahn line and the junction with the Bundesautobahn 100 ''(Stadtring)'' at the ''Rathenauplatz'' roundabout, featuring the long disputed 1987 "Beton Cadillacs" sculpture by Wolf Vostell. Luxury boutiques located on the Kurfürstendamm include 7 for all Mankind, Aigner, Bally, Bogner, Bottega Veneta, Brunello Cucinelli, Bvlgari, Burberry, Cartier, Chanel, Chopard, Dolce & Gabbana, Ermenegildo Zegna, Escada, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Hermès, Hublot, Hugo Boss, Jil Sander, Longchamp, Louis Vuitton, Maurice Lacroix, Maybach, Michael Kors, Moncler, Mulberry, Pal Zileri, Philipp Plein, Porsche Design, Prada, Rolex, Saint Laurent Paris, Salvatore Ferragamo, Steiff, Valentino, Versace, Wolford, Wunderkind and Zilli. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kurfürstendamm」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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