Through the course of Bydgoszcz history, the street swapped its calling between the Prussian initial name "Stein straße" (from 1908 to 1918 and during the German occupation) and the Polish one (from 1918 to 1939, and since 1945). "Stein straße" stemmed from Baron vom Stein (1757-1831), a Prussian statesman.