Gabelsbergerstraße is a city centre street in the

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district of Maxvorstadt. It leads from Oskar-von-Miller-Ring in a north-western direction to

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, where it becomes Josef-Ruederer-Straße. Over its entire length it is a one-way street with the direction of travel from west to east. Gabelsbergerstraße 6 is home to the

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of St. Markus, Gabelsbergerstraße 33-35 is home to the ''

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'' (State Museum of

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ian Art) and the

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with the Bernd-Eichinger-Platz. On Gabelsbergerstraße you will find the ''

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München'' and the main campus of the

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. The buildings in Gabelsbergerstraße 6, 9, 11/13/15, 17, 19, 36, 38, 40, 45/47, 49, 51, 53, 68, 70, 71, 79a, 81, 83, 89, 91 and 95 are architectural historical monuments. St.-Markus-München.jpg, 6, St. Markus Gabelsbergerstraße_33–35_München-1.jpg, 33-35, ''

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History

The ''

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'' (Turkish Barracks) was located on Gabelsbergerstraße until its destruction in the

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. Following a proposal by the city council in 1861, King Maximilian II approved the renaming of Kasernstraße to Gabelsbergerstraße after the inventor of

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Franz Xaver Gabelsberger Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (9 February 1789, Munich - 4 January 1849, Munich) was a German stenographer; the inventor of Gabelsberger shorthand. Biography His father was a wind instrument manufacturer, originally from Mainburg, who died whil ...

. Until his death in 1849 he lived in the house Kasernstraße 6 on the first floor. The name of the street has been official since 1862. The lawyer Otto von Kühlmann and the artist Heinrich Höfer also lived on Gabelsbergerstraße. In 1977, the '' Hinterhoftheater'' (predecessor of the ''Wirtshaus am Hart'') was founded on Gabelsbergerstraße 50 and was located there until mid-1980.

References

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