The Goldschmiedplatz is a 2.31-

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at the northern end of Schleißheimer Straße in

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Hasenbergl Feldmoching-Hasenbergl (Central Bavarian: ''Fejdmoching-Hosnbeagl'') is a borough in the northern part of the city of Munich in Bavaria, Germany. It contains the S-Bahn railway station of München-Feldmoching. Location Feldmoching-Hasenbergl ...

district. It was originally a combined bus and train stop and is now a meeting place for residents and activity area. The founding family Goldschmied from the 14th century gave the square its name.

Location

The 23,100 m² Goldschmiedplatz is located at the eastern end of the Hasenbergl settlement in the far north of the city of Munich and borders directly on the

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, a heath area of around 200 hectares, to the east. In the south lies the residential area ''Nordhaide''. Schleißheimer Straße, coming from the city centre in the south, ends in a loop around Goldschmiedplatz. With a length of more than eight kilometres, it is the second longest road in the city and forms the current end point of the ''Fürstenachse'' (princely axis). On this road the Bavarian electors once drove in

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from

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, about three kilometres to the north, to the

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. Along the visual and historical princely axis of Schleißheimer Straße, between Goldschmiedplatz and Dülferanger, there is a promenade with various thematic activity areas into which the Goldschmiedplatz is also integrated. The axis, which runs along the middle section of Schleißheimer Straße, can only be seen today from the city centre to Goldschmiedplatz. From there you can see the towers of the

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, 10 km away. To the north, Fortnerstraße branches off from Goldschmiedplatz and to the west Aschenbrennerstraße and Kugystraße.

Utilisation

The Goldschmiedplatz is a multifunctional open space for leisure and residential activities. The centre is formed by the ''Blauer Punkt'' (Blue Point), the 25 m² tram house managed by a residents initiative of the ''Diakonie Hasenbergl'' with the roofing of the former stop. A number of private and public events take place here, such as a regular

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s or the ''Hasenbergl-Nord'' residents get-together. There is also a barbecue area, a viewing platform and a climbing playground for children. There is also a community garden supervised by Green City. For sporting activities, a

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court,

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, two

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fields, a

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court, a summer

curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ...

track and a large

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park are integrated into the surrounding park. Here you will also find a sculpture by

Hanns Goebl Hanns Goebl ( – ) was a Bavarian sculptor who worked for the Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory. During the 1930s and 1940s he produced several works of art for the Nazis. Goebl was born in Munich. From 1924 to 1929 he was a student at the ...

and the Hasenbergl Monument, which commemorates the

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hunt in the 18th century. According to the Development Plan No. 40 Part 1 of 6 December 1966, the area is designated as a

public transport Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typical ...

area. The Goldschmiedplatz is governed by the green spaces charter of the state capital Munich. As part of the ''Historische Sichtachse Schleißheimer Straße'' (historical visual axis), the square is a place of cultural history and occasionally a location for cultural events.

References

External links

* City of Munich
Goldschmiedplatz
* City of Munich
Development Plan No. 40 Part 1 (VANR 6954)

Entwurfsplan
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