The Lerchenauer Straße is a 5.5 km long

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Description

Lerchenauer Straße runs from Schleissheimer Straße east of the

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(with access to the Central Hochschule Sports Complex, a bunker, the

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and the Studenten quarters via the Helene-Mayer-Ring and Connollystrasse) at the

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, the

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and passed the U-Bahn -Bahnhof Olympiazentrum in north-north-west direction near the

Dreiseenplatte Dreiseenplatte is the name of three lakes in Feldmoching-Hasenbergl in the northern part of Munich, Germany. The lakes are: Lerchenauer See, Fasaneriesee and Feldmochinger See. Photos Lerchenauer_See_mit_Blick_nach_Südwesten.jpg, Lerchenaue ...

up to the Plaumstraße in Feldmoching. It crosses the Moosacher Straße and the Georg-Brauchle-Ring /

Petuelring The Petuelring is an approximately 2.2 km long road in the north of Munich and part of the Bundesstraße 2 R, Mittlerer Ring. It runs between Georg-Brauchle-Ring and Schenkendorfstraße. Location The Petuelring is located about four kilome ...

. The Lerchenauer Straße therefore crosses the districts of Schwabing, Am Riesenfeld and Feldmoching. North of Moosacher Straße, it crosses the

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through an

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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

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on two over passes. The Lerchenauer Straße was named after the colony of Lerchenau, which has been part of Feldmoching since 1901 on the outskirts of Munich and was incorporated into Munich in 1938. Until 1946 the Lerchenauer Straße was called Münchner Straße.

Images

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