King's Avenue was built between 1802 and 1804 to replace the fortifications previously held here. The canal in the center of the avenue is 31 meters wide and 5 meters deep. Two wooden bridges span the canal. With the advice of landscape architect Maximilian Friedrich Weier, trees were planted along the avenue and named "Chestnut Tree Avenue". In 1848, the avenue was renamed "King's Avenue" as a gesture of goodwill due to horse manure thrown at King Frederick William IV of Prussia.