Stiglmaierplatz is a

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in the

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Maxvorstadt Maxvorstadt (Central Bavarian: ''Maxvorstod'') is a central borough of Munich, Bavaria, Germany and forms the Stadtbezirk (borough) 3 Maxvorstadt. Since 1992, this borough comprises the former boroughs 5, 6 and 7 (Maxvorstadt-Universität, Maxvor ...

. It was named in 1845 after the artist Johann Baptist Stiglmaier and was previously the Kronprinzenplatz and since 1826 it was known as the Ludwigplatz.

Traffic

Today, Stiglmaierplatz is crossed in a northwestern direction by

Dachauer Straße Dachauer Straße ( Leonrodplatz) The Dachauer Straße is the longest street in Munich with a length of 11.2 km and it received its name since it is the connecting road to Dachau Palace. In the north of Munich, it is part of the ''Bundesstraß ...

; shortly before which the multi-lane traffic of Seidlstraße flows into it at the level of the tram train station to the south and ends here. From the east, Brienner Straße ends at Stiglmaierplatz and merges into Nymphenburger Straße to the west. Schleißheimer Straße begins in the northeast. The square can be reached by public transport via subway lines 1 and 7 and tram lines 20, 21 and 22.

History

In the Middle Ages the square lay on a road leading from the Neuhauser Tor to

Schleißheim Schleißheim is a municipality in the district Wels-Land in the Austrian state of Upper Austria Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria border ...

and at the latest from the end of the 14th century served as a starting point for

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on the so-called ''Rennweg'', which ran where today's Schleißheimer Straße was built. From 1448 the races were held annually during the Jakobidult on the route from the Neuhauser Tor in the direction of Feldmoching, which was also known as the ''Rennweg'' until 1878. Not far north of today's Stiglmaierplatz, the country estate ''Wiesenfeld'' was located from the end of the 18th century.

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Stiglmaierplatz (Munich U-Bahn) Stiglmaierplatz is a square in Maxvorstadt close to Munich city centre and a U-Bahn Rapid transit in Germany consists of four U-Bahn systems and fourteen S-Bahn systems. The U-Bahn commonly understood to stand for Untergrundbahn (''undergrou ...

U-Bahnhof Stiglmaierplatz
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