The Sonnenstraße is a street in the city center of

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 ...

. It forms the border between the city districts Altstadt and

Ludwigsvorstadt Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt (Central Bavarian: ''Ludwigsvorstod-Isarvorstod'') is one of the boroughs of Munich, Germany. It consists of the districts Ludwigsvorstadt, located south of Munich Hauptbahnhof and east of the Theresienwiese, and Is ...

Description

The Sonnenstraße is part of the Munich Altstadtring and runs north-south between 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 ...

and Stachus. The wide road has up to eight lanes and a four-rail track in the middle from the Munich tram. There are numerous clubs, such as the ''Technoclub Harry Klein'', along the road of just under one kilometer. It therefore connects the Maximiliansplatz with the Glockenbachviertel as a "party mile". Due to the curved course of the road, it is also referred to as "celebration banana".

History

Along the Sonnenstraße ran the early-new aged fortification construction of Munich. The street was given its present name in 1812, since its course is oriented towards the highest position of the sun at noon. Parallel to the Sonnenstraße (near the Herzog-Wilhelm-Strasse), the western Stadtgrabenbach runs underground, it flows near the Sendlinger gate out of the Glockenbach and follows the north and later north-east of the former city fortification. There are plans to uncover the river partially. The Matthäuskirche, built in 1833, was the first evangelical church in Munich and it stood on Sonnenstraße, near the merge of the Herzogspitalstraße, until the end of 1938. In 1846, on the Sonnenstraße, August Hauner founded the Dr. From Haunersche Kinderspital, which is now located on

Lindwurmstraße The Lindwurmstraße is a 2.4-kilometer poplar alley in the Munich districts Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt and Sendling. Location and Route The Lindwurmstraße runs one kilometer to the northwest, parallel to the Isar and mostly just at an alt ...

. In 1856, the Frauengebäranstalt was completed on the Sonnenstraße, the first building in the Maximilian style by the architect Georg Friedrich Christian Bürklein, where from 1922, the postal check office, now the ''Isarpost Eventlocation'', has been located there. On the Sonnenstrasse was the Hotel Wagner, where the ''Kabarett Wien-München'' and from 1934 to 1935 the Valentin Panoptikum were located.

Images

Isarpost - Sonnenstr. 26 Muenchen 1.jpg, Isarpost, Sonnenstraße 26 Karlsplatz 21 Kaufhof Muenchen-1.jpg, Department store Kaufhof Val 047 6.jpg, Sonnenstraße, approx. 1870 Val 078.jpg, Matthäuskirche, approx. 1865

References

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