The Arnulfstraße is a 3.8 km long urban street in

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. It leads from the Bahnhofplatz in the Ludwigsvorstadt through the

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(north of the railway) west to Romanplatz in Neuhausen. Over the Hackerbrücke, there is a connection to the Landsberger Straße, which runs parallel to the south of the railway tracks. Until 1983, the tram line 3 drove through the Arnulfstraße. It was initially diverted in the course of the

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construction and then shut down. In 1996, the tram service was reopened on the Arnulfstraße with the line number 17.

Description

The Arnulfstraße 2 accommodates the Hotel Deutscher Kaiser, the number 3 the ''Kinder- und Jugendmuseum München'' (Children and Youth Museum Munich), the number 21 the '' Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof München'' (central bus station Munich), numbers 42/44 house the main building of the ''

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'' (Bavarian broadcasting) and number 52 is the Augustiner cellar. The building on Arnulfstraße 19 was the former '' Bundesbahn-Zentralamt'' (Federal Railroad Central Office) Müchnen. The houses with the numbers 107–163 (the odd numbers) belong to the post-settlement of the Bavarian Post and Telegraph Association built in 1928–1929. The Arnulfstraße 195 is the listed railway building of the parcel post office. At Arnulfstraße 294 stood the 2017 burned ''Kulturpavillon'' on Romanplatz. In the immediate vicinity of the road lies the Arnulfpark and the Hirschgarten. Arnulfstraße is home to sculpture X by artist Isa Genzken and lighting by Michael Friederichsen. HauptbahnhofFassade Muenchen-01.jpg, ''

München Hauptbahnhof München Hauptbahnhof or Munich Central Station is the main railway station in the city of Munich, Germany. It is one of the three stations with long-distance services in Munich, the others being Munich East station (''München Ost'') and Munich- ...

'' Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof München 2014.jpg, '' Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof München'' MUC Augustinerbiergarten.jpg, '' Augustiner-Keller'' BR-Betongebäude in der Arnulfstraße, München.jpg, ''

'' München Arnulfstraße Hotel Deutscher Kaiser.JPG, Hotel ''Deutscher Kaiser'' Hirschgarten München im Winter.jpg, '' Hirschgarten'' Isa Genzken X (1994) Arnulfstrasse Muenchen-1.jpg, Skulptur X made by Isa Genzken at Arnulfstraße

History

The former

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was named after Arnulf of Bavaria in 1890. Previously, the

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and the Marsfeld barracks were located on Arnulfstraße.

References

External links

Documentary report about Arnulfstraße
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