Fraunhoferstrasse (Munich)

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Fraunhoferstrasse
coat of arms
Street in Munich
Fraunhoferstrasse
View into Fraunhoferstrasse in the direction of the Isar
Basic data
State capital Munich
Borough Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt
Hist. Names City bleachers
Name received 1830
Connecting roads Papa-Schmid-Strasse, Reichenbachbrücke
Cross streets Müllerstrasse , Jahnstrasse, Klenzestrasse, Reichenbachstrasse , Baaderstrasse, Erhardstrasse, Auenstrasse
Numbering system Orientation numbering
Subway station Fraunhoferstraße underground station (U1, U2 and U7)
use
User groups Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , individual traffic , public transport
Road design Asphalt, tram tracks
Technical specifications
Street length 520 m
Shop on Fraunhoferstraße around 1900 ( Rischart bakery )

The Fraunhoferstraße is an inner-city street in Munich . It is located in the Isarvorstadt district and separates the Gärtnerplatzviertel in the north from the Glockenbachviertel in the south.

It starts at Müllerstraße , ends at Reichenbachbrücke / corner of Auenstraße and is around 520 meters long. It was named after the German optician and second honorary citizen of the city , Joseph von Fraunhofer .

Traffic significance

The Fraunhoferstraße is a traffic axis of urban importance that connects the Altstadtring radially with the Au district on the other side of the Isar and continues over the Nockherberg to Giesing . Due to this connection function, it is heavily used by delivery traffic.

The full length of the tram runs in Fraunhoferstrasse, with a stop at the Baaderstrasse and Reichenbachstrasse intersection. Main line 2 of the Munich subway runs under the street with the Fraunhoferstraße subway station with the entrances and exits at the intersection with Klenzestraße, as well as on Reichenbachstraße and Baaderstraße. Trains from the U1, U2 and U7 lines run there.

Beginnings

The Fraunhoferstraße, which runs from Müllerstraße to Reichenbachbrücke and , along with the valley and Zweibrückenstraße, represents the oldest traffic connection between the inner city districts and the Munich districts stretching to the right of the Isar, has had its name since 1830. Formerly called Zum Stadtbleichanger , it was named in memory of the most important optician of his time, Joseph von Fraunhofer. The area along what is now Fraunhoferstraße was known as the "Stadtbleichanger" because the Stadtbleiche was once located here. Anyone who walked along the street in the direction of the Isar from Müllerstraße in the year the street was named would only see undeveloped and free land. Müllerstraße, which was planted with poplar trees along its entire length, bordered the town fortifications with the Angertor and two bastions in front as a walled partition. Along the Fraunhoferstraße itself, at the height of the former Colosseum , today the area on Colosseumstraße, was the military grinding mill, located on Mahlmühlbach, which was known as the "Mühle in der Sälbenau" since the 14th century. The military hospital built around 1776 could be seen to the north on Müllerstrasse. It later made way for the Luitpoldgymnasium . The way over to the Isar led through fields and meadows past two idyllic country estates, one of which, together with the beautiful garden covered with old trees, had only fallen victim to the construction of the post office in 1929. Not far from there was also a leather factory. To the south of this factory, next to the Isar, the lower powder mill, the romantically situated wool garden next to the old fallow house (crushing house). Two streams, one of them known as the Blererbach, which could be reached by wooden walkways, ran through the area. The construction of the first Reichenbach Bridge in 1842 only slowly increased building activity on Fraunhoferstraße. A panorama photograph taken by Böttger in 1858 from the Petersturm shows only a few new buildings on Fraunhoferstrasse. Only 15 years later, the north side of Fraunhoferstraße was already completely built up, but the south side, on which the royal hay store once had its place, still had open meadows and gardens. In the following decades, however, there was brisk construction activity here too, and residential buildings, including the old Klenzeschule, were built here too.

Traffic turnaround

At the end of May 2019, the Munich City Council decided with a narrow majority that the parking spaces along Fraunhoferstraße should be canceled and replaced by cycle paths . In the first week of August 2019, the project was carried out and the street was cleared of all parked vehicles. Finally, the cycle lanes were marked with a red surface.

The Fraunhoferstrasse in September 2019.

Architectural monuments in Fraunhoferstrasse

In Fraunhoferstrasse, 22 buildings on the street are listed as individual monuments . On the north side, from house number 3 to house number 21, all buildings are consistently designated as architectural monuments. House number 9 is home to the Fraunhofer restaurant with the Fraunhofer theater and the workshop cinema .

See also: List of architectural monuments in the Isarvorstadt

Web links

Commons : Fraunhoferstraße (Munich)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )
  2. Comparison, plans of the royal capital and residence city of Munich from 1806 to 1861.
  3. Ramabaldi, The Munich street names and their explanation (pp. 82–82).
  4. Ramabaldi, The Munich street names and their explanation (pp. 82–82).
  5. ^ Comparison of plans for the royal capital and residence city of Munich from 1806 to 1861.
  6. F. Hilble: The old Munich mills and their names in Upper Bavarian Archive Volume 90. (P. 95–96 Mahlmühle, Kolosseumstraße 1, demolished after 1872, sold to a construction company. Derivation of the meaning Sälbenau, or Saelbeau. Quote Hilble: " It was a matter of a mill in a saelde, having or bringing, that is, heavenly bliss bringing the Aue, or in relation to the corridor ".)
  7. B. Müller: The General Hospital in Munich in the opening year 1813-1814 Munich 1984 (p. 18, 3 - Infectious Diseases, the Brechhaus 1703-1776 from 1777 as a military hospital),
  8. Monuments in Bavaria, Munich 1991, Ensemble Gärtnerplatzviertel, aerial photo with text, pp. 54–55.
  9. C. Rädlinger: The history of the Munich city streams Der Blererbach or Blärerbach p. 152
  10. ^ Address books for the years 1835 to 1869, residents and house numbers.
  11. The panorama photo of the Mariahilf Church in the Au, taken in 1890, shows the completely built-up area.
  12. ↑ Space for cyclists on Fraunhoferstraße - That should change. In: tz.de . May 31, 2019, accessed May 31, 2019 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 7 ′ 43.5 ″  N , 11 ° 34 ′ 30.1 ″  E