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Winzererstraße
The Winzererstraße is a two-kilometer-long street in the Munich districts of Maxvorstadt and Schwabing. Description The Winzererstraße starts at the Hessstraße at the Massmannspark and runs almost parallel to Schleissheimer Straße, the road ends today in the North, after crossing the Ackermannstraße, southeast of the Olympiaberg. There are 11 architectural monuments, such as, the barracks building of the Prinz-Leopold-Barracks or the Obelisk in the triangle Winzererstraße / Lothstraße / Georgenstraße. The ''Bavarian Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Family and Integration'' is located on Winzererstraße 9, the ''Munich Wood Research'' (TU München) is located on Winzererstraße 45, the ''Munich Department of Finance'' is located at Winzererstraße 47a, the ''City Archive'' is located at Winzererstraße 68, an outside office of the ''Federal Office of Freight Transport'' can be found in house number 52, and the ''Higher Labor Court'' and the ''Munich Labor Court'' are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgenstraße
The Georgenstraße is a street in Munich, Germany and runs in an east-west direction north of the city center. It separates the Maxvorstadt in the south from Schwabing in the north. It leads from Leopoldstraße in the east to Lothstraße in the west. In the street, especially at the beginning are several magnificent buildings, in the western direction are simple rental units. The Georgenstraße has little traffic significance and it is quiet despite its relative proximity to the city center; apartments, small shops, cafes and other small businesses are found there. History The closed development of Maxvorstadt in the middle of the 19th century, extended from the city center only to the Adalbertstraße, a southern parallel street of Georgenstraße. The Georgenstraße was created between agricultural land areas and was initially referred to as "Tambosi-Anger". Since 1851, the plots were parceled along this dirt road, the way served since then as a shortcut or "Schleichweg" betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lothstraße
Lothstraße is a roughly 1.3 kilometer long street in Munich. It runs through the St. Benno district and forms the boundary between the municipality of Maxvorstadt, which lies southeast of the street, and the districts of Neuhausen and Schwabing-West, which are located northwest. Description It runs from Nymphenburger Straße (house number 1 or 2) to Winzererstraße (number 29 or 54). From Linprunstraße to Thorwaldsenstraße, the Lothstraße forks off and forms a ''green'' triangle, a branch then leads to Nymphenburger Straße. Buildings On Lothstraße is the Zeughaus München, the back of the ''Deutsches Herzzentrum München'' (German Heart Center Munich) (now Lazarettstraße 36), the Munich University of Applied Sciences and its library, and the ''Forschungsinstitut für Wärmeschutz'' (Research Institute for thermal insulation). Since 1975, the ''Bayerische Blindenhörbücherei e.V.'' (Bavarian library for blind people) at Lothstraße 62, and in the Lothstraße 29, the '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herzogstraße
Herzogstraße is a 1.8-kilometer-long street in Munich's Schwabing district. The street's name came from Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria. Route Herzogstraße starts at Leopoldstraße, then crosses Belgradstraße and Schleißheimer Straße and ends at Winzererstraße. While in the area between Münchner Freiheit and Wilhelmstraße initially relatively small shops line the street, the Herzogstraße became predominantly a residential street over the years. In the area between Apianstraße and Fallmerayerstraße, numerous restaurants can be found on both sides of the street, which in the summer months, with their free play areas, shape the impression of the street. Further to the east, the Herzogstraße is primarily a residential street again. Historical buildings In the area between Münchner Freiheit and Fallmerayerstraße, Herzogstraße is part of the protected construction ensemble Nordschwabing (E-1-62-000-42). Its design, by Theodor Fischer, was set back to the expansion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Maxvorstadt-Königsplatz-Marsfeld and Maxvorstadt-Josephsplatz). Location The borough is next to the north-western part of the Old City. The Englischer Garten is the Eastern border, Schwabing is in the North, Neuhausen-Nymphenburg in the North-West. The borough Schwanthalerhöhe is its south-western neighbor and Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt is in the south. The Eastern parts of Maxvorstadt are often mistakenly attributed to the borough of Schwabing. Traffic The Maxvorstadt is drafted as a quadratical grid and is shaped by the north-south axes Schleißheimer Straße (Munich), Schleißheimer Straße and Ludwigstraße; the parallel streets Amalienstraße, Türkenstraße, Barer Straße, Schraudolphstraße, Arcisstraße, Luisenstraße and Augusten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munich
Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is not a state of its own. It ranks as the 11th-largest city in the European Union. The metropolitan area has around 3 million inhabitants, and the broader Munich Metropolitan Region is home to about 6.2 million people. It is the List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top four German metropolitan regions, third largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Munich is located on the river Isar north of the Alps. It is the seat of the Upper Bavaria, Upper Bavarian administrative region. With 4,500 people per km2, Munich is Germany's most densely populated municipality. It is also the second-largest city in the Bavarian language, Bavarian dialect area after Vienna. The first record of Munich dates to 1158. The city ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horst Schimanski
Horst Schimanski is a fictional homicide detective with a leading role in the German crime television series ''Tatort'', as well as the spin-off ''Schimanski''. Portrayed by Götz George, the character made his debut in the 1981 episode and appeared in 29 episodes until 1991. Two episodes, ' (1985) and ' (1987), were released in cinemas before they were aired on television. Also notable is the episode from 1990, which was produced as a crossover with the East German ''Polizeiruf 110'' crime series, in which Schimanski collaborated with two colleagues from the East German Volkspolizei. In 1997, the character got his own show, the loose spin-off ''Schimanski''. In this series, Schimanski is a retired police officer living in Belgium with his longtime girlfriend Marie Claire. Background Schimanski is consistently presented as the prototypical proletarian, living very close to the criminals he pursues. Consequently, many of his cases deal with underprivileged victims and upper-cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milbertshofen-Am Hart
Milbertshofen (Central Bavarian: ''Muibatshofa''), Am Riesenfeld and Am Hart (Central Bavarian: ''Am Hoart'') are three boroughs situated in the north of Munich in Germany. Jointly, they form the city district 11 Milbertshofen-Am Hart. , the three boroughs had 76,255 inhabitants. Location Milbertshofen-Am Hart is surrounded by Schwabing-Freimann (east), Schwabing-West (south), Neuhausen-Nymphenburg (southwest), Moosach (München), Moosach and Feldmoching-Hasenbergl (west). North of it comes the municipality Oberschleißheim. Description In Milbertshofen-Am Hart is the Olympiapark (Munich), Olympiapark (with the 291-metre-high Olympiaturm Munich's tallest building, the Olympiahalle, Olympiastadion (Munich), Olympiastadion, Erinnerungsort Olympia-Attentat, Sea Life Centres, Sea Life München, Olympic Village, Munich, Olympic Village), and the BMW Museums (BMW Welt, BMW Group Classic, BMW Museum and BMW Headquarters, BMW Tower). Other notable buildings include BMW FIZ, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the second Summer Olympics to be held in Germany, after the 1936 Summer Olympics, 1936 Games in Berlin, which had taken place under the Nazi Germany, Nazi rule. Germany became only the second country at that point after the United States to have two different cities host the Summer Olympics. The West German government had been eager to have the Munich Olympics present a Democracy, democratic and optimistic Germany to the world, as shown by the Games' official motto, ''"Die Heiteren Spiele"'', or "the cheerful Games". The logo of the Games was a blue solar logo (the "Bright Sun") by Otl Aicher, the designer and director of the visual conception commission. The hostesses wore sky-blue dirndls as a promotion of Bavarian cultural heritage. The Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the Studenten quarters via the Helene-Mayer-Ring and Connollystrasse) at the BMW Welt, the BMW Museum and passed the U-Bahn -Bahnhof Olympiazentrum in north-north-west direction near the Dreiseenplatte up to the Plaumstraße in Feldmoching. It crosses the Moosacher Straße and the Georg-Brauchle-Ring / Petuelring. The Lerchenauer Straße therefore crosses the districts of Schwabing, Am Riesenfeld and Feldmoching. North of Moosacher Straße, it crosses the Munich North Ring through an underpass at the Milbertshofen station. South of the Feldmoching railway station, the Lerchenauer Straße crosses the connecting route of Feldmoching to the North Ring and the Munich–Regensburg railway The Munich–Regensburg railway is a double trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diary
A diary is a written or audiovisual memorable record, with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. Diaries have traditionally been handwritten but are now also often digital. A personal diary may include a person's experiences, thoughts, and/or feelings, excluding comments on current events outside the writer's direct experience. Someone who keeps a diary is known as a diarist. Diaries undertaken for institutional purposes play a role in many aspects of human civilization, including government records (e.g. ''Hansard''), business ledgers, and military records. In British English, the word may also denote a preprinted journal format. Today the term is generally employed for personal diaries, normally intended to remain private or to have a limited circulation amongst friends or relatives. The word " journal" may be sometimes used for "diary," but generally a diary has (or intends to have) daily entries (f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schuttberg
''Schuttberg'' () is a German term for a mound made of rubble or out of a rubbish heap. Many were amassed following the extensive damage from strategic bombing during World War II. These types are more specifically termed ''Trümmerberg'' (rubble mountain) and are known colloquially by various namesakes such as ''Mont Klamott'' (Mount Rag), ''Monte Scherbelino'' (Mount Shard), and ''Scherbelberg'' (Shard Mountain). Most major cities in Germany have at least one ''Schuttberg''. Known Schuttberge Berlin The amount of debris in Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ... is about 15 percent of the total rubble in the whole of Germany. Frankfurt am Main To remove and recycle the rubble the city authorities in the autumn of 1945 created the non-profit Trümme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papier-mâché
file:JacmelMardiGras.jpg, upright=1.3, Mardi Gras papier-mâché masks, Haiti Papier-mâché ( , , - the French term "mâché" here means "crushed and ground") is a versatile craft technique with roots in ancient China, in which waste paper is shredded and mixed with water and a binder to produce a pulp ideal for modelling or moulding, which dries to a hard surface and allows the creation of light, strong and inexpensive objects of any shape, even very complicated ones. There are various recipes, including those using cardboard and some mineral elements such as chalk or clay (carton-pierre, a building material). Papier-mâché reinforced with textiles or boiled cardboard (carton bouilli) can be used for durable, sturdy objects. There is even carton-cuir (cardboard and leather) There is also a "laminating process", a method in which strips of paper are glued together in layers. Binding agents include glue, starch or wallpaper paste. "Carton-paille" or strawboard was already describ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
