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Aerial view of the old town. Lion sculptures by Wilhelm von Rümann at the Feldherrnhalle. Alps behind the skyline. Munich (/ ˈmjuːnɪk / MEW-nik; German: München [ˈmʏnçn̩] ⓘ; Bavarian: Minga [ˈmɪŋ (ː)ɐ] ⓘ) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany. With a population of 1,594,632 inhabitants as ...
Englischer Garten with Munich skyline. The Englischer Garten (German: [ˈʔɛŋlɪʃɐ ˈɡaʁtn̩], English Garden) 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 (Reichsgraf von Rumford ...
Königsplatz (German: [ˈkøːnɪçsˌplats], King's Square) is a square in Munich, Germany. Built in the style of European Neoclassicism in the 19th century, it displays the Propyläen Gate and, facing each other, the Glyptothek (archeological museum) and the Staatliche Antikensammlungen (art museum). The area around Königsplatz is home to ...
Altstadt (Munich) Coordinates: 48.138°N 11.574°E. 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 ...
Maximilianstraße (Munich) Maximilianeum. Building of the district government of Upper Bavaria. The Maximilianstraße in Munich is one of the city's four royal avenues next to the Brienner Straße, the Ludwigstraße and the Prinzregentenstraße. It starts at Max-Joseph-Platz, where the Residenz and the National Theatre are situated, and runs ...
Munich Residenz. The Residenz (German: [ʁesiˈdɛnts], Residence) in central Munich is the former royal palace of the Wittelsbach monarchs of Bavaria. The Residenz is the largest city palace in Germany and is today open to visitors for its architecture, room decorations, and displays from the former royal collections. Plan of the Residenz.
19.3 km/h (12.0 mph) [2] The Munich tramway (German: Straßenbahn München) is the tramway network for the city of Munich in Germany. Today it is operated by the municipally owned Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (the Munich Transport Company, or MVG) and is known officially and colloquially as the Tram. Previous operators have included Société ...
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 station is one of the most frequently used stations in the network, with up to 24,400 people transferring and 8,000 ...