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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 Currently valid street names are given in bold , names that are no longer valid after renaming or building over are given in italics .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.

Oberanger , old town

(before 1300) old hallway name , differentiation from the Lower Anger

Oberascherstrasse , Forstenried

(1962) Rupert (1876–1956) and Rudolf (1873–1907) Oberascher , bell founder

Oberaudorfer Strasse , Obergiesing

(1953) Oberaudorf , municipality in the district of Rosenheim

Oberauer Strasse , Sendling-Westpark

(1934) Oberau ; Municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Oberbiberger Strasse , Harlaching

(around 1935) Oberbiberg , part of Oberhaching in the Munich district

Oberbrunner Strasse , Fürstenried

(1921) Oberbrunn , part of the community of Gauting in the Starnberg district

Obere Allee , Allach-Untermenzing

(1938) Alley-like course of the road through the Allacher Forest

Obere Grasstrasse , Obergiesing

(1856) possibly Road to the meadows and pastures

Upper house width , Freimann

(1950) House width, designation for a field near the house

Obere Johannisstrasse , Haidhausen

(1856) New parish church of St. Johann Baptist

Upper length , Freimann

(1950) old field name

Obere Mühlstrasse , Obermenzing

(1938) Inselmühle , seen from Untermenzing the upper mill on the Würm

Obere Weidenstrasse , Untergiesing

(1899) Willows in the Isar flood bed

Oberföhringer Strasse , Bogenhausen

(1913) Oberföhring , incorporated into Munich in 1913

Oberhofer Platz , Milbertshofen

(1925) Oberhof , city in Thuringia

Oberhofer Weg , Milbertshofen

(1976) see above

Oberhuberstrasse , Waldtrudering

(1933) Max Oberhuber (1874–1944), Mayor of the formerly independent municipality of Trudering

Oberhummerweg , Allach-Untermenzing

(1959) Eugen Oberhummer (1859 – Vienna), German-Austrian geographer

Oberjägerstrasse , Schwabing-Freimann

(1932) Oberjäger , supervisor of the northern part of the English Garden

Oberkaidlmühlweg ,

(1876)

Oberländerstraße , Sendling

(1890) Oberland , name for the area in Bavaria from which most of the fighters of the "Peasant Army", the "Oberlanders" or "Oberlandler" were recruited for the Sendlinger Bauernschlacht 1705

Obermaierstrasse , Lehel

(1878) Joseph Eucharius Freiherr von Obermaier (1724–1789), constitutional lawyer

Obermoosstrasse , Feldmoching

(1938) Obermoos, field and landscape designation of the local moor

Oberndorfferstraße , Schwabing-Freimann

(1932) Carl Reichsgraf von Oberndorff, electoral forest chamber councilor at the beginning of the 9th Century

Obernzeller Strasse , Südgiesing

(1931) Obernzell , market town in the Passau district

Oberölkofener Strasse , Ramersdorf

(1926) Oberelkofen , district of Grafing near Munich

Oberonstrasse , Englschalking

(1934) Oberon , opera by Carl Maria von Weber

Upper Silesian Street , Daglfing

(1930) Upper Silesia , southeastern part of the historical region of Silesia, now mostly in Poland

Oberseestrasse ,

(1949) Obersee in the Berchtesgaden Alps

Oberstdorfer Strasse , Forstenried

(1932) Oberstdorf , market town in the Allgäu

Oberviechtacher Strasse , Südgiesing

(1931) Oberviechtach , town in the Upper Palatinate

Obinger Strasse , Berg am Laim

(1921) Obing , municipality in the Traunstein district

Occamstrasse , Schwabing

(1891) Wilhelm von Ockham (around 1288–1347), medieval philosopher, theologian and ecclesiastical writer

Ockertweg , Solln

(1947) Carl Friedrich Ockert (1825–1899), painter. It was previously called Wagnerweg .

Öcklweg , Mittersendling

(1956) Wilhelm Öckl (around 1520–1588), German builder

Oda-Schaefer-Weg , Schwanthalerhöhe

(2002) Oda Schaefer (1900–1988), German-Baltic writer and journalist

Odeonsplatz , Maxvorstadt , Lehel

(1827) Odeon , former concert hall west of the square

Oderstrasse , Bogenhausen

(1935) Oder , river in Central Europe

Odinstrasse , Bogenhausen

(1935) Odin , god of Norse mythology

Ödenstockacher Weg , Waldtrudering

(1951) Oedenstockach , district of Putzbrunn in the Munich district

Oedkarspitzstrasse , Berg am Laim

(1929) Ödkarspitzen , mountain peaks in the Karwendel

Andreas Felix from Oefele

Oefelestrasse , Au

(1877) Andreas Felix von Oefele (1706–1780), historian and librarian

Oertelplatz , Allach-Untermenzing

(1945) Max Joseph Oertel (1835–1897), German otolaryngologist

Oertlinweg , Untergiesing

(1958) Master Oertlin, builder of the great Isar weir near Harlaching (14th century)

Oettingenstrasse , Lehel

(1897) Prince Ludwig zu Oettingen-Wallerstein (1791–1870), Bavarian statesman

Oetztaler Strasse , Sendling-Westpark

(1934) Ötztal , right side valley of the Oberinntal in Tyrol

Ofener Strasse , Laim

(1921) Ofen , German name for the district of the Hungarian capital Budapest, west of the Danube

Offenbachstrasse , Pasing

(1947) Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880 in), German-French composer and cellist

Ofterdingenstrasse , Neuhausen

(1929) Heinrich von Ofterdingen , legendary minstrel

Oggersheimer Strasse , Ramersdorf

(1930) Oggersheim , district of Ludwigshafen in Rhineland-Palatinate

Ohlauer Strasse , Moosach

(1947) Ohlau , a town in Lower Silesia, Poland

Ohlenschlagerstrasse , Mittersendling

(1937) Friedrich Ohlenschlager (1840–1916), German classical philologist, prehistoric and provincial Roman archaeologist

Ohlmüllerstrasse , Au

(1874) Joseph Daniel Ohlmüller (1791–1839), architect and district planner in Munich

Ohlstadter Strasse , Mittersendling

(1922) Ohlstadt , municipality in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district

Ohmstrasse , Schwabing

(1891) Georg Simon Ohm (1789–1854), German physicist

Olchinger Weg , Alt-Aubing

(1978) Olching , town in the Fürstenfeldbruck district

Oldenbourgstrasse , Obermenzing

(1960) Oldenbourg , Munich publishing and bookseller family

Olga-Tschechowa-Weg , Neuperlach

(1981) Olga Chekhova (1897–1980), German actress of Russian-German origin

Olgastrasse , Neuhausen

(1900) Olga , feminine given name, Russian form of Helga

Ferdinand Johann von Olivier

Olivierstrasse , Solln

(1955) Ferdinand Johann von Olivier (1785–1841), painter

Ollenhauerstraße , Neuperlach

(1973) Erich Ollenhauer (1901–1963), party chairman of the SPD from 1952 to 1963

Olmendorferstrasse , Ramersdorf

(1955) Olmendorfer, Munich painters family of the 14th century

Olof-Palme-Strasse , Riem

(1996) Olof Palme (1927–1986), Swedish social democratic politician and two-time Prime Minister of Sweden

Olschewskibogen , Feldmoching

(1987) Wilhelm Olschewski (1871–1943), co-founder of a communist resistance group against the Nazi regime in Munich

Olympiastrasse ,

Access alley at Fürstenried Castle , today the A 95 motorway

Omptedastrasse , Pasing

(1968) Georg von Ompteda (1863–1931), German writer

Oneginstrasse , Obermenzing

(1956) Sigrid Onégin (1889–1943), German opera and concert singer (alto)

Onyxplatz , Ludwigsfeld

(1952) Onyx , Mineral

Opalstrasse , Ludwigsfeld

(1952) Opal , Mineral

Opitzstrasse , Bogenhausen

(1914) Martin Opitz (1597–1639) German poet and baroque theorist

Oppenrieder Strasse , Obersendling

(1929) Oppenried , part of the Seeshaupt community on Lake Starnberg

Orchisweg ,

(1947) Orchis , genus of orchids

Orffstrasse , Neuhausen

(1900) Carl Maximilian von Orff (1828–1905), Bavarian major general, cartographer, topographer and geodesist

Orlandostrasse , old town

(1873) Orlando di Lasso (1532–1594), composer and conductor

Fountain on Orleansplatz

Orleansplatz , Haidhausen

(around 1872) Orléans , French city

Orleansstrasse , Haidhausen

(around 1872) see above

Orpheusstrasse , Moosach

(1900) Orpheus , Greek hero of legend

Orsinistraße , Englschalking

(1933) Paolo Orsini, character from Richard Wagner's opera Rienzi

Ortenburgstrasse , Obersendling

(1914) Ortenburg , market town in the district of Passau

Orthstrasse , Pasing

(1948) Karl Orth (1869–1942), German painter

Ortlerstrasse , Mittersendling

(1956) Ortler , mountain in the South Tyrolean Alps

Ortlindestraße , Englschalking

(1935) Ortlinde , Walküre in Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre

Ortnitstrasse , Bogenhausen

(1932) Legend of Ortnit , originally probably of Low German origin

Ortolfstrasse , Obermenzing

(1938) Ortolfus dictus Got, former owner of the Menzing estate

Ortrudstrasse , Bogenhausen

(1933) Ortrud , female first name, figure in Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin

Ortweinstrasse , Neuhausen

(1929) Ortwein , figure from the Nibelungenlied

Oselstrasse , Pasing

(1947) Heinrich Osel (1863–1919), German customs inspector and Bavarian politician

Oskar-Barnack-Strasse , Moosach

(1983) Oskar Barnack (1879–1936), German precision mechanic

Oskar-Coester-Weg , Solln

(1956) Oskar Coester (1886–1955), painter

Oskar-Maria-Graf-Ring , Neuperlach

(1971) Oskar Maria Graf (1894–1967), German-American writer

Oskar-Schlemmer-Strasse , Schwabing

(2001) Oskar Schlemmer (1888–1943), German painter, sculptor and set designer

Oskar-von-Miller-Ring , Maxvorstadt

(1955) Oskar von Miller (1855–1934), German civil engineer, founder of the Deutsches Museum

Oslostrasse , Riem

(2001) Oslo , capital of Norway

Osnabrücker Strasse , Moosach

(1936) Osnabrück , city in Lower Saxony

Ossannastraße , Allach-Untermenzing

(1956) Johann Ossanna (1870–1952), professor at the chair for electrical machines at the TH Munich

Osserstrasse , Bogenhausen

(1906) Osser , Berg on the Bavarian-Czech border

Ossiacher Strasse , Pasing

(1951) Ossiach , municipality in Carinthia (Austria)

Ossietzkystraße , Laim

(1947) Carl von Ossietzky (1889–1938), German journalist and writer

Ossingerstrasse , Neuhadern

(1947) Ossinger, Munich councilor family

Ostendorferweg , Laim

(1972) Michael Ostendorfer (1490 or 1494–1559), German painter and draftsman

Osterangerstrasse , Lochhausen

(1947) old field name

Osterhofener Weg , Nymphenburg

(1982) Osterhofen , town in Lower Bavaria

Ostermayrstrasse , Milbertshofen

(1913) Ludwig Ostermayr, farmer from Milbertshofen

Ostermoosstrasse , Alt-Aubing

(1947) old field name

Osterseenstrasse , Sendling-Westpark

(1929) Osterseen , lake landscape in the Weilheim-Schongau district

Osterwaldstrasse ,

(1891) Peter von Osterwald (1718–1778), German Catholic theologian and statesman

Ostmarkstrasse , Sendling-Westpark

(1925) Ostmark , eastern prefecture of the Franconian Duchy of Baiern in the 9th century

East Prussia Street , Englschalking

(1930) East Prussia , easternmost Prussian province

Oswald-Bieber-Weg , Pasing

(1985) Oswald E. Bieber (1874–1955), German architect

Oswaldweg , Alt-Aubing

(1985) Josef Oswald (1884–1963), parish priest in Aubing

Otilostrasse , Pasing

(1938) Otilo, 763 named as a witness in a document with which a Reginperht gave away his Pasinger and Graefelfinger goods to the church he founded in Scharnitz

Otkerstrasse , Giesing

(1906) Otker (Otgar), Huosigaugraf, founded the Tegernsee Monastery together with his brother Adalbert in the years 756-61

Otl-Aicher-Strasse , Schwabing

(2010) Otl Aicher (1922–1991), designer and graphic designer

Ötschmannweg , Mittersendling

(1955) Michael Ötschmann (1670–1755), master builder and draftsman

Ottendichler Strasse , Riem

(1983) Ottendichl , district of Haar in the Munich district

Otterfinger Strasse , Neuperlach

(1931) Otterfing , municipality in the Miesbach district

Ottilienstraße , Neutrudering

(1933) Ottilie , female first name

Ottilienstraße , Solln

1947 renamed Kirchbachweg

Öttlmairstrasse , Ramersdorf

(1955) Court name in Ramersdorf

Otto-Bezold-Weg , Neuperlach

(1985) Otto Bezold (1899–1984), German lawyer and politician

Ottobeurer Strasse , Moosach

(1925) Ottobeuren , market town in Upper Swabia

Ottobrunner Strasse , Ramersdorf-Perlach

(1960) Ottobrunn , municipality in the district of Munich

Otto-Dischner-Weg , Pasing

(1980) Otto Dischner (1879–1942), Pasinger citizen and publisher

Otto-Eckart-Platz , Berg am Laim

(2020) Otto Eckart (1936–2016), entrepreneur, founding member of the Münchner Kindl Foundation

Otto-Engl-Platz , Pasing

(1946) Otto Engl (1856–1927), wholesale merchant from Pasing

Otto Hahn Ring , Neuperlach

(1971) Otto Hahn (1879–1968), German chemist, pioneer of radiochemistry

Otto-Klemperer-Weg ,

(1983) Otto Klemperer (1885–1973), German conductor and composer

Otto-Kohlhofer-Weg , Neuhadern

(1995) Otto Kohlhofer (1915–1988), German communist

Otto-Lederer-Weg , Waldtrudering

(1986) Otto Lederer (1905–1977), first parish priest in Waldtrudering

Otto-Leixl-Strasse , Feldmoching

(1956) Otto Leixl (1892–1922), mountaineer from Munich

Otto-Meitinger-Strasse , Freiham

(2019) Otto Meitinger (1927–2017), architect

Otto-Merkt-Weg , Oberföhring

(1964) Otto Merkt (1877–1951), German local politician and local researcher

Otto-Perutz-Strasse , Riem

2008 Otto Perutz (1847–1922), chemist and manufacturer

Otto-Rothe-Strasse , Riem

(1972) Otto Rothe (1924–1970), military rider; Private road on the premises of Olympia Reitanlagen GmbH

Otto-Sendtner-Strasse , Schwabing-Freimann

(1950) Otto Sendtner (1813–1859), German botanist

Ottostrasse , Maxvorstadt

(before 1832) Prince Otto von Wittelsbach (1815–1867), King of Greece

Otto-Warburg-Strasse , Feldmoching-Hasenbergl , Allach-Untermenzing

(1991) Otto Warburg (1883–1970), German biochemist, doctor and physiologist

Otto-Wels-Strasse , Neuperlach

(1986) Otto Wels (1873–1939), social democratic German politician

Ottweilerstrasse , Neuperlach

(1938) Ottweiler , city in Saarland

Oxnerweg , Giesing

(1978) Johann Georg Oxner, Munich goldsmith

Individual evidence

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^ Hermann Sand : Sollner street names - Ockertweg. In: sollner-hefte.de. Retrieved June 22, 2013 .
↑ State capital Munich Editor: Oda-Schaefer-Weg. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
^ Hermann Sand: Sollner street names - Olivierstrasse. In: sollner-hefte.de. Retrieved June 22, 2013 .
^ State capital Munich Editor: Olof-Palme-Straße. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
^ Hermann Sand: Sollner street names - Oskar-Coester-Weg. In: sollner-hefte.de. Retrieved June 22, 2013 .
↑ Helga Pfoertner: Living with history. Vol. 1, Literareron, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-89675-859-4 , p. 168 ( PDF; 1.1 MB ( Memento from April 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ))
↑ State Capital Munich Editor: Oskar-Schlemmer-Straße. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .
↑ State Capital Munich Editor: Oslostrasse. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .
↑ State capital Munich Editor: Otl-Aicher-Straße. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .
↑ Kirchbachweg. In: sollner-hefte.de. Retrieved June 20, 2013 .
↑ State capital Munich Editor: Street renaming Otto-Eckart-Platz. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .
↑ State Capital Munich Editor: Street renaming Otto-Meitinger-Straße. Retrieved April 8, 2019 .
↑ State capital Munich Editor: Otto-Perutz-Straße. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .
↑ City map from 1832

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[2] Hermann Sand : Sollner street names - Ockertweg. In: sollner-hefte.de. Retrieved June 22, 2013 .

[3] State capital Munich Editor: Oda-Schaefer-Weg. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .

[4] Hermann Sand: Sollner street names - Olivierstrasse. In: sollner-hefte.de. Retrieved June 22, 2013 .

[5] State capital Munich Editor: Olof-Palme-Straße. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .

[6] Hermann Sand: Sollner street names - Oskar-Coester-Weg. In: sollner-hefte.de. Retrieved June 22, 2013 .

[7] Helga Pfoertner: Living with history. Vol. 1, Literareron, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-89675-859-4 , p. 168 ( PDF; 1.1 MB ( Memento from April 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ))

[8] State Capital Munich Editor: Oskar-Schlemmer-Straße. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .

[9] State Capital Munich Editor: Oslostrasse. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .

[10] State capital Munich Editor: Otl-Aicher-Straße. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .

[11] Kirchbachweg. In: sollner-hefte.de. Retrieved June 20, 2013 .

[12] State capital Munich Editor: Street renaming Otto-Eckart-Platz. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .

[13] State Capital Munich Editor: Street renaming Otto-Meitinger-Straße. Retrieved April 8, 2019 .

[14] State capital Munich Editor: Otto-Perutz-Straße. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .

[15] City map from 1832