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Street-by-Street: Around Marienplatz 5 Deutsches Jagd- und
Fischereimuseum
In medieval times, Marienplatz was Munich’s salt- and corn-market. A huge collection of
hunting and fishing
The origins of Munich itself lie with a handful of monks exhibits is housed in the MUNICH
who built their abbey here, giving the place its name K A R L S P L A T Z Augustinerkirche. The
(from the word for ‘monks’) and its heraldic arms. deconsecrated church,
In 1175 town status was officially bestowed on which has an ornate Rococo
H E R Z O G - M A X - S T
interior, once belonged to
Munich and in 1180 the town was allocated to H E R Z O G - M A X - S T R R the Augustinian order.
the Wittelsbachs, who soon established Locator Map
a residence here. During the See Street Finder maps pp238–41
Reformation, Munich became
a bastion of Catholicism and 4 . Frauenkirche
K A P E L L E N S T
an important centre of the Heavily damaged in 1944–45, this
Counter-Reformation. Its K A P E L L E N S T R R imposing church, with its landmark
dome-topped towers, has been rebuilt
magnificent churches, the along Gothic lines.
Altes Rathaus (old town
hall) and the Residenz
all bear witness N E U H A U S E R S T R A S S E
E T T S T R A S S E E
E T T S T R A S S
to that era.
N E U H A U S E R S T R A S S E
Karlstor
Known as the
Karl’s Gate, the
west entrance to D A M E N S T I F T S T R 0 . Neues Rathaus
the old town was The ornate façade of the new town hall
part of the medieval includes figures from Bavarian legend
fortifications. It was Augustinerbräu and history. The bronze statue at the top
given its present The oldest and most is the “Münchner Kindl” – a character that
name in 1791, in celebrated brewery in features in the city’s heraldic arms.
honour of Elector Munich was founded
Karl Theodore. by Augustinian monks
A B E
in 1328. It currently A B E N N
occupies two 19th- R R
century houses with G G
1 . Bürgersaal picturesque façades. R R St Mary’s
Bürgersaal was built in E E B B K A U F I N G E R S T R A S S E Column
1709–10 for a Marian 0 metres R R
congregation (followers 50 F Ä F Ä
of the Virgin Mary), as a 0 yards 50
place of meeting and
worship. It includes
an upper and lower
church. Rupert Mayer, an
opponent of Nazism, is R O S E N S T R A S S E
buried in the crypt. He
D I E N E R S T R
was beatified in 1987.
2 Michaelskirche MARIEN–
The interior of St PLATZ 9 . Altes Rathaus
Michael’s Church is The old town hall was
surprisingly large. The remodelled in its
massive barrel vaulting R I N D E R M A R K T original 15th-century
over the nave is the style in the late
second largest after 19th century. It was
St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. rebuilt again after
World War II. It now
houses a collection
Key of historic toys.
Suggested route Isartor
Viktualienmarkt
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp495–6 and pp517–18

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