List of Munich street names / C
The list of Munich street names lists the names of streets and squares in the Bavarian capital of Munich and also includes the meanings and circumstances of the naming. Currently valid street names are given in bold , names that are no longer valid after renaming or building over are given in italics .
Due to the large number of Munich street names, the list is divided into alphabetically sorted sub-lists.
Cäcilienstraße ,
- (1936) 32nd district
Calderonweg , Pasing
- (1971) Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681), Spanish playwright
Cambraistrasse ,
- (1936) 18th district
Camerloherstrasse , Laim
- (1901) Melchior Camerloher, one of the 42 Munich hostages of King Gustav II Adolf in 1632
Cammerloherstrasse , Laim
- (1904) → Camerloherstrasse
Canalettostraße , Gern villa colony
- (1906) Canaletto (1720–1780), actually Bernardo Bellotto , Italian painter
- (1877) Peter Candid (around 1548–1628), Flemish painter, sculptor and graphic artist
- (1877), see above
Canisiusplatz , Großhadern
- (1938) Petrus Canisius (1521–1597), Jesuit, Doctor of the Church, canonized
Canisiusstrasse , Großhadern
- (1938) see above
Cannabichstrasse , Untergiesing
- (1902) Christian Cannabich (1731–1798), violin virtuoso, composer, concertmaster and opera director
Cannstatter Platz ,
- (1936) 24th district
Caracciolastraße , Hasenbergl
- (1947) Günther Caracciola-Delbrück (1898–1945), shot by the National Socialists on April 28, 1945 as a participant in the Bavarian freedom campaign
Carl-Amery-Platz , Au-Haidhausen
- (2018) Carl Amery (1922-2005), writer
Carl-Baierl-Bogen , Neuperlach
- (1981) Carl Baierl (1896–1977), comedian and popular actor
Carl-Hanser-Strasse , Pasing
- (2012) Carl Hanser (1901–1985), publisher, 1928 founder of Carl Hanser Verlag
Carl-Orff-Bogen , Freimann
- (1985) Carl Orff (1895–1982), music teacher and composer, a. a. the scenic cantata Carmina Burana
Carl-Sternheim-Weg , Denning
- (1983) Carl Sternheim (1878–1942), author and playwright
Carl-Wery-Strasse , Neuperlach
- (1976) Carl Wery (1897–1975), actor, director
Carl-Zuckmayer-Strasse , Denning
- (1983) Carl Zuckmayer (1896–1977), writer
Carlamaria-Heim-Strasse , Schwanthalerhöhe
- (2002) Carlamaria Heim (1932–1984), Munich actress and writer
Carlo-Schmid-Strasse , Altperlach
- (1985) Carlo Schmid (1896–1979), German SPD politician, member of the German Bundestag (1949–1972) and its Vice President for 20 years
Carola-Neher-Strasse , Solln
- (2011) Carola Neher (1900–1942), actress
Caroline-Herschel-Strasse , Messestadt Riem
- (1999) Caroline Herschel (1750–1848), astronomer, sister of the astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel , to whom a street in Munich is also dedicated
Carossastrasse , Pasing
- (1962) Hans Carossa (1878–1956), doctor, poet and author
Carrierestrasse , Allach
- (1947) Moritz Carrière (1817–1895), writer, art historian and philosopher, from 1854 professor of art history at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich
Carry-Brachvogel-Strasse , Oberföhring
- (2012) Carry Brachvogel (1864–1942), Munich writer of Jewish descent. She campaigned for the self-determination of women. She died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Carusoweg , Solln
- (1960) Enrico Caruso (1873–1921), Italian opera singer.
Casellastrasse ,
- (1936) 30th district
Caubstrasse , Moosach
- (1914) Caub, today written as Kaub , town on the Rhine in Rhineland-Palatinate, where Field Marshal Blücher managed the legendary transition of German troops to France and thus began the reconquest of the areas on the left bank of the Rhine
Celibidacheforum , Haidhausen
- (1999) Sergiu Celibidache (1912–1996), Chief Conductor of the Munich Philharmonic and General Music Director of the City of Munich
Centa-Hafenbrädl-Strasse , Freiham
- (2006) Centa Hafenbrädl (1894–1973), city councilor from 1947 to 1970 and on the board of the Caritas Association
Centa-Herker-Bogen , Schwabing-West
- (2004) Centa Herker (1909–2000), contemporary witness from Munich and persecuted by the Nazi dictatorship, who campaigned for political education for young people after the war
Centralländstrasse ,
- (1904) → Central Road
Cerebotanistrasse , Moosach
- (1947) Luigi Cerebotani (1847–1928), Italian theologian, philosopher and inventor, from 1889 papal envoy in Munich
Cervantesstrasse , Pasing
- (1947) Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), Spanish writer, author of Don Quixote
Chamissostraße , Oberföhring
- (1914) Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838), German naturalist and poet of French origin
Chammünsterstrasse , garden city Trudering
- (1956) Chammünster , former monastery and now part of Cham
Champagnestrasse ,
- (1936) 28th district
Charles-de-Gaulle-Strasse , Neuperlach
- (1975) Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970), French general and President (1959–1969)
Chemnitzer Platz , Moosach
- (1925) Chemnitz , city in Saxony
Cherubinistraße , Schwabing-West
- (1914) Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842), Italian composer
Cheruskerstrasse ,
- (1904) Link road between Marienklause and Geiselgasteigstrasse
- (1936) 27th district
Chiemgaustraße , Obergiesing and Ramersdorf
- (1906) Chiemgau , landscape around the Chiemsee
Chiemseeplatz ,
- (1918)
- (1936) 17th district
Chopin Street , Pasing
- (1947) Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), Polish pianist and composer, lived in France from 1830
Chorherrnstrasse ,
- (1876)
Chorherrstrasse , Haidhausen
- (1873) Ignaz Chorherr (1812–1873). Canon worked for 37 years in several honorary offices in Haidhausen
Chriemhildenstrasse ,
- (1904) → Kriemhildenstrasse
Christel-Küpper-Platz , Obersendling
- (2017) Sibylla Hubertine Christine Küpper (née Göbbels, 1906–1995), psychotherapist, politician and peace activist
Christel-Sembach-Krone-Weg , Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied
- (2019) Christel Sembach-Krone (1936–2017), circus director
Christl-Marie-Schultes-Weg , Oberwiesenfeld , Lerchenau
- (2014) Christl-Marie Schultes (1904–1976), aviator, resister against National Socialism, interned several times
Christoph-Probst-Strasse , Freimann
- (1947) Christoph Probst (1919–1943), student, member of the White Rose resistance group , executed in Munich in 1943
Christoph-Rapparini-Bogen , Neuhausen
- (2006) Christoph Rapparini († around 1740), singer and electoral chamber virtuoso of the 18th century
Christoph-Schmid-Strasse , Milbertshofen
- (1910) Christoph von Schmid (1768–1854) Catholic priest and writer, particularly of children's and youth literature
Christoph-von-Gluck-Platz , Milbertshofen
- (1923) Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck (1714–1787), Kapellmeister, pre-classical composer
Christophstrasse , Lehel
- (1878) Christoph the Strong (1449–1493), Duke of Bavaria-Munich
Christrosenweg , Großhadern
- (1947) Christmas rose , a plant from the buttercup family
Christstrasse ,
- (1936) 27th district
Chrysanthemum Street , Großhadern
- (1938) Chrysanthemums , the sunflower plant genus that is widespread mainly in East Asia
Chunrad von Perg Street ,
- (1936) 31st district
Churlandstrasse ,
- (1936) 28th district
Cimbernstrasse , Mittersendling
- (1925) The Cimbri , a Germanic tribe, originally probably settled in Jutland, defeated by the Romans near Aix-en-Provence in 102 BC on their journey southwards
Cincinnatistraße , settlement at Perlacher Forst
- (1954) Cincinnati , city in Ohio (USA), one of Munich's twin cities since 1989
Claire-Watson-Strasse , Neuhausen
- (2006) Claire Watson (1924–1986), American opera singer and from 1958 to 1976 member of the Bavarian State Opera
Clara-Schumann-Strasse , Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied
- (2019) Clara Schumann (1819–1896), pianist and composer
Clarita-Bernhard-Strasse , Aubing
- (2006) Clarita Bernhard (1939–1995), city councilor from 1972 to 1995, particularly devoted herself to school issues and the problems of the disabled and single parents
Claude-Lorrain-Platz ,
- (1879)
Claude-Lorrain-Strasse , Untergiesing / Au
- (1877) Claude Lorrain (1600–1682), French Baroque painter
Claudius Kellerplatz ,
- (1918)
Claudius-Keller-Strasse , Ramersdorf
- (1910) Claudius Keller, Capuchin Father, one of the 42 Munich hostages of King Gustav II Adolf in 1632
Claudiusplatz , Moosach
- (1925) Matthias Claudius (1740–1815), poet and journalist
Claudiusstrasse , Moosach
- (1925) see above
Clausewitzstrasse ,
- (1936) 19th district
Clemens-August-Strasse , Berg am Laim
- (1915) Clemens August von Bayern (1700–1761), Archbishop of Cologne and thus an important elector of his time
Clemens-Bolz-Weg , Sendling-Westpark
- (1958) Clemens Bolz (1879–1955), municipal chief administrative inspector; a map of the graves of famous Munich residents goes back to him
Clemens-Krauss-Strasse , Obermenzing
- (1956) Clemens Krauss (1893–1954), Austrian conductor and theater director, several years general music director at the Bavarian State Opera
Clemensstrasse , Schwabing-West
- (before 1890) Clemens August von Bayern (1700–1761), see above Clemens-August-Straße
Clezlinstrasse ,
- (1918) 17th district
- (1936) 30th district
Cochemstrasse , Großhadern
- (1938) Cochem , district town of the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate
Colmarer Strasse , Obersendling
- (1930) Colmar , French city in Alsace
Colmdorfstrasse , Aubing
- (1966) Colmdorf , part of the Upper Franconian town of Bayreuth
Colosseumstrasse ,
- (1876) see Colosseumstrasse
Columbusplatz ,
- (1936) 16th district
Columbusstrasse ,
- (1908) see Columbus Street
- (1936) 16th district
Combreshöhe , Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied | Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied |
- (1936) 28th district
Comeniusstrasse , Haidhausen
- (1893) Johann Amos Comenius (1592–1670), philosopher, theologian and educator
Connollystrasse , Olympic Park
- (1971) James Connolly (1868–1957), from the USA, first modern Olympic champion
Constanze-Hallgarten-Strasse , Obersendling
- (2017) Constanze Hallgarten (1881–1969), one of the leading women of the German peace movement and women's rights activist
Conwentzstrasse , Thalkirchen
- (1947) Hugo Conwentz (1855–1922), botanist and founder of the German nature conservation movement
Copernicusstrasse ,
- (1904)
- (1936) 29th district
Corinthstrasse , Neuperlach
- (1931) Lovis Corinth (1858–1925), important painter of German Impressionism
Cornelius Bridge , Isarvorstadt , Au-Haidhausen
- (presumably after 1903) see below
Corneliusstrasse , Isarvorstadt
- (1830) Peter von Cornelius (1783–1867), German painter and creator of the altar fresco in the Ludwigskirche in Munich and his nephew
- Peter Cornelius (1824–1874), poet, composer and professor at the Königl. Munich University of Music
Cosimastrasse , Englschalking
- (1933) Cosima Wagner (1837–1930), daughter of Franz Liszt, wife of the conductor Hans von Bülow and later Richard Wagner's second wife
Cottastrasse ,
- (1918) 13th district
- (1936) 13th district
Cottaweg , Neuperlach
- (1976) Johann Friedrich Cotta (1764–1832), German publisher, bookseller, industrial pioneer and politician
Coubertinplatz , Olympic Park
- (1971) Baron Pierre de Coubertin (1863–1937), French educator, historian and sports official, President of the International Olympic Committee and founder of the modern Olympic Games
Coudenhove-Kalergi-Weg , Neuperlach
- (1986) Richard Nikolaus Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894–1972), Japanese-Austrian writer, politician and founder of the Paneuropean movement
Coulmiersplatz , Haidhausen
- (1879) Meeting at Coulmiers in France on November 9, 1870
Crailsheimstrasse , Freimann
- (1926) Friedrich Krafft von Crailsheim (1841–1926), Bavarian Foreign Minister (1880–1905) and Bavarian Prime Minister (1890–1903)
Cranachstrasse , Maxvorstadt
- (1902) Lucas Cranach the Elder Ä. (around 1475–1553) one of the most important German painters and graphic artists of the Renaissance
Creuzerstrasse ,
- (1936) 30th district
Croissant-Rust-Strasse , Pasing
- (1951) Anna Flora Barbara Croissant-Rust (1860–1943), German writer
Crusiusstrasse , Lehel
- (1934) Otto Carl Friedrich Hermann Crusius (1857–1918), German philologist
Curd-Juergens-Strasse , Neuperlach
- (1986) Curd Jürgens (1915–1982), German-Austrian stage and film actor
Curiestrasse , Allach
- (1947) Marie Curie (1867–1934), born in Poland, physicist and chemist living in France from 1891
Curt-Mezger-Platz , Milbertshofen
- (2007) Curt Mezger (1895–1945), German-Jewish entrepreneur, murdered in Mauthausen concentration camp
Cuvilliésstrasse , Bogenhausen
- (1899) François de Cuvilliés the Elder (1695–1768) and François de Cuvilliés the Younger (1731–1777), court architect of the late Rococo. Among her best-known works are the Amalienburg, the Munich Residence and the Cuvilliés Theater
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helga Pfoertner: Living with history. Vol. 1, Literareron, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-89675-859-4 , p. 36 ( PDF; 1.1 MB ( Memento from April 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ))
- ↑ State capital Munich, editorial office: Street renaming Carl-Amery-Platz. Retrieved October 14, 2018 .
- ↑ State Capital Munich Editor: Carl-Hanser-Strasse. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .
- ↑ State Capital Munich Editor: Carlamaria-Heim-Straße. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .
- ↑ State capital Munich Editor: Carola-Neher-Straße. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .
- ↑ State Capital Munich Editor: Caroline-Herschel-Straße. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .
- ↑ State Capital Munich Editor: Carry-Brachvogel-Straße. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Carusoweg. In: sollner-hefte.de. Retrieved June 17, 2013 .
- ↑ State Capital Munich Editor: Celibidacheforum. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .
- ↑ State capital Munich Editor: Centa-Hafenbrädl-Straße. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Centa-Herker-Bogen , on muenchen.de, accessed on July 6, 2019
- ^ State capital Munich, editorial office: Renaming of the street: Christel-Küpper-Platz. Retrieved July 2, 2017 .
- ↑ State capital Munich Editor: Street renaming Christel-Sembach-Krone-Weg. Retrieved April 8, 2019 .
- ^ State capital Munich Editor: Christl-Marie-Schultes-Weg. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .
- ↑ State capital Munich Editor: Christoph-Rapparini-Bogen. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .
- ↑ State Capital Munich Editor: Claire-Watson-Straße. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .
- ↑ State Capital Munich Editor: Street renaming Clara-Schumann-Straße. Retrieved September 27, 2019 .
- ↑ State capital Munich Editor: Clarita-Bernhard-Straße. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .
- ^ State capital Munich, editorial office: Renaming of the street: Constanze-Hallgarten-Straße. Retrieved June 2, 2017 .
- ^ Hans Dollinger: The Munich street names 3rd edition. Ludwig Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-517-01986-0
- ↑ State capital Munich Editor: Curt-Mezger-Platz. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .