Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Munich, Germany

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Number of sights 18 sights
Distance 7.6 km
Ascend 103 m
Descend 115 m

Explore Munich in Germany with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in MunichIndividual Sights in Munich

Sight 1: Altes Pappenheimkrankenhaus

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The Bavarian War College, also Bavarian Staff College was the highest military facility to educate, instruct, train, and develop general staff officers.

Wikipedia: War Academy (Kingdom of Bavaria) (EN)

660 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: Löwenbräukeller

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Löwenbräukeller

Löwenbräukeller is a beer hall and event center located in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It has hosted concerts by artists such as Def Leppard, Ozzy Osbourne and Kiss.

Wikipedia: Löwenbräukeller (EN), Website

243 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Münchner Theater für Kinder

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Münchner Theater für Kinder Photo: Andreas Praefcke / CC BY 3.0

Münchner Theater für Kinder is a theatre located in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

Wikipedia: Münchner Theater für Kinder (EN), Website

601 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 4: Propyläen

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Propyläen MyName (Rufus46) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Propylaea is a city gate in Munich at the west side of Königsplatz.

Wikipedia: Propylaea (Munich) (EN)

199 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Geologisches Museum

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Geologisches Museum München is located in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

Wikipedia: Geologisches Museum München (EN)

164 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Musiklabor

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Musiklabor Gemeinfrei / CC BY-SA 4.0

The University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, also known as the Munich Conservatory, is a performing arts conservatory in Munich, Germany. The main building it currently occupies is the former Führerbau of the NSDAP, located at Arcisstraße 12, on the eastern side of the Königsplatz. Teaching and other events also take place at Luisenstraße 37a, Gasteig, the Prinzregententheater, and in Wilhelmstraße (ballet). Since 2008, the Richard Strauss Conservatory, until then independent, has formed part of the university.

Wikipedia: University of Music and Performing Arts Munich (EN)

329 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Present Continuous

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Present Continuous is a monumental sculpture by the 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.

Wikipedia: Present Continuous (Skulptur) (DE)

323 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Große Biga

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The Great Biga is a monumental bronze sculpture by Fritz Koenig. The artwork dates back to the year 2000 and was installed in Munich in front of the Alte Pinakothek in the Maxvorstadt district, in the Kunstareal Munich. A biga is a two-wheeled cart pulled by a pair of horses and driven by a driver. Bigas were used in ancient Rome for exhibition fights and chariot races. The sculpture depicts a stylized Roman chariot, with horses and people. Wagons, horses and people merge into one.

Wikipedia: Große Biga (DE)

95 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Two-Piece Reclining Figure: Points

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Two-Piece Reclining Figure: Points Hans Peter Schaefer / CC BY-SA 3.0

Two-Piece Reclining Figure: Points is a sculpture by Henry Moore, catalogued as LH 606, and created in 1969–70.

Wikipedia: Two-Piece Reclining Figure: Points (EN)

177 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Große Zwei V

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Large Two V is a bronze sculpture by the sculptor Fritz Koenig from 1973. It measures 262 × 164.5 × 65 cm and is located in Munich's Maxvorstadt district in the immediate vicinity of the Neue Pinakothek in the Kunstareal Munich.

Wikipedia: Große Zwei V (DE)

250 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Museum Mineralogia München

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The Museum Reich der Kristalle is the publicly accessible part of the Mineralogischen Staatssammlung of Munich, Germany. It features explanations of mineralogical and crystallographic terms using models. It also showcases minerals local to Bavaria. The museum has a few small displays as well as a showroom which hosts special exhibitions.

Wikipedia: Museum Reich der Kristalle (EN), Website

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Pinakothek der Moderne

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The Pinakothek der Moderne is a modern art museum, situated in central Munich's Kunstareal.

Wikipedia: Pinakothek der Moderne (EN), Website

234 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Galerie Thomas Modern

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Raimund Thomas is a German gallerist and art dealer for German Expressionism, Classical Modernism, and Modern and Contemporary Art.

Wikipedia: Raimund Thomas (DE), Website

640 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 14: 8. November 1939

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8. November 1939 is the name of the Johann Georg Elser Memorial in Munich to commemorate the resistance fighters fighting against the Nazis. The monument is located in the Maxvorstadt district.

Wikipedia: 8. November 1939 (memorial) (EN)

558 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 15: St. Ludwig

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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.

Wikipedia: Ludwigskirche, Munich (EN)

987 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 16: Leopoldpark

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Leopoldpark is a 3.2-hectare park in Munich's Schwabing district.

Wikipedia: Leopoldpark (München) (DE)

1112 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 17: Chinese Tower

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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.

Wikipedia: Chinese Tower (EN)

909 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 18: Willi Graf

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Wilhelm "Willi" Graf was a German member of the White Rose resistance group in Nazi Germany. The Catholic Church in Germany included Graf in their list of martyrs of the 20th century. In 2017, his cause for beatification was opened. He was given the title Servant of God, the first step toward possible sainthood.

Wikipedia: Willi Graf (EN)

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