Amiraplatz
| Amiraplatz | |
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 Luitpoldblock |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Munich |
| District | Old town |
| Created | around 1820 |
| Newly designed | around 1938 |
| Confluent streets | Brienner Strasse , Salvatorplatz |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , individual traffic |
The Amiraplatz is a square-like area on the northern edge of the old town of the Bavarian capital Munich . Since 1931 it has been named after the Munich legal historian Karl von Amira (1848–1930).
location
As an extension of the Kardinal-Faulhaber-Strasse / Salvatorplatz axis, the square leads north to Brienner Strasse .
history
The area of the Amiraplatz was originally a square-like extension on the south side of the Brienner Straße projected at the beginning of the 19th century. It was located outside the former city wall , and the protruding west facade of the Theatine monastery clearly separated the area from the old town. The development consisted of four-storey apartment buildings with classicist facades with arched openings based on Klenze's architectural style. The corner house (Brienner Straße 5) was connected to the rear building on today's Amiraplatz by an intermediate wing. From 1899/90 the guest rooms of the elegant Schleich wine restaurant were located in the house at Brienner Strasse 6 . Plans for a new hotel from 1912 were not implemented.
The square, named after the legal historian Karl von Amira since 1931, underwent far-reaching changes at the end of the 1930s. A continuous connection between Brienner Strasse via Salvatorplatz and Promenadestrasse was planned. For this purpose, the development on the east side of the square should be straightened. In place of the original residential buildings, Robert Seitz created the five-storey new office building for the renowned furniture company Vereinigte Werkstätten between 1938 and 1940 . The western street scene is determined by the Luitpold block, which was built in the course of the reconstruction and adapted to the classicist environment .
buildings
| No. | function | built | description | image |
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| 1 | United Workshops | 1938-1940 | Neoclassical corner building, the northern part designed as a palace-like rectangular block, elongated side wing to the west, large shop window arcades with natural stone facing on the ground floor, by Robert Seitz |
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| 3 | Luitpoldblock | 1810-1812 | classical house; today a component of the Luitpold block protruding to the east |
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literature
- Heinrich Habel, Johannes Hallinger, Timm Weski: State capital Munich . Center. In: Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (Hrsg.): Monuments in Bavaria - independent cities and districts . tape I.2 / 1 . Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-87490-586-2 , p. 77 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans Dollinger: The Munich street names. 3. Edition. Ludwig Verlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-517-01986-0 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 34.1 ″ N , 11 ° 34 ′ 31.1 ″ E