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New Town Hall. Marienplatz was named after the Mariensäule, a Marian column erected in its centre in 1638 to celebrate the end of Swedish occupation. Today the Marienplatz is dominated by the New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus) on the north side, and the Old Town Hall (Altes Rathaus, a reconstructed Gothic council hall with a ballroom and tower) on the east side.
Munich Marienplatz is an important stop on the Munich S-Bahn and U-Bahn network, located under the square of the same name in Munich's city centre. [5] The S-Bahn lines , , , , , and intersect with the U-Bahn lines and .
The clock, with 43 bells and 32 life-size figures, was added during the completion of the Neues Rathaus (New Town Hall) in 1908. [2] Every day at 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. (as well as 5 p.m. from March to October) [3] the clock re-enacts two stories from Munich’s history from the 16th century, taking about 15 minutes.
Center of Munich's Old Town with the Marienplatz, Old and New Town Hall, St. Peter and the Frauenkirche. The Munich Old Town is part of the Bavarian capital Munich and has belonged to the city the longest, even if some places which are meanwhile districts of Munich, were mentioned long before Munich's documents spoke of the Old Town.
On the Schrannenplatz, today's Marienplatz, a fountain was established in the year 1318, [1] whose exact location can no longer be determined. In 1343 a "citizen's fountain" is mentioned, which was later also called "Marktbrunnen". It was located in the northeastern area of the square, which is now the location of today's Fischbrunnen.
Mariensäule on Marienplatz. Virgin Mary atop the Mariensäule. Putto fighting a dragon. The Mariensäule (lit. 'Mary's Column') is a Marian column located on the Marienplatz in Munich, Germany. Mary is revered here as Patrona Bavariae (Latin: Protector of Bavaria).
At the center of the city is the Marienplatz – a large open square named after the Mariensäule, a Marian column in its centre – with the Old and the New Town Hall.The New Town Hall's tower contains the Rathaus-Glockenspiel, an ornate clock with almost life-sized moving figures that show scenes from a medieval jousting tournament as well as a performance of the famous "Schäfflertanz ...
The total renovation cost was 750,000 Euro, which was for the most part donations from the citizens of Munich (660,000 Euro), the German Foundation for the Protection of Historical Monuments donated an additional 100,000 Euro. [9] The bells were re-installed, revised, and tuned in time for the 850th birthday of the city of Munich in 2008.