Kurfürstenstrasse (Munich)

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Kurfürstenstrasse
coat of arms
Street in Munich
Kurfürstenstrasse
View into Kurfürstenstrasse to the north
Basic data
State capital Munich
Townships Maxvorstadt , Schwabing-West
Name received 1915
Connecting roads Adalbertstrasse , Kursfürstenplatz
Cross streets Rambergstrasse, Georgenstrasse , Konradstrasse, Hohenstaufenstrasse, Franz-Joseph-Strasse, Ainmillerstrasse
Numbering system Orientation numbering
use
User groups Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , individual traffic , public transport
Technical specifications
Street length 760 m

The Kurfürstenstraße is a 700-meter-long street in the Munich districts of Schwabing and Maxvorstadt . It leads north from Adalbertstrasse to Kurfürstenplatz . With the house numbers 4, 7, 16, 18–20, 22, 28–31, 34, 45, 49 and 53, there are a total of 15 architectural monuments on Kurfürstenstrasse.

Monument Kurfürstenstrasse 30: built in 1911 by Heinrich Stengel and Paul Hofer in forms of the late Art Nouveau

history

The original course of the street corresponds to that of the middle section of the Türkengraben , a planned artificial water connection with which the Munich Residence was to be connected to the canal network of the castles of Nymphenburg , Schleissheim and Dachau . It was named in 1915 (like the Kurfürstenplatz ) after the Elector Maximilian II. Emanuel .

Known residents

During the Weimar Republic , the national revolutionary magazine Arminius had its headquarters on Kurfürstenstrasse.

In 1972, the then occasional actor Michael Cromer opened his hair salon Modern Coiffeur Munich here . He is the origin of the Modern Creation Munich brand .

The TheaterRaum München is located in No. 8, a state-recognized vocational school for acting and directing. There is also the private theater theater ... and so on .

See also

Web links

Commons : Kurfürstenstraße  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Martin Bernstein: When Max Emanuel was planning a Bavarian Versailles. In: sueddeutsche.de . June 9, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 24.4 "  N , 11 ° 34 ′ 33.1"  E