Coubertinplatz

This article covers the place in Munich. For the square of the same name in front of the Berlin Olympic Stadium, see the list of streets and squares in Berlin-Westend .

Coubertinplatz
Place in Munich
Coubertinplatz during the Impark summer festival. In addition, the Olympic Stadium, the floating stage and the Olympic lake
Basic data
place	Munich
District	At the giant field
Created	1971
Confluent streets	Spiridon-Louis-Ring, Ernt-Curtis-Weg, Lilian-Board-Weg, Willi-Gebhardt-Ufer
Buildings	Olympic stadium , Olympic hall , Olympic swimming pool , floating stage and Olympic lake
use
User groups	Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , individual traffic , public transport

Start of the Munich company run at Coubertinplatz

Public viewing for the 2006 World Cup

The Coubertinplatz is the central square in Munich's Olympic Park in the district at the giant field .

description

The site is located about four kilometers north of the historic core of Munich, between the Olympic Hall , the Olympic Stadium of the Olympic Swimming Pool and the Olympic Lake , west of the neighboring Willi Daume place . There is free WiFi from Stadtwerke München on the square.

history

In the early 19th century, the military swimming school on the Nymphenburg Canal was located on the site of today's Coubertinplatz . The area was then called Milbertshofener Feld .

In the early 1970s, Coubertinplatz was rededicated as the central location of the Olympic Park and renamed in 1971 after Baron Pierre de Coubertin . Today it is under the file number E-1-62-000-70 under ensemble protection . Until its restructuring in November 2007, the Carillon in Munich's Olympiapark was also located on Coubertinplatz .

Events

Events with up to one million visitors a year take place at Coubertinplatz. These include the Impark Summer Festival , Munich Mash , the SattelFest , the Munich Midsummer Night's Dream and other concerts. In addition, Coubertinplatz is regularly the starting point of numerous running and sporting events such as the Munich Marathon , the Wings for Life World Run Munich , the Spartan Race Munich , the Nikolauslauf, the Munich winter run series, the New Year’s Eve run, the 24STD.LAUF, the Munich company run , the B2RUN German company running championship or the Munich outdoor sports festival . The cinema at the Olympiasee is also located on the square .

See also

• List of places in Munich

Web links

• Coubertinplatz - website of Olympiapark München GmbH.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.muenchen.de/leben/orte/1252298.html
2. ↑ Location of Coubertinplatz on a historical map
3. ↑ Ensemble protection Olympiapark , List of BYLfD, page 1 (.pdf)
4. ^ Coubertinplatz as an event location

Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 26.2 ″  N , 11 ° 32 ′ 55.7 ″  E