Sendlinger Straße is an important shopping street in

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 no ...

's city center. It extends into the Munich old town in the south-east-northeast direction from the

Sendlinger Tor The Sendlinger Tor (translated: ''Sendling Gate'') is a city gate at the southern extremity of the historic old town area of Munich. It served as a fortification for defence and is one of Munich's three remaining gothic town gates (the other two ...

in the west to the point where Fürstenfelder Straße and the Rindermarkt meet in the east. In July 2016, the conversion from a

one-way street One-way traffic (or uni-directional traffic) is traffic that moves in a single direction. A one-way street is a street either facilitating only one-way traffic, or designed to direct vehicles to move in one direction. One-way streets typicall ...

into a

pedestrian zone Pedestrian zones (also known as auto-free zones and car-free zones, as pedestrian precincts in British English, and as pedestrian malls in the United States and Australia) are areas of a city or town restricted to use by people on foot or ...

was attempted.

History

The Sendlinger Straße was named after its original destination:

Sendling Sendling is a borough of Munich. It is located south-west of the city centre and spans the city boroughs Sendling and Sendling-Westpark. Sendling is subdivided into Obersendling, Mittersendling, and Untersendling. Untersendling and Mittersend ...

. This was the first place in the 14th century, after the Sendlinger Gate, outside of Munich's city walls, to which the Sendlinger Strasse led. The Asamhaus and, in particular, the Asamkirche, which was established between 1733 and 1746 by two chief representatives of the South German

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: the Asam brothers (

Egid Quirin Asam Egid Quirin Asam (1 September 1692 – 29 April 1750) was a German plasterer, sculptor, architect, and painter. He was active during the Late Baroque and Rococo periods. Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, Asam worked mainly together with his brot ...

and

Cosmas Damian Asam Cosmas Damian Asam (29 September 1686 – 10 May 1739) was a German painter and architect during the late Baroque period. Born in Benediktbeuern, he lived in Rome from 1711 to 1713 to study at the Accademia di San Luca with Carlo Marat ...

) are of

artistic Art is a diverse range of culture, cultural activity centered around works of art, ''works'' utilizing Creativity, creative or imagination, imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience, generally through an express ...

and cultural-historical importance. The Asamkirche is one of the most important monuments on Sendlinger Straße, in which a total of 24 monuments are located. In the post-war period, the Munich red light milieu, which had already migrated a while back, was found here. A

tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

connected the Sendlinger Tor with the

Marienplatz Marienplatz (English language, English: Mary's Square, i.e. St. Mary, Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady's Square) is a town square, central square in the city centre of Munich, Germany. It has been the city's main square since 1158. History During ...

, until this route was replaced by the underground lines U3 / U6. Over the years the sidewalks have increasingly widened and the roadway for the cars has been correspondingly narrowed. In 2009, the city council of Munich decided that a section of about 120 meters between Hackenstraße and Färbergraben would become a pedestrian zone. The construction work began in 2012. Today there are numerous shopping opportunities in Sendlinger Straße, next to

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s and

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. In order to expand the range of shops, courtyards have been developed – such as the "Asam Hof" next to the Asamkirche or the " Hofstatt" on the former site of the Süddeutscher Verlag. The city's plans for the complete conversion of the street into a pedestrian zone are controversial and led to the establishment of a citizens' initiative by local residents against this traffic attempt. Environment and transport organizations such as Green City and the Verkehrsclub Deutschland welcome the plans and even suggest extending the pedestrian zones beyond the old town - roughly to the eastern half of Sonnenstraße. Since 1 July 2016, the Sendlinger Straße, is a pedestrian zone for one-year on a trial basis.

External links

So wird die neue Sendlinger Straße

References

{{reflist Streets in Munich Buildings and structures in Munich Shopping districts and streets in Germany Historicist architecture in Munich Tourist attractions in Munich Baroque architecture in Munich Pedestrian streets in Germany