Bernd-Eichinger-Platz is a square in the

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district of Maxvorstadt. It refers to the area in front of the entrance to the

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and then to

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History

After film producer

Bernd Eichinger Bernd Eichinger (; 11 April 194924 January 2011) was a German film producer, director, and screenwriter. Life and career Eichinger was born in Neuburg an der Donau. He attended the University of Television and Film Munich in the 1970s and bou ...

died of a heart attack in January 2011, his widow Katja Eichinger suggested that the city of Munich name a place after him in memory of Eichinger's services to Munich as a film location and his life's work. The green space in front of the ''Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film'', where Eichinger himself had studied, was chosen as an appropriate location. The Bavarian Finance Minister

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agreed to a corresponding proposal. The university also welcomed the idea. By decision of the Munich

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of 19 April 2012 the name was made official. On 7 May 2012, the street sign was ceremoniously unveiled by Lord Mayor Ude in the presence of Eichinger's widow Katja and daughter

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''Muenchen hat nun einen Bernd-Eichinger-Platz''
Welt Online, 7 May 2011 Buildings and structures in Munich Squares in Munich {{Munich-geo-stub