The Connollystraße is a street in the

Olympic Village An Olympic Village is an accommodation center built for the Olympic Games, usually within an Olympic Park or elsewhere in a host city. Olympic Villages are built to house all participating athletes, as well as officials and athletic trainers. Afte ...

and student quarter of the Olympic Park Munich.

Description

The street was named in 1971 after

James Brendan Connolly James Brendan Bennet "Jamie" Connolly ( ga, Séamas Breandán Ó Conghaile, October 28, 1868 – January 20, 1957) was an American athlete and author. In 1896, he was the first modern Olympic champion. Early life Connolly was born to p ...

, the first Olympic champion of the modern era (1896). It leads from the

Helene-Mayer-Ring The Helene-Mayer-Ring is a street in the Olympic Village of the Olympic Park Munich in Munich, Germany. Description The Helene-Mayer-Ring is named after the Olympic fencing champion Helene Mayer. The road is accessible to pedestrians on the ...

to the Kusocinskidamm to Straßbergerstraße. The road is accessible on the surface for pedestrians and cyclists, underground for motorists. Access is via the

Lerchenauer Straße The Lerchenauer Straße is a 5.5 km long arterial road in Munich. Description Lerchenauer Straße runs from Schleissheimer Straße east of the Olympiapark (with access to the Central Hochschule Sports Complex, a bunker, the Olympic Village and ...

. Connollystraße_GO-8.jpg, Connollystraße above ground for pedestrians and cyclists Connollystraße_GO-7.jpg, Connollystraße underground for cars The sculpture "Olympic Rings" from 1972 by Ruth Kiener flame, with the new version from 2000 by Peter Schwenk, is found here. In Connollystraße 20, is the "Theater Unterwegs". Connollystraße 31 was the apartment of the Israeli Olympic team who was taken hostage at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. Following the Olympic Games, initial designs were in discussion to make it a "House of peace", but the building was given to the Max Planck Society, which uses it as a guest house. 200 meters south is the memorial place of the Olympia attack. North of the Connollystraße is the

Nadisee The Nadisee is a urban lake with an integrated system at Munich's Olympic Village precint, inside the Am Riesenfld area localized at the Milbertshofen-Am Hart district. With an area of about , it is Munich's smallest bathing lake. The approxima ...

, in the west the Central University Sports Center. File:Connollystraße GO-3.jpg, Sculpture "Olympic rings" File:Connollystra%C3%9Fe_GO-4.jpg, Fountains on Connollystraße File:2012-09-05_Gedenken.jpg, Commemoration ceremony with wreath laying on 5 September 2012 under the eyes of the SEK, in front of the Connollystraße 31 building File:Connollystraße_31_-_Gedenktafel.jpg, Commemorate plaque File:Nadisee_GO-3.jpg,

Movies

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References

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