Landwehrstrasse (Munich)

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Landwehrstrasse
coat of arms
Street in Munich
Landwehrstrasse
Tenement house, Art Nouveau, with rich relief decoration on the bay window, re. 1899, by August Zeh
Basic data
State capital Munich
Borough Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt
Name received 1829
Connecting roads Josephspitalstrasse, St.-Pauls-Platz
Cross streets Sonnenstrasse , Mathildenstrasse, Schillerstrasse , Goethestrasse, Paul-Heyse-Strasse, St.-Paul-Strasse
Buildings Tenement house, 1850, late Biedermeier period;
Bluhm Alexander tenement house, 1895, neo-baroque;
House Hönig Joseph, Steinheil Adolf, 1860, late Biedermeier;
Barbist Rosa tenement house, 1898, neo-renaissance;
Tenement house Könyves J., Könyves M., 1899, New Renaissance;
Tenement Zeh August, 1899, Art Nouveau
use
User groups Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , individual traffic
Road design asphalt
Technical specifications
Street length 850 m

The Landwehr street is a street in Munich . It begins in the east on Sonnenstraße , becomes a one-way street from Mathildenstraße to the west and then leads to St.-Pauls-Platz. The postal code 80336 is assigned to Landwehrstraße. It belongs to the southern station district, which was badly damaged during the Second World War . The so-called clinic district begins south of Landwehrstrasse, and Karlsplatz (Stachus) is to the northeast .

Apartment building at Landwehrstrasse 58 from 1900, architects J. and M. Könyves
Landwehrstrasse 58, detail of the facade

Population and retail

In Landwehrstrasse there are numerous oriental food retailers, but also bars and establishments in the red light district , computer shops , restaurants and hotels. The proportion of foreigners among the residents is 50%. The painter Max Nonnenbruch lived at Landwehrstrasse 62 until 1893.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Landwehrstraße on the Munich city portal website (accessed on September 4, 2013)
  2. ↑ Landwehrstrasse in the Süddeutsche Zeitung ( Memento from September 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive )