Gabelsbergerstraße is a city centre street in the

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district of

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. It leads from Oskar-von-Miller-Ring in a north-western direction to

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, where it becomes Josef-Ruederer-Straße. Over its entire length it is a one-way street with the direction of travel from west to east. Gabelsbergerstraße 6 is home to the

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of St. Markus, Gabelsbergerstraße 33-35 is home to the ''

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'' (State Museum of

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ian Art) and the

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with the Bernd-Eichinger-Platz. On Gabelsbergerstraße you will find the ''

Kunstareal The Kunstareal (, "art district") is a museum quarter in the city centre of Munich, Germany. Area of arts It consists of the three "Pinakotheken" galleries (Alte Pinakothek, Neue Pinakothek and Pinakothek der Moderne), the Glyptothek, the Staat ...

München'' and the main campus of the

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. The buildings in Gabelsbergerstraße 6, 9, 11/13/15, 17, 19, 36, 38, 40, 45/47, 49, 51, 53, 68, 70, 71, 79a, 81, 83, 89, 91 and 95 are architectural historical monuments. St.-Markus-München.jpg, 6, St. Markus Gabelsbergerstraße_33–35_München-1.jpg, 33-35, ''

'' and

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History

The ''

Türkenkaserne The Türkenkaserne (or ''Neue Infanteriekaserne am Türkengraben und Prinz-Arnulf-Kaserne'') was a Bavarian Army barracks in the Maxvorstadt district of the German city of Munich. History Rejected plans Planning Construction 1826 to 1918 The ...

'' (Turkish Barracks) was located on Gabelsbergerstraße until its destruction in the

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. Following a proposal by the city council in 1861, King Maximilian II approved the renaming of Kasernstraße to Gabelsbergerstraße after the inventor of

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Franz Xaver Gabelsberger Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (9 February 1789, Munich - 4 January 1849, Munich) was a German stenographer; the inventor of Gabelsberger shorthand. Biography His father was a wind instrument manufacturer, originally from Mainburg, who died whi ...

. Until his death in 1849 he lived in the house Kasernstraße 6 on the first floor. The name of the street has been official since 1862. The lawyer Otto von Kühlmann and the artist Heinrich Höfer also lived on Gabelsbergerstraße. In 1977, the '' Hinterhoftheater'' (predecessor of the ''Wirtshaus am Hart'') was founded on Gabelsbergerstraße 50 and was located there until mid-1980.

References

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