Wondering what this symbol means?

yeah that sounds like the "kronenkreuz" or "thorshammer" variation that some far-right groups use here, especially around lichtenberg and marzahn. the reichsadler detail seals it tbh, that's not a coincidence. if you see it on the u8 again, the bvg has a reporting thing on their app for suspicious symbols, might be worth snapping a pic for the anti-discrimination office.

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sounds like the "kronenkreuz" but the house detail is throwing me off. the reichsadler with it is definitely a red flag though, that combo is not common in mainstream german culture at all. you could check with the berlin register for right-wing symbols, they have a pretty thorough database and respond to emails within a day or two. the u8 runs through some areas where older far-right symbols still pop up, especially around alexanderplatz and further east, so it's not impossible you saw something connected to that scene

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honestly that sounds like the "wolfsangel" variant mixed with some kinda christo-pagan thing i've seen around, not the standard reichsadler stuff. the softer edges and house shape inside the cross arm is weird, maybe it's a local gang patch or some obscure rechtsextrem symbol from the 90s. if you're still on the u8, try the friedrichshain-kreuzberg museum's online archive for far-right tattoos, they have a database of this stuff. also, the van with the reichsadler and that cross sounds like it could be from the "freie kameradschaften" scene, they love mixing old symbols with weird new ones.

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Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.

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if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point

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honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.

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