Corso Leopold
The Corso Leopold is a street festival on the eponymous Leopoldstrasse in Munich . The first Corso Leopold was organized in 1995, since 2000 he is together with the on the Ludwig Street adjacent Streetlife Festival twice a year on a weekend in May and September. The events each attract several 100,000 visitors.
background
The idea of the Corso Leopold was born in 1994: after the final of the soccer world championship , fans celebrated on Leopoldstrasse. As a result, it was proposed to organize a promenade on Leopoldstrasse with Corso Leopold every month. However, the idea failed in the Schwabing district committee with 14 votes in favor and 14 against. The Streetlife Festival, which is focused on the environment and has been taking place since 2000, met with approval from the city. Green City, who organize the Streetlife Festival, therefore also took over the Corso Leopold, which adjoins the Streetlife Festival a few meters north of the Siegestor (on Georgenstrasse ) after the festival was approved in 2002 . While the Streetlife Festival focuses in particular on the environment and sustainable mobility, Corso Leopold focuses on art and culture . After the foundation of the Corso Leopold Association in 2004, this organization became the organizer of Corso Leopold.
Corso Leopold was created as a cultural event for initiatives from the Schwabing district . Originally, three initiators from the peace movement wanted to use Leopoldstrasse for pedestrians and strollers, not just for road traffic and football fans after major victories. Music, theater, literature, dance and discussions are still in the foreground today. At every festival there is a central art action that is implemented by Schwabing artists with the help of the organizers.
The collaboration with the Streetlife Festival, which emerged from an environmental initiative, came about because both events claimed Ludwigstrasse and its continuation Leopoldstrasse and the city administration was not prepared to block this inner-city traffic axis several times for relatively small events.
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Corso Leopold takes place twice a year from Saturday noon to Sunday evening. Leopoldstrasse becomes a boulevard, a corso . The visitors stroll in the public space, which is otherwise reserved for car traffic.
There are stages on the southern part of the Münchner Freiheit square and at the large intersections, with both sides of the street lined with stands and tents in between. In addition to large and small cultural offers, there are information stands for non-profit initiatives and restaurants and commercial providers.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ München Nachrichten: 20 years of "The Wonder of the Corso" , April 2015
- ↑ a b Henz: Celebrating for a better world . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich North) . September 11, 2010, p. R7 .
- ^ A b Felix Berth: The promenade . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich) . March 13, 2002, p. 38 .
- ↑ Thomas Kronewiter: Corso involves the neighbors . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich North) . December 23, 2004, p. N1 .
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: 20 years of Corso Leopold on the weekend - it works! , May 14, 2015