100 Sights in Munich, Germany (with Map and Images)
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The Nymphenburg Palace is a Baroque palace situated in Munich's western district Neuhausen-Nymphenburg, in Bavaria, southern Germany. Combined with the adjacent Nymphenburg Palace Park it constitutes one of the premier royal palaces of Europe. Its frontal width of 632 m (2,073 ft) even surpasses Versailles Palace. The Nymphenburg served as the main summer residence for the former rulers of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach.
The Old Town Hall, until 1874 the domicile of the municipality, serves today as a building for representative purposes for the city council in Munich. The Old Town Hall bounds the central square Marienplatz on its east side.
The Catholic Parish and University Church St. Louis, called Ludwigskirche, in Munich is a monumental church in neo-romanesque style with the second-largest altar fresco of the world. The building, with its round arches called the Rundbogenstil, strongly influenced other church architecture, train stations and synagogues in both Germany and the United States.
A carillon is a mechanical structure attached to or in historic buildings that produces melodies through bells at fixed times or on demand and often has a mechanically moving figurative representation. The bells can be made of metal, porcelain, ceramics or glass.
5. Fischbrunnen
The Fischbrunnen is a small fountain in the Munich district of Pasing. It was created in 1938 by the Pasing sculptor Hans Osel in connection with the relocation of the Pasinger Viktualienmarkt into the courtyard of the newly built market hall.
6. Bavaria
Bavaria is the name given to a monumental, bronze sand-cast 19th-century statue in Munich, southern Germany. It is a female personification of the Bavarian homeland, and by extension its strength and glory.
7. Utopia
The Utopia Halle, from 1994 to 2019 under the name Reithalle Munich, is a former riding hall in the Schwabing-West district of Munich, which has been used as an event location since the 1990s. It was built in 1894 for the 2nd Bavarian Infantry Regiment "Crown Prince" in the Oberwiesenfeld barack diligence and then used as an parade hall. Around a century later, the building, which is now listed today, was a neuromanic style. restored. The inner life of the approximately 1200 square meter hall could be preserved. The inside of the hall can be converted through the open construction without load -bearing elements. Depending on the room layout and design of the interior, there is space for up to 1500 people. The hall belongs to the Free State of Bavaria, is leased to a private GmbH and can be used as an event hall. In previous years there were also performances by the Bavarian State Opera. After a renovation and renovation measures, the hall was reopened on November 9, 2019 as Utopia Halle and has since been used as an event location for concerts, parties, festivals, exhibitions, theater, performances and readings.
8. Ruffinihaus
The Ruffinihaus is a group of three houses on the Rindermarkt 10 in the Old Town of Munich, Germany. It was built by Gabriel von Seidl from 1903 to 1905 and is named after the Ruffiniturm, which in turn was named after Johann Baptista Ruffini. The Ruffiniturm formed the original Sendlinger Tor and thus was part of Munich's first city wall. The three-sided house that borders the Sendlinger Street and Pettenbeck Street stands on what was the fluvial terrace of the first medieval fortification's moat, as can still be seen today when viewed from the southeast. This is a prominent site by virtue of both being a historical location and marking the transition point between the oldest core of the city and its first expansion in the 13th century. The Bavarian Office of Monument Preservation describes the building as "romantic-native mood architecture of the highest level for the interpretation of a historicist image of an old town as seen under a picturesque ideal, which was meant to be 'upgraded'."
9. Ehem. Zwangsarbeiterlager Neuaubing
The former forced labor camp Neuaubing was built by the German Reichsbahn during the Second World War at the end of 1942 in the Aubing district of Munich as a camp to accommodate forced laborers from the Reichsbahn-Baltungswerk Neuaubing. The site at Ehrenbürgstraße 9 has been owned by the city of Munich since 2015. Some of the buildings are used by artists and craftsmen who have come together in the "Freie Ateliers & Werkstätten Ehrenbürgstraße" association. "As the only preserved group system in Bavaria, the camp is a unique testimony of the National Socialist forced labor system for historical, urban planning and architectural reasons." The warehouse has been under ensemble protection since 2009, the barracks 1-8 and two minor splinter protection cells and the fencing of the area are as Individual monuments. The area is also entered as a ground monument. The forced labor camp thus provides a significant share of the monuments in Aubing.
10. Olympiaturm
The Olympic Tower in the Olympic Park, Munich has an overall height of 291 m (955 ft) and a weight of 52,500 tons. At a height of 190 m (620 ft) there is an observation platform as well as an exhibition commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Tower. Previously in that space was a small rock and roll museum housing various memorabilia. Since its opening in 1968, the tower has registered over 43 million visitors. At a height of 182 m (597 ft) there is a revolving restaurant, which seats 230 people. A full revolution takes 53 minutes. The tower also serves as a broadcast tower, and has one Deutsche Telekom maintenance elevator with a speed of 4 m/s (13 ft/s), as well as two visitor lifts with a speed of 7 m/s (23 ft/s) which have a capacity of about 30 people per car. The travel time is about 30 seconds. The tower is open daily from 09:00 to 24:00.
11. Blaue Spirale
Neuperlach is a borough in the southeast of the Bavarian capital, Munich. and is part of the city district no. 16, Ramersdorf-Perlach. It was built starting in 1967 east of the former village of Perlach on the ground of the former Perlacher Haid. Neuperlach is located east of the boroughs Ramersdorf and Perlach, south of the city districts no. 14 and no. 15 (Trudering-Riem), west of the borough Waldperlach and north of Unterbiberg. The borough encompasses multiplehousing estates, including several high-rise estates, and is one of Germany's biggest satellite towns. In the center of Neuperlach the large pep shopping mall is located, one of the most profitable shopping centers in Germany. The Hachinger Bach runs through the western part of Neuperlach from north to south. The stream also passes through the western part of the Ostpark.
12. Ehem. Hochbunker
The Hochbunker Blumenstraße, also known as Blumenbunker, is an above-ground air raid shelter from the Second World War at Blumenstraße 22 in Munich. It was built in 1941 according to plans by Karl Meitinger by the municipal building department in the center of the city. The construction took place within the framework of the Führer-Sofortprogramm, in which Munich was classified as an "air raid shelter of the first order". By the end of the war, 48 bunkers with similar capacity had been built in Munich. Up to 1,200 people were to find shelter from air raids in the bunker. Fritz Todt, then Reich Minister for Armament and Ammunition, attended the inauguration.
13. Isarphilharmonie
The Isarphilharmonie is a concert hall in Munich, Germany, which opened in October 2021. It offers space for about 1900 people and is located on the site "Gasteig HP8", which was named after its address Hans-Preißinger-Straße 8 in Munich-Sendling by a naming competition. It was created as an alternative accommodation for all uses of the Philharmonie in the Gasteig Cultural Centre during its renovation until 2027. Not only the Munich Philharmonic resides here, but also the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and many other stars and orchestras. The interim branch of the Munich City Library also opened in November 2021 in Hall E at Gasteig HP8.
14. Wallfahrtskirche St. Anna
The Roman Catholic pilgrimage church of St. Anna in the Munich district of Harlaching is located on a Nagelfluhplatte close to the almost 30 meters steeply sloping slope of the eastern Isar high bank above the Hellabrunn Zoo. Today's church originated from a church building, probably first built in the middle of the 12th century, in the core of the former village, which is the origin of today's district Harlaching. The first documented mention of the patronage of St. Anne, whose feast day is celebrated annually on 26 July, dates back to 1524. Remains of the original structure of the church are preserved in the choir tower.
15. Luftkriegsdenkmal
The bombing of Munich took place mainly in the later stages of World War II. Munich was, and is, a significant German city, as much culturally as industrially. Augsburg, thirty-seven miles to the west, was a main centre of diesel engine production, and was also heavily bombed during the war. Although some considerable distance from the United Kingdom, Munich is not a difficult city to find from the air, mainly due to its size, and possibly its proximity to the Austrian Alps to the south-east as a visual reference point. Munich was protected (initially) by its distance from the United Kingdom.
16. Alte Pinakothek
The Alte Pinakothek is an art museum located in the Kunstareal area in Munich, Germany. It is one of the oldest galleries in the world and houses a significant collection of Old Master paintings. The name Alte (Old) Pinakothek refers to the time period covered by the collection—from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. The Neue Pinakothek, re-built in 1981, covers nineteenth-century art, and Pinakothek der Moderne, opened in 2002, exhibits modern art. All three galleries are part of the Bavarian State Painting Collections, an organization of the Free state of Bavaria.
17. Fischerbuberl
The Fischerbuberl Fountain is a fountain in Munich's Heidhausenwiener Square. Created by sculptor Ignatius Tashner in 1910, the fountain depicts a naked boy in a hat standing on a sphere with a fish looking up in his arms. The third fish was sandwiched between the boy's feet. The fountain was originally located in Viktualienmarkt in central Munich, next to Freibank. In order to rebuild Schrannenhalle, the fountain had to make way and found a new location in the west corner of Wiener Square. The present fountain statue is a casting of the original work in 1934.
18. Seenotrettungskreuzer Theodor Heuss
The 23.2 metre class was a series of four rescue cruisers of the Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger (DGzRS) and a ship of the Guardia Costiera. The ships of this class were built in the years 1957 to 1960 by the shipyard Schweers in Bardenfleth and by Abeking & Rasmussen in Lemwerder. All ships were decommissioned in the 1980s. The lead ship is the cruiser Theodor Heuss, therefore one speaks of the Theodor-Heuss-class. It was the world's first class of modern sea rescue cruisers with a novel propulsion and daughter boat concept.
19. Doppelsäule 23/70
Doppelsäule 23/70 is a stainless steel sculpture by Erich Hauser from 1970. The seven-meter-high sculpture was erected in 1984 in Munich in the Maxvorstadt district on the green strip between the Alte Pinakothek and the Neue Pinakothek and is part of the sculpture park Pinakothek, which has been established in the Kunstareal München in recent decades. The column was part of the Theo Wormland Collection until 2013 and was on permanent loan to the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, which received it as a gift from the Foundation in 2013.
20. Maria-Hilf-Kirche
The Catholic parish church Maria Hilf in der Au, called Mariahilfkirche, is the main parish church of the Au. It was begun between 1831 and 1839 by Joseph Daniel Ohlmüller and completed by Georg Friedrich Ziebland. The landmark of the Au is considered an archetype of neo-Gothic church construction of the 19th century. It is one of the three "neo-Gothic siblings of Munich", the Holy Cross Church and St. Johann Baptist, all three of which have a similar monumental brick style and are located east of the Isar.
21. ehem. Isartalbahn
On this page the monuments in the Upper Bavarian municipality of Pullach im Isartal are compiled. This table is a partial list of the List of monuments in Bavaria. The basis is the Bavarian List of Monuments, which was first compiled on the basis of the Bavarian Monument Protection Act of 1 October 1973 and has since been managed by the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments. The following information does not replace the legally binding information of the monument protection authority.
Wikipedia: Liste der Baudenkmäler in Pullach im Isartal (DE)
22. Passionskirche
The Passionkirche is an Evangelical Lutheran church building in Munich-Obersendling. The municipal area of the church extends from the bank in Thalkirchen in the east to the Obersendlinger Südpark in the west and from Siemens-Allee in the south to the middle ring in the north. It was inaugurated in 1933 as a so -called emergency church, was given its name in 1947, was replaced by a new building in 1970 and today belongs to the dean's district south of the Deanery in Munich as one of eleven churches.
Wikipedia: Passionskirche (München-Obersendling) (DE), Website
23. Hl. Kreuz
Heilig Kreuz is a church building of the Roman Catholic Church in Forstenried, a district of Munich. The church is consecrated to the Holy Cross and serves the Heilig Kreuz parish in the Forstenried parish association as a parish church. It houses the Forstenrieder Kreuz, a Romanesque crucifix, to which miracle effects were attributed and which made Forstenried a place of pilgrimage. Together with the surrounding Kirchfriedhof, the building is entered in the Bavarian list of monuments as a monument.
24. Porzellanmuseum München
The porcelain museum in Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, also known as the "Bäuml Collection", is located on the upper floor of the Marstallmuseum. On display are over 1,000 exhibits from the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory, founded in 1747. The collection goes back to a sample collection of the long-standing owner of Porzellanmanufaktur Nymphenburg, Albert Bäuml. Showpieces are the figures of the Commedia dell'arte by Franz Anton Bustelli and the figures by Dominik Auliczek from 1770.
25. St. Johannes
The Evangelical-Lutheran parish church of St. Johannes was inaugurated in 1916 as the fourth Evangelical Lutheran Church of the inner-city part of Munich and the sixth of the city, which was increased until the time. After the first three Protestant churches in the city center were named after the evangelists Matthäus, Markus and Lukas, she received the name of the evangelist Johannes in the continuation of this tradition. It is located in Haidhausen on Preysingplatz near the Gasteig.
26. Den Opfern der Nationalsozialistischen Gewaltherrschaft
The Memorial to the Victims of Nazi Tyranny is a memorial in the old town of Munich, Germany. It was created in 1985 by the sculptor Andreas Sobeck from Winzer and erected in memory of the victims of the National Socialist dictatorship on the Square of the Victims of National Socialism on the corner of Brienner Straße / Maximiliansplatz. The monument was handed over during a commemoration ceremony on 8 November 1985 by the then Lord Mayor of Munich, Georg Kronawitter.
Wikipedia: Denkmal für die Opfer der NS-Gewaltherrschaft (München) (DE)
27. HIstorisches Kinderkarussell
China Tower, also known as China Tower, was originally called Grand Tower, which is a wooden tower building with a height of 25 meters, standing in the English garden in Munich. The building was built between 1789 and 1790 and opened to the public in 1792 with the opening of English gardens. The Chinese tower was burned in an airstrike on Munich during World War II, but reopened in 1952 after being rebuilt. The tower is now considered a symbol of English gardens.
28. Rumford-Haus
The Englischer Garten is a large public park in the centre of Munich, Bavaria, stretching from the city centre to the northeastern city limits. It was created in 1789 by Sir Benjamin Thompson (1753–1814), later Count Rumford, for Prince Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria. Thompson's successors, Reinhard von Werneck (1757–1842) and Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell (1750–1823), advisers on the project from its beginning, both extended and improved the park.
29. Evangeliumskirche
Evangelical Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Hasenberg District of Munich. She was released on January 2nd. It was completed in December 1962. Since 1969, it has also been the location of the vice president's office in northern Munich. The whole complex also includes parish offices, parish apartments and God's House with youth rooms. In addition, the Evangelical Church also takes care of the Western Chapel of Augustine Residence Monastery nearby.
30. Otto Fürst von Bismarck
The Bismarck Monument is a monumental statue in Munich, Germany, erected in memory of the former German Chancellor Prince Otto von Bismarck. It was created in 1931 by the Munich sculptor Fritz Behn. The statue shows the statesman in larger-than-life representation. In his right hand he holds a sword pointed towards the ground. Behn modelled the design in the contemporary monumental style. It was executed in Rochlitz porphyry by the master stonemason Rödl.
31. BMW Welt
The BMW Welt is a combined exhibition, delivery, adventure museum, and event venue located in Munich's district Am Riesenfeld, next to the Olympic Park, in the immediate vicinity of the BMW Headquarters and factory. It was built from August 2003 to summer 2007. A solar system with 800 kW of power is installed on the roof of the main building. The opening took place on 17 October 2007. The BMW Welt is the most visited tourist attraction in Bavaria.
32. Seelenkapelle
An ossuary is a chest, box, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains. They are frequently used where burial space is scarce. A body is first buried in a temporary grave, then after some years the skeletal remains are removed and placed in an ossuary. The greatly reduced space taken up by an ossuary means that it is possible to store the remains of many more people in a single tomb than in coffins.
33. Chinesischer Turm
The Chinese Tower is a 25-metre wooden building resembling a pagoda at the Englischer Garten in Munich, Germany. The building was constructed from 1789 to 1790 and was opened to the public as an observation deck during the opening of the Englischer Garten in 1792. The tower burned down during the bombing of Munich during World War II and was reopened as a reconstruction in 1952. Today the tower is considered a landmark of the Englischer Garten.
34. Deutsches Theatermuseum
The Deutsche Theatermuseum in Munich is a museum focused on history of the theater, and primarily devoted to the German-speaking theater history. It has its headquarters in the Churfürstlichen Gallerie, built in 1780–1781 by Carl Albert von Lespilliez, and located in the Galeriestraße 4a at Hofgarten. Director of the Museum is currently the theater, art and literary scholar Claudia Blank. She is also director of the photography collection.
35. BMW Headquarters
The BMW Headquarters, also known as the BMW Tower, is a high-rise building located in the Am Riesenfeld area of Munich, Germany. The building has served as the global corporate headquarters of German automaker BMW since 1973. It was declared a protected historic building in 1999, and it is often cited as one of the most notable examples of modern architecture in Munich. Extensive renovations commenced in 2004 and were completed in 2006.
36. Dreifaltigkeitskirche
The Trinity Church is a religious building in Munich, southern Germany. It is a votive church and was designed in Bavarian Baroque style according to plans from Giovanni Antonio Viscardi from 1711 to 1718. It is a monastery church of the Carmelites and a church of the Metropolitan parish of Our Blessed Lady. During the Second World War this was the only church in the center of Munich, which had been spared from destruction by bombs.
37. BMW Museum
The BMW Museum is an automobile museum of BMW history located near the Olympiapark in Munich, Germany. The museum was established in 1973, shortly after the Summer Olympics opened. From 2004 to 2008, it was renovated in connection with the construction of the BMW Welt, directly opposite. The museum reopened on 21 June 2008. At the moment the exhibition space is 5,000 square metres for the presentation of about 120 exhibits.
38. St. Maria Thalkirchen
The Catholic parish and pilgrimage church of St. Maria in Munich-Thalkirchen is one of the pilgrimage churches in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. St. Maria Thalkirchen lies in the old village centre of Thalkirchen on a small hill above the former flood bed of the Isar. It was the mother church and one of the temporarily three churches of the old parish of Sendling and has been a separate parish again since 1903.
39. Große Biga
Great Biga is a monumental bronze sculpture by Fritz Koenig. The artwork dates from 2000 and was placed in Munich in front of the Alte Pinakothek in the Maxvorstadt district, in the Kunstareal Munich. A biga is a two-wheeled chariot used in show fights and chariot races in ancient Rome. The sculpture stylized represents an ancient Roman chariot, with horses and humans. Chariots, horses and people merge into one unit.
40. Berliner Bär
The Berlin Bear is a bronze monument in the median strip of the A 9 motorway. It was built in 1962 as part of the Berlin milestones in Munich city area north of the motorway entrance Munich-Freimann at the height of today's junction Munich-Fröttmaning-Süd and shows on a stone pedestal the representation of the Berlin heraldic animal by the sculptor Renée Sintenis. Underneath the inscription MÜNCHEN BERLIN.
41. Memorial dedicated to the 1972 Olympic Tragedy
The monument to the victims of the assassination of the 1972 Olympic Games is a sculpture by German sculptor Fritz Koenig (1924-2017), named "Crying Beam". It was announced on December 27th. It sits on the connecting route from the Olympic Stadium to the former Olympic Village, right where the supporting ropes of the tent roof structure are anchored. It commemorates the victims of the Munich Olympic attacks.
Wikipedia: Denkmal für die Opfer des Olympiaattentats 1972 (DE)
42. St. Willibald
The Catholic parish and monastery church of the Salvatorians St. Willibald is a modern church building in Munich, Germany. The parish area in the districts of Pasing and Laim is bounded in the north by the tracks of the Munich–Augsburg railway, in the west by the street "Am Knie", Fischer-von-Erlach-Straße and Willibaldstraße, in the south by Camerloher Straße and in the east by Agricolastraße.
43. St. Heinrich
The Catholic parish church of St. Heinrich in Weilheimer Straße in the Munich district of Sendling-Westpark was built in 1934/35 according to the plans of Hans Döllgast. It was consecrated on 14 July 1935, the name day of the church's patron Heinrich II, by Cardinal Faulhaber. After severe damage during the Second World War (1943), the church was repaired from 1949 to 1951 by the same architect.
44. Magdalenenklause
The Magdalenenklause is a habitable artificial ruin in a secluded forest north of the Boskette near the castle in the Nymphenburg Palace Park in Munich. It was built in 1725 by Joseph Effner on behalf of Max Emanuel. The building, which stands in the tradition of memento mori, is considered one of the first ruin architectures of European garden art. The interiors are designed as grottos.
45. Maximilianeum
The Maximilianeum, a palatial building in Munich, was built as the home of a gifted students' foundation but since 1949 has housed the Bavarian State Parliament. It sits grandly and as a focal point on the bank of the Isar River above Maximilian Bridge at the eastern end of Maximilianstrasse, a royal avenue dotted with Neo-Gothic palaces influenced by the English Perpendicular style.
46. Angergymnasium
The Theresia-Gerhardinger-Gymnasium am Anger is a girls' school at Blumenstraße 26 in the Angerviertel in Munich in the sponsorship of the Army Growth Sisters of our dear wife. It is a state -recognized school with linguistic, musical and economics branch. In the building there is also a primary school for girls, a kindergarten and a student dormitory of the poor school sisters.
47. apokalyptische Tiere
The Nordfriedhof, with 34,000 burial plots, is one of the largest cemeteries in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the suburb of Schwabing-Freimann. It was established by the former community of Schwabing in 1884. It is not to be confused with the Alter Nordfriedhof in Munich, which was set up only a short time previously within the then territory of the city of Munich.
48. Hall of Fame
The Ruhmeshalle is a Doric colonnade with a main range and two wings, designed by Leo von Klenze for Ludwig I of Bavaria. Built in 1853, it is situated on an ancient ledge above the Theresienwiese in Munich and was built as part of a complex which also includes the Bavariapark and the Bavaria statue. It is built of Kelheim limestone and is 68 metres long and 32 metres deep.
49. St. Franziskus
The parish church of St. Francis in Munich-Untergiesing is a Catholic church building dedicated to St. Francis. The church is built in the neo-baroque style and has two church towers and a gable façade in the east. It stands on the corner of Hans-Mielich-/Konradinstraße and, together with the nearby Hans-Mielich-Platz, forms the centre of the Untergiesing district.
50. Kugelbrunnen
The Westpark is a large urban public park in Munich, Germany. It was designed by landscape architect Peter Kluska and completed in 1983. It hosted the International Garden Expo 83 that same year. The park covers an area of 720,000 m2 (7,750,016 sq ft) extending 2.6 km from east to west. The Garmischer Straße divides the park into an eastern and western section.
51. Münchner Volkstheater
Münchner Volkstheater, or Munich People’s Theater, is a company based in the Bavarian capital and operated by the cultural office of the city government. Its original performing home opened in 1903. This was rebuilt in 1955, in 1983 and finally in 2021. It now can hold over 800 spectators. Since 2002, Christian Stückl has served as the company’s Intendant.
52. Palais Leuchtenberg
The Palais Leuchtenberg, built in the early 19th century for Eugène de Beauharnais, first Duke of Leuchtenberg, is the largest palace in Munich. Located on the west side of the Odeonsplatz, where it forms an ensemble with the Odeon, it currently houses the Bavarian State Ministry of Finance. It was once home to the Leuchtenberg Gallery on the first floor.
53. Schmied-von-Kochel-Denkmal
The blacksmith of Kochel is a legendary figure from Bavarian history, who is regarded as a folk hero, especially in Upper Bavaria. According to legend, he was a soldier in the Great Turkish War. Armed only with a pole, he is said to have rammed into the city gate of Belgrade. The blacksmith refused a reward offered by the elector for his heroic deeds.
54. St. Karl Borromäus
St. Karl Borromäus is a church building of the Roman Catholic Church in Munich. The church is dedicated to St. Karl Borromäus and serves the parish of Karl Borromäus in the Forstenried parish association as a parish church. The building complex of the church, rectory and community center is entered as a monument in the Bavarian list of monuments.
55. Rindermarktbrunnen
The Rindermarktbrunnen or literally "Cattle market fountain" in English is a modern sculpture in the historical Altstadt of Munich, in Bavaria, Germany. It was created in 1964 by Munich sculptor and professor of the Munich Academy Josef Henselmann in the course of the reorganisation of the cattle market. The fountain was sponsored by Gunther Henle.
56. Thomassteg
There are more than 1000 bridges in the Bavarian capital of Munich. Particularly well-known and formative for the cityscape are the bridges over the Isar and over the wide railway line of Munich Central Station. Others, on the other hand, are hardly recognizable in the streetscape, as they lead over now vaulted or disused and filled city streams.
57. Tantris
Tantris is a restaurant in Munich, Germany. Opened in 1971, it is regarded as one of the best restaurants in Germany. It was voted 44th best in the world in the Restaurant (magazine) Top 50 2009. Chefs have included Eckart Witzigmann and Heinz Winkler. From 1991 till 2020, the chef has been Hans Haas. Since then Benjamin Chmura leads the kitchen.
58. Walking Man
Walking Man is a 1995 sculpture by Jonathan Borofsky, standing 17 metres (56 ft) tall and weighing 16 tonnes (35,000 lb). It is located on the Leopoldstraße in Munich, next to the Munich Re business premises. It was presented to the public on 21 September 1995 by then-head of Re, Hans-Jürgen Schinzler, and then-mayor of Munich, Christian Ude.
59. Kriechbaumhof
The Kriechbaumhof in Munich-Haidhausen is a building built in the 17th century in the style of an alpine farm at Preysingstraße 71. Due to dilapidation, the farm had to give way to its historic location on Wolfgangstraße in 1976. The building was demolished and the individual parts stored. In 1985 it was rebuilt with many original components.
60. Munich Massacre Memorial '72
The Erinnerungsort Olympia-Attentat is a memorial in the Munich Olympiapark for the victims of the Munich massacre during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, at which eleven Israeli Olympic team members were taken hostage and eventually killed, along with a German police officer, by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September.
61. Emmauskirche
The Emmaus Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church building in the Harlaching district of Munich, Germany. It is named after the biblical site of Emmaus. The church was built in 1964 by the architect Franz Lichtblau and painted in 1970 by Hubert Distler. The picture of the Last Supper in the rose window above the altar is by Rudolf Büder.
62. Kirche St. Ursula
The Catholic parish church of St. Ursula is the second parish church of the Munich district of Schwabing, in the borough of Schwabing-Freimann. At the same time, St. Ursula is the first sacred building in Munich to turn away from medieval architectural models and thus assume a bridging function between historicism and Art Nouveau/Modernism.
63. St. Benno Kirche
St. Benno is located in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The large church with two spires was built from 1888 to 1895 under design by Leonhard Romeis in the Romanesque Revival style. The St. Benno Church is one of the most convincing neo-Romanesque sacred buildings of the 19th century, next to the parish church of St. Anna in Lehel.
64. Historisches Kolleg
The Kaulbach Villa in Munich was built as a representative residence of the painter Friedrich August von Kaulbach in the Neo-Renaissance style. The building designed by Gabriel von Seidl at Kaulbachstraße 15 in the Maxvorstadt district is listed as a monument in the Bavarian list of monuments and is now the seat of the Historisches Kolleg.
65. Alter Friedhof
The Old Cemetery in the Pasing district of the Bavarian capital Munich was laid out in the Middle Ages. The cemetery, in the former center of Pasing near the old Catholic parish church of the Nativity of Mary, with the address Am Klostergarten 9 is a protected monument. Parts of the cemetery wall and some grave crosses have been preserved.
66. Richard-Strauss-Brunnen
The Richard Strauss fountain is located in the Munich pedestrian zone in front of the old academy. It forms a flowing conclusion on the western side of the square area between the old academy and the Michaelskirche. The birthplace of Richard Strauss stood opposite on the south side; The Josef-Pschorr-Haus has been there since autumn 2013.
67. Burgstall
Gut Warnberg is a former estate in Munich-Solln, which today houses the monastery Marienanstalt Warnberg, a private secondary school and a riding stable. On the site there are remains of a medieval tower hill, which is the highest point in Munich at 580.50 m above sea level. The plot is also the southernmost built-up point of the city.
68. Christuskirche
Christuskirche, located at Dom-Pedro-Platz 4 in Munich, is a church building of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria. With nearly 9,000 members, the congregation is Munich's largest new congregation and, together with Stephanuskirche and many Diaconic institutions, shaped Protestant life in the Neuhausen-Nymphenburg district.
Wikipedia: Christuskirche (München-Neuhausen-Nymphenburg) (DE), Website
69. Buscando la Luz
Buscando la Luz is a monumental sculpture by Eduardo Chillida. The ironworks, consisting of three funnels, was made in 1997 and is considered the last large sculpture by the Basque sculptor; it was installed in 2002 on the occasion of the opening of the Pinakothek der Moderne in the Kunstareal in Munich in the Maxvorstadt district.
70. Neptunbrunnen
Neptunbrunnen is a fountain located in the Alter Botanischer Garten of Munich, Germany. It was sculpted in 1937 at the behest of the National Socialist government by Josef Wackerle. A muscular statue of neptune stands in the middle of the fountain, holding a trident on his shoulder, above a fish-tailed horse rising from the water.
71. Hochbunker
The Sonnwendjochstraße high-rise bunker is a free-standing high-rise bunker built by Karl Meitinger, which was built in 1941 according to plans of the municipal building authority as air raid shelter no. 7 in the Munich district of Berg am Laim. The building belongs to the City of Munich and has been a listed building since 1994.
72. Augustinerkirche
The Augustinian Church, also called the Augustinian Abbey (Augustinerkloster) or Abbey Church of St John the Baptist and John the Evangelist is a former church in Munich, southern Germany. Constructed during the 13th century and expanded during the next two centuries, it was the Abbey Church of the Augustinian hermits in the city.
73. Amphitheater im Englischen Garten
The Amphitheater im Englischer Garten is an open-air stage in the Siebenbuchenwiese in the English Garden in Munich. Built in 1984 by the Blütenring e. V. under the then president Pankraz Freiherr von Freyberg, it was opened on 13 July 1985 with a performance of the persiflage "Lohengrin" after Nestroy by the club members.
74. Epiphaniaskirche
The Epiphany Church is a Protestant church at St.-Johann-Straße 26 in the Munich district of Allach. It belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran parish Epiphany Church in the deanery of Munich in the church district of Munich and Upper Bavaria of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria. The building is a listed building.
75. isart
In graffiti jargon, a Hall of Fame refers to squares or wall surfaces where experienced writers in particular meet and high-quality and sophisticated graffiti is painted. In many cases, the surfaces are released by the respective owner for painting. However, there are also Halls of Fame that have been created illegally.
76. Wappenhalle
Munich-Riem Airport was the international airport of Munich, the capital city of Bavaria and third-largest city of Germany. It was closed down on 16 May 1992, the day before the new Munich Airport commenced operations. It was located near the old village of Riem in the borough of Trudering-Riem in the east of Munich.
77. Consulate general of Hungary, Munich
Hungary Consulate General in Munich is one of Hungary old consulates: it opened in 1922 in the capital of Bavaria. The building at 1A Mauerkircherstrasse was purchased in 2017 by the Hungarian state, formerly Vollmannstr. 2nd was the representation. Our Consul General has been Gábor Tordai-Lejkó since 2015.
Wikipedia: Magyarország müncheni főkonzulátusa (HU), Website, Facebook
78. Sankt Nikolai
St. Nikolai am Gasteig is a Roman Catholic church in Munich, Germany. It is dedicated to the holy bishop Nicholas of Myra. Together with the churches of St. Johann Baptist on Johannisplatz and the Alte Haidhauser Kirche in Kirchenstraße, St. Nikolai belongs to the parish of St. Johann Baptist in Haidhausen.
79. Alte St. Johann Baptist
The old Sollner Church of St. Johann Baptist is the former Catholic church of Solln, which is now a district of Munich. It is one of the oldest church buildings in Munich and the surrounding area. From 1905, the newly built church of the same name St. Johann Baptist on Fellererplatz took over its function.
Wikipedia: Alte Sollner Kirche St. Johann Baptist (DE), Website
80. Alter nördlicher Friedhof
The Alter Nordfriedhof is a former cemetery located in the Arcisstrasse in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It is not to be confused with the Nordfriedhof in Munich, which was set up only a short time later in Schwabing. Construction began in 1866 to designs by the city architect Arnold Zenetti.
Wikipedia: Alter Nordfriedhof (Munich) (EN), Website, Heritage Website
81. Sankt Laurentius
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius in the Munich district of Gern, also called St. Laurentius Church, was built in the mid-1950s and consecrated to Saint Deacon Lawrence of Rome. The associated parish of St. Lawrence is pastorally cared for by the priestly community of the Oratorians.
82. Bürgersaalkirche
The Bürgersaal is a historical building in Munich, Germany. Also known as Bürgersaalkirche since the consecration of the altar on May 13, 1778, it is the prayer and meeting room of the Marian Men Congregation "Annunciation". It was built in 1709/1710 under design by Giovanni Antonio Viscardi.
83. Maria Schutz
The Stadtpfarrkirche Maria Schutz is a Catholic parish church in the Pasing district of Munich, Germany. It belongs to the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, its patronage is on 1 May, the day of Mary, the patroness of Bavaria. The associated festival is celebrated on the first Sunday in May.
84. Present Continuous
Present Continuous is a monumental sculpture by Dutch sculptor Henk Visch, which was erected in May 2011 between the entrance of the new building of the University of Television and Film and the entrance of the State Museum of Egyptian Art in Munich on a green strip along Gabelsbergerstraße.
85. Gedenkgrab für die Opfer der Mordweihnacht 1705
Sendling's Christmas (night) of murder was a massacre in 1705 in Sendling, 2 km south west of Munich. An army of peasants, protesting the Austrian regime during the Bavarian People's Uprising, had marched on Munich, but was betrayed from within and massacred. Some 1,100 peasants were killed.
86. Maximiliansanlagen
The Maximiliansanlagen are parks and gardens in the Munich districts of Bogenhausen and Haidhausen between the Ludwigsbrücke and the Max-Joseph-Brücke. The central point is the 38-meter-high Angel of Peace. The eastern boundary of the facilities is mostly formed by Maria-Theresia-Straße.
87. St. Maximilian
St. Maximilian is a Roman Catholic parish church of the Isar suburb in Munich, southern Germany. It was built from 1892 to 1908 under design by Heinrich von Schmidt in the Romanesque Revival style. St. Maximilian is located on the banks of the Isar, facing the tower of the Deutsches Museum.
88. Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell
(Clarus) Friedrich Ludwig Sckell, since 1808 Ritter von Sckell, ennobled at the age of 58, was a German garden designer, founder of the "classical phase" of the English landscape garden in Germany and urban planner in Munich. He belongs to the family of gardeners and painters of the Sckell.
89. Maximilian I. Joseph König von Bayern
The Max-Joseph-Denkmal is a seat sculpture made of ore casting on the Max-Joseph-Platz in Munich. Created from 1826 to 1835 by the sculptor Christian Daniel Rauch, it depicts the Bavarian king on the decorated throne. The monument is one of the most important works of classicist sculpture.
90. Heilig Kreuz
The Catholic parish church of Heilig Kreuz, consecrated in 1886, is the last completely preserved neo-Gothic church in Munich. At the same time it is the older of the parish churches of Giesing. After war damage in 1944, various renovation measures were carried out in the post-war period.
91. St. Sebastian
The Catholic parish of St. Sebastian belongs to the Deanery of the city center and is located in the Munich district Schwabing-West. Since 2014, it has been the seat of the parish association "Am Luitpoldpark", which was founded together with the sister parish Maria vom Guten Rat.
92. Am Krempelhuberplatz
At Krempelhuberplatz is an approximately 1.5 hectare park in the Munich district of Lerchenau. It lies south of Krempelhuberplatz, named after August von Krempelhuber and inaugurated in 1958. On the eastern edge of the park is a children's playground with climbing tower and slide.
93. Kriegsgräberstätte am Waldfriedhof
The Munich Waldfriedhof is one of 29 cemeteries of Munich in Bavaria, Germany. It is one of the larger and more famous burial sites of the city, known for its park-like design and tombs of notable personalities. The Waldfriedhof is considered the first woodland cemetery.
94. St. Johann Baptist
The parish church of St. John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic church in the Munich district of Haidhausen. It was designed by Matthias Berger on Locust Place in the Gothic Revival style. The west tower is 97 meters high, making it the third highest church in Munich.
95. Glaspalast Brunnen
The Glaspalast fountain in Munich-Haidhausen on Weißenburger Platz was designed in 1853 by August von Voit in the style of King Maximilian II (Maximilian style). The sculptural work was carried out by Anselm Sickinger, the stonemasonry by Nikolaus Höllriegel.
96. Alter Südlicher Friedhof
The Alter Südfriedhof also known as "Alter Südlicher Friedhof" is a cemetery in Munich, Germany. It was founded by Duke Albrecht V as a plague cemetery in 1563 about half a kilometer south of the Sendlinger Gate between Thalkirchner and Pestalozzistraße.
Wikipedia: Alter Südfriedhof (EN), Website, Heritage Website
97. Bethanienkirche
The Bethanienkirche is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Munich-Feldmoching, Germany. The name derives from the biblical place Bethany. It was inaugurated on 12 July 1964. The church consecration festival takes place annually on the second Sunday in July.
98. Herz-Jesu-Kirche
The Catholic parish church of Herz Jesus in Munich-Neuhausen was built from 1997 to 2000 according to the plans of the Munich architectural firm Allmann Sattler Wappner. Modern construction soon became one of the most frequently visited churches in Munich.
99. Alte Utting
The Alte Utting is a bar, nightclub and music venue in Munich. The decommissioned, land-bound passenger ship is placed on a railway bridge that crosses an inner-city arterial road, and is regarded as one of the most spectacular nightlife spots of the city.
100. St. Lukas
St. Luke's Church is the largest Protestant church in Munich, southern Germany. It was built in 1893–96, and designed by Albert Schmidt. It is the only pre-World War II Lutheran parish church building remaining in the historic section of central Munich.
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