Spurweg

Spurweg is a street name used in several German-speaking regions. The term Spurweg combines spur, meaning branch or offshoot, with weg, meaning way or road. In urban naming practice, a Spurweg typically denotes a road that branches off from a main street and leads to a smaller area, such as a residential block, an industrial site, or a cul-de-sac.

Geographically, Spurweg appears in municipalities across Germany, Austria and parts of Switzerland. The exact alignment and length of Spurwege vary by locality, but the common characteristic is that they are not primary through streets. They are often relatively short and serve local traffic.

Historically, spur roads were named to reflect their function as secondary routes created during periods of expansion and modernization of road networks. Today, Spurweg remains a widely used local street name without implying any single, unified feature across all locations.

See also: Spur (toponymy); List of streets named Spurweg.