List of Munich street names / W

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 Currently valid street names are given in bold , names that are no longer valid after renaming or building over are given in italics .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


Waakirchen

Waakirchner Strasse , Obersendling

(1901) Waakirchen , Upper Bavarian municipality

Wachenheimer Strasse , Ramersdorf

(1935) Wachenheim an der Weinstrasse , town in Rhineland-Palatinate

Wacholderweg , Johanneskirchen

(1936) Juniper , genus of plants in the subfamily Cupressoideae within the cypress family

Wachtelweg , Waldtrudering

(1933) Quail , bird species

Wachterstrasse , Milbertshofen

(1937) Wachter, Munich craft family around 1310

Wackenroderstrasse , Waldperlach

(1931) Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773–1798), German writer

Wackersberger Strasse , Sendling

(1904) Wackersberg , Upper Bavarian municipality

Wadlerstrasse , Großhadern

(1957) Wadler, Munich merchant family; In 1318 Burkhard Wadler donated the Wadler donation associated with the Brezenreiter

Waffenschmiedstrasse , Englschalking

(1936) The Armourer , comic opera by Albert Lortzing

Wagenbauerstrasse , Steinhausen

(1899) Max Josef Wagenbauer (1775–1829), German painter and lithographer

Wageneggerstrasse , Ramersdorf

(1910) Johann Josef Benno Wagenegger (1726–1789), clergyman and court chaplain in Munich, founding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences

Waginger Strasse , Obergiesing

(1937) Waging a.See , market town in the Upper Bavarian district of Traunstein
Michael Wagmüller

Wagmüllerstrasse , Lehel

(1897) Michael Wagmüller (1839–1881), German sculptor

Wagnerstrasse , Schwabing

(1899) There were wagons on this street

Wagnerweg , Solln

1947 renamed Ockertweg

Wagrainweg , Freimann

(1966) Wagrain, 991 mentioned settlement in this area

Wahnfriedallee , Bogenhausen

(1933) House Wahnfried , Richard Wagner's villa in Bayreuth

Waidachanger , Lochhausen

(1947) old field name

Waidachwiesenweg , Lochhausen

(1952) old field name

Waidbrucker Strasse , Harlaching

(1929) Waidbruck , municipality in the lower Eisack valley in South Tyrol (Italy)

Waisenhausstrasse , Neuhausen

(1903) Municipal orphanage , built 1896–99 on this street

Walchenseeplatz , Obergiesing

(1906) Walchensee in the Bavarian Prealps

Walchstadter Strasse , Sendling-Westpark

(1934) Walchstadt , part of the municipality of Wörthsee in the Upper Bavarian district of Starnberg

Waldeckstrasse , Untergiesing

(1899) Waldeck , old Bavarian noble family

Walderbachweg , Nymphenburg

(1982) Walderbach , former Cistercian abbey in Walderbach in the Cham district

Waldeslust , Großhadern

(1956) Field Name

Waldesruhe , Großhadern

(1947) nearby forest area

Waldfriedhofstrasse , Sendling-Westpark

(1901) Waldfriedhof Munich

Waldgartenstrasse , Großhadern

(1938) nearby forest area

Waldheim , Großhadern

(1938) Waldheim, former restaurant

Waldheimplatz , Waldperlach

(1938) see above

Waldhornstrasse , Obermenzing , Untermenzing , Moosach

(1947) French horn , brass instrument made of brass or gold brass

Waldhüterstrasse , Neuhadern

(1947) Forest ranger , former job title

Waldklausenweg , Großhadern

(1947) Waldklause, wayside shrine or small chapel in the area

Waldmeisterstraße , Solln

1947 renamed to Rungestrasse
Woodruff

Waldmeisterstraße , Lerchenau

(1938) Woodruff , type of plant from the genus of bed herbs

Waldmüllerstrasse , Solln

(1947) Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793–1865), Austrian painter. The street was previously called Enzianstraße .

Waldmünchener Strasse , Südgiesing

(1931) Waldmünchen , town in the Upper Palatinate

Waldperlacher Strasse , Waldperlach

(1930) Waldperlach , Munich district

Waldrebenstraße , Hasenbergl

(1945) Clematis , also called clematis, genus of plants within the buttercup family

Waldsassener Strasse , Südgiesing

(1931) Waldsassen , town in the Upper Palatinate

Waldsaumstrasse , Großhadern

(1938) Location of the road on the edge of the forest

Waldschmidtstrasse , Harlaching

(1916) Maximilian Schmidt , called Waldschmidt (1832–1919), Bavarian native writer

Waldschulstrasse , Waldtrudering

(1933) School there, formerly surrounded by forest

Forest road , Berg am Laim

(1920) former forests in this area

Waldtruderinger Strasse , Waldtrudering

(1932) Waldtrudering, Munich district

Waldvögeleinstrasse , Lerchenau

(1947) Waldvöglein , plant genus in the orchid family

Waldwiesenstrasse , Neuhadern

(1947) Course of the road formerly over forest meadows

Walhallastrasse , Nymphenburg

(1901)
Valhalla , in Norse mythology the resting place of fallen fighters
Walhalla , Hall of Fame near Regensburg

Wallbergstrasse , Obergiesing

(2007) Wallberg in the Mangfall Mountains in the Bavarian Prealps

Wallensteinplatz , Milbertshofen

(1931) Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583–1634), Bohemian general and politician

Wallensteinstrasse , Milbertshofen

(1913) see above

Walliser Strasse , Fürstenried

(1960) Valais , canton in southwestern Switzerland

Wallmenichstrasse , Mittersendling

(1955) Karl von Wallmenich (1854–1929), lieutenant colonel and military writer

Wallnerstrasse , Freimann

(1957) Eduard Wallner (1872–1952), Bavarian place and field name researcher

Wallstrasse , old town

(1829) Course of the road on the area of ​​the former city fortifications

Walpurgisstrasse , Bogenhausen

(1906) Walpurgis (710–779 / 780), Anglo-Saxon Benedictine and abbess of the Heidenheim monastery, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church

Walserstrasse , Haidhausen

(1876) Johann Georg Walser (1807–1871), pastor and school inspector in Haidhausen

Walsertalstrasse , Fürstenried

(1935) Walsertal, Großes and Kleines Walsertal , side valley of the Walgau, Vorarlberg, Austria

Wälsungenstrasse , Neuhausen

(1929) Wälsungen , legendary Germanic family

Waltenbergerstrasse , Allach-Untermenzing

(1954) Donat Waltenberger (1854–1940), brickworks owner

Walter-Brecht-Strasse , Aubing

(1955) Walther Brecht (1876–1950), German Germanist and literary historian

Walter-Flex-Strasse , Moosach

(1927) Walter Flex (1887–1917), German writer and poet
Walter Gropius

Walter-Gropius-Strasse , Schwabing

(2001) Walter Gropius (1883–1969), architect

Walter-Heerde-Weg , Steinhausen

(1979) Walter Heerde (1891–1979), school councilor and local history researcher

Walter-Hopf-Weg , Hadern

(1972) Walter Hopf (1911–1969), City Councilor in Munich

Walter-Klingenbeck-Weg , Maxvorstadt

(1998) Walter Klingenbeck (1924–1943), resistance fighter against National Socialism

Walter-Meckauer-Weg , Denning

(1984) Walter Meckauer (1889–1966), writer

Walter-Otto-Strasse , Untermenzing

(1947) Walter Otto (1878–1941), historian

Walter-Schnackenberg-Weg , Aubing

(1984) Walter Schnackenberg (1880–1961), painter

Walter-Scott-Strasse , Laim

(1959) Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scottish writer

Walter-Sedlmayr-Platz , Feldmoching

(2000) Walter Sedlmayr (1926–1990), popular actor

Walter-von-Cube-Weg , Untermenzing

(1987) Walter von Cube (1906–1984), German journalist

Walther-Bathe-Weg , Milbertshofen

(1971) Walther Bathe (1892–1959), multiple world record holder in breaststroke, Olympic champion

Walther-Meißner-Strasse , Laim

(1983) Walther Meißner (1882–1974), German physicist

Waltherstrasse , Ludwigsvorstadt

(1877) Philipp Franz von Walther (1782–1849), German surgeon and ophthalmologist

Waltramstrasse , Giesing

(1906) Waltram , count from the Huosi family, founder of the Benediktbeuern monastery

Wamslerstrasse , Trudering

(1981) Friedrich Wamsler (1852–1913), entrepreneur and founder of the Wamsler company

Wandletstrasse , Schwabing

(1952) Wandlet , name of the Schwabing pine forest

Wangener Strasse , Fürstenried

(1956) Wangen , district of the city of Starnberg

Wankstrasse , Sendling-Westpark

(1934) Wank , Berg in the Estergebirge near Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Wardeinstrasse , Kirchtrudering

(1963) Wardein , old job title for a coin validator
Good Warnberg

Warnberg , Solln

(1938) Gut Warnberg , former manor, today monastery Marienanstalt Warnberg

Warnbergstrasse , Solln

(1947) see above

Warngauer Strasse , Obergiesing

(1904) Warngau , municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Miesbach

Warschauer Strasse , Moosach

(1925) Warsaw , capital of Poland

Wartburgplatz , Schwabing

(1925) Wartburg , castle in Thuringia, above the city of Eisenach at the north-western end of the Thuringian Forest

Warthestrasse , Englschalking

(1966) Warthe , right tributary of the Oder

Waiting yard ,

(1876) west of Harlaching

Warthofstrasse , Obergiesing

(1910) Warthof , former farm in Giesing

Washingtonstrasse , Neuhausen

(1932) George Washington (1732–1799), first President of the United States of America from 1789 to 1797

Waskestrasse , Neuhausen

(1929) Waske , name of the sword of Iring, Recke from the Germanic heroic sagas

Wasserburger Landstrasse , Trudering

(1932) Wasserburg am Inn , town in the Upper Bavarian district of Rosenheim

Wasserburger Strasse

(until 1955) today Delpstrasse

Waterway ,

(1835) → Waterway

Waterway ,

(1876)

Wasserturmstrasse , Waldtrudering

(1933) former location of a water tower

Wastelbauerstraße , Obermenzing

(1947) Wast (e) lbauer , old house name
Wastl-Witt-Strasse

Wastl-Witt-Strasse , Hadern

(1964) Wastl Witt (1882–1955), Bavarian folk actor

Waterbergstrasse , Waldtrudering

(1933) Waterberg , Table Mountain in Namibia, formerly German colony of German South West Africa

Waterloostrasse , Forstenried

(1934) Waterloo , municipality in Belgium about 15 kilometers south of Brussels, on June 18, 1815, site of the battle of Waterloo

Watteaustraße , Solln

(1947) Antoine Watteau (1684–1721), French painter. The street was previously called Saarlandstrasse .

Wattplatz , Freiham

(1947) James Watt (1736-1819), Scottish inventor

Watzmannstrasse , Obergiesing

(1877) Watzmann , central mountain range of the Berchtesgaden Alps

Waxensteinstrasse , Sendling-Westpark

(1934) Waxenstein , mountain group in the northwestern Wetterstein Mountains

Weberstrasse , Bogenhausen

(1897) Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), German composer, conductor and pianist

Weckerweg , Allach-Untermenzing

(1966) Mathias Wecker, owner of a property there

Weddigenstrasse , Perlach

(1931) Otto Weddigen (1882–1915), German naval officer, most recently lieutenant captain and submarine commander
Frank Wedekind

Wedekindplatz , Schwabing

(1959) Frank Wedekind (1864–1918), German writer

Wegenerstrasse , Am Hart

(1938) Alfred Lothar Wegener (1880–1930), German meteorologist and polar and geoscientist

Wegscheider Strasse , Südgiesing

(1931) Wegscheid , market town in the Lower Bavarian district of Passau

Wehnerstrasse , Pasing

(1947) Anton von Wehner (1850–1915), Bavarian administrative officer and politician

Wehrlestrasse , Bogenhausen

(1955) Hermann Josef Wehrle (1899–1944), Catholic priest and resistance fighter

Weir footbridge , Lehel

(?) Weir systems for water regulation between inner and outer Isararm

Weichselbaumerstraße , Laim

(1932) Matthias Weichselbaumer († 1829), school commissioner in Munich and director of the teachers' college

Weichselgartenstrasse , Obersendling

(1928) old field name

Weichselstrasse , Englschalking

(1932) Vistula, longest river in Poland

Weidener Strasse , Perlach

(1931) Weiden , town in the Upper Palatinate

Weidenstrasse upper ,

(1876)

Weidenstrasse lower ,

(1876)

Weidmannstrasse , Moosach

(1921) Weidmann ( Waidmann ), old name for a hunter

Weiglstrasse , Neuhausen

(1901) Joseph Weigl (1766–1846), Austrian composer and conductor

Weihenstephaner Strasse , Berg am Laim

(1927) Weihenstephan , former Benedictine abbey and former secular canon monastery in Freising / Bavaria

Weiherweg , Moosach

(1953) pond along the way

Weilerstrasse , Au

(1898) Weiler (Weyler) von Garatshausen # history , Munich patrician family

Weilheimer Strasse , Mittersendling

(1904) Weilheim , district town of the Upper Bavarian district of Weilheim-Schongau

Weimarer Strasse , Freimann

(2013) Weimar , city in Thuringia

Weinbauernstrasse , Obergiesing

(1856) Zum Giesinger Weinbauern , former restaurant

Weinbergerstrasse , Pasing

(1938) Georg Weinberger (1861–1932) Economist and Mayor of Pasing

Weinbierlhof ,

(1876)

Weingartnerstrasse , Pasing

(1956) Felix Paul von Weingartner (1863–1942), Austrian conductor, neo-romantic composer, pianist and writer

Weinschenkstrasse , Obermenzing

(1947) Ernst Weinschenk (1865–1921), German mineralogist and petrologist

Wine Route ,

(1835) → Wine Route

Wine route , old town

(before 1353) probably after the local wine merchants

Weisgerberstrasse , Schwabing

(1928) Albert Weisgerber (1878–1915), German painter and graphic artist

Weishauptstrasse , Moosach

(1947) Viktor Weißhaupt (1848–1905), German painter

Weiskopfstrasse , Ramersdorf

(1908) Georg († 1895) and Maria († 1902) Weiskopf, charitable donors
Weiß-Ferdl-Brunnen

Weiß-Ferdl-Strasse , Laim

(1953) Weiß Ferdl , real name Ferdinand Weisheitinger (1883–1949), Bavarian folk singer and actor

Weißdornstrasse , Lerchenau

(1938) Hawthorn , a genus of shrubs or small trees belonging to the pome fruit family within the rose family

Weißenböckstrasse , Moosach

(1962) Weißenböck, old farm and family name in Moosach

Weissenburger Platz , Haidhausen

(1897) Weißenburg , French commune in Lower Alsace

Weissenburger Strasse , Haidhausen

(1872) see above

Weissenfelderplatz , Laim

(1932) Weißenfelder, Munich patrician family

Weissenfelderstrasse , Laim

(1922) see above

Weißenhofweg , Schwabing

(2014) Weißenhofsiedlung , built in Stuttgart in 1927 by the Deutscher Werkbund under the direction of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe by leading representatives of the New Building

Weißenseestrasse , Obergiesing

(1947) Weißensee , lake and the eponymous district of the city of Füssen in the Ostallgäu district in Bavaria

Weissensteinstrasse , Aubing

(1947) Weißenstein Castle in Pommersfelden near Bamberg

Weißkirchner Strasse , Forstenried

(1935) Weißkirchen , a small Serbian town in the Južni Banat district of Vojvodina near the border with Romania

Weißpfennigweg , Berg am Laim

(1933) Weißpfennig , a silver groschencoin from the late Middle Ages

Weißtannenweg , Freimann

(1950) Silver fir , European conifer from the genus fir

Weitestrasse ,

(1835) → Wide Street

Wide alley , old town

1710 to 1886, also Jesuitengasse and Jesuit pavement , see under today's name Ettstrasse .

Wide road ,

(1876)

Weitlstrasse , Feldmoching-Hasenbergl

(1953) Georg Weitl (1859–1926), senior teacher in Feldmoching, founder of several non-profit associations

Weizenfeldstrasse , Schwabing

(1935) Johann Nepomuk von Weizenfeld, Hofkammerrat in Munich, gallery director

Welfenstrasse , Au

(1898) Welfen , European noble family

Wellenkampstrasse , Hasenbergl

(1960) Jürgen Wellenkamp (1930–1956), mountaineer and climber

Welschstrasse , Daglfing

(1934) Anderl Welsch (1842–1906), German folk singer and entertainer

Welserstrasse , Sendling-Westpark

(1907) Welser , Augsburg and Nuremberg patrician family of large merchants

Welserweg , Solln

Named after the neighboring Welserhof of the Sollner farming family Welser. Was renamed Lauweg in 1947 .

Weltenburger Strasse , Bogenhausen

(1925) Weltenburg Abbey in Weltenburg, part of Kelheim an der Donau in Lower Bavaria

Weltistraße , Solln

(1955) Albert Welti (1862–1912), Swiss painter, lived in Solln for several years

Welzenbachstrasse , Moosach

(1934) Wilhelm “Willo” Welzenbach (1899–1934), a German mountaineer

Wemdinger Strasse , Ramersdorf

(1926) Wemding , town in the Swabian district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria

Wendelsteinstrasse , Obergiesing

(1876) Wendelstein , mountain in the Bavarian Alps in the Mangfall Mountains

Wendl-Dietrich-Strasse , Neuhausen

(1890) Wendelin Dieterlin (1532– around 1622), cabinet maker and master builder

Wengleinstrasse , Solln

(1981) Joseph Wenglein (1845–1919), Munich painter

Weningstrasse , Giesing

(1899) Michael Wening (1645–1718), court engraver

Wensauerplatz , Pasing

(1945) Josef Wensauer (1809–1878), doctor

Wenzelstrasse , Am Hart

(1954) Wenzel von Böhmen (around 908–929 or 935), Bohemian prince and national saint

Werdenfelsstrasse , Sendling-Westpark

(1904) Werdenfels Castle , castle ruins in the Upper Bavarian district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Werinherstrasse , Obergiesing

(1899) Werinher , a cleric presumably from Augsburg, early Middle High German poet

Werkbundstrasse , Schwabing

(2013) Deutscher Werkbund , association of artists, architects, entrepreneurs and experts

Werlingstrasse , Solln

(1959) Josef Werling (1877–1953), Sollner municipal council and district committee member

Werneckstrasse , Schwabing

(1891) Reinhard Freiherr von Werneck (1757–1842), Bavarian lieutenant general

Werner-Eckert-Strasse , Riem

(1998) Werner Eckert (1936–1993), member of the Munich City Council

Werner-Egk-Bogen , Freimann

(1985) Werner Egk (1901–1983; actually Werner Joseph Mayer), German composer

Werner-Finck-Weg , Neuperlach

(1981) Werner Finck (1902–1978), German cabaret artist, actor and writer

Werner Friedmann Arch , Moosach

(1970) Werner Friedmann (1909–1969), German journalist

Werner-Heisenberg-Allee , Freimann

(1996) Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976), atomic physicist and philosopher

Werner-Seelenbinder-Weg , Milbertshofen

(1971) Werner Seelenbinder (1904–1944), German wrestler, executed in Brandenburg-Görden prison as an opponent of the Nazi regime

Werner-Schlierf-Strasse , Obergiesing

(2011) Werner Schlierf (1936–2007), German writer

Wernerstrasse , Daglfing

(1958) Heinrich Werner (1800–1833), German composer
Werner from Siemens

Werner-von-Siemens-Strasse , Maxvorstadt

(2016) Werner von Siemens (1816–1892), German inventor and industrialist

Wertachplatz , Neuhausen

(1967) Wertach , left tributary of the Lech in Bavaria

Wertheimer Strasse , Aubing

(1947) Wertheim , town in Baden-Württemberg

Wertherstrasse , Schwabing-West

(1934) Werther, literary figure in the epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wesendonkstrasse , Oberföhring

(1960) Mathilde Wesendonck (1828–1902), German writer

Weserstrasse , Englschalking

(1932) Weser , German river through the north German lowlands

Wesselystraße , Hasenbergl

(1967) Karl Wessely (1874–1953), German ophthalmologist

Weßlinger Strasse , Laim

(1914) Weßling , municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Starnberg

Wessobrunner Platz , Sendling-Westpark

(1904) Wessobrunn , municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Weilheim-Schongau

Wessobrunner Strasse , Sendling-Westpark

(1904) see above

Westendstrasse , Schwanthalerhöhe , Laim , Sendling-Westpark

(1877) Street led to the western end of the city at the time it was named
Lorenz Westenrieder

Westenriederstrasse , old town

(1848) Lorenz von Westenrieder (1748–1829), Bavarian historian; former names: Gässel behind the walls , An der Stadtmauer , Theater-Straße

Westerhamer Strasse , Berg am Laim

(1929) Westerham , name of several places in Upper Bavaria

Westerholzstrasse , Obermenzing

(1947) Westerholz, name for a forest in the former Menzing

Westerlandanger , Johanneskirchen

(1935) Westerland , part of the municipality of Sylt in the district of North Friesland in Schleswig-Holstein and capital of the North Sea island of Sylt

Westermeierstrasse , Kirchtrudering

(1932) Josef Westermeier (1854–1914), farmer and village blacksmith in Trudering

Westermühlstrasse , Isarvorstadt

(1873) Wester Mill, former mill, 1345 as Peckstainmühle emerged

Westfalenstrasse , Schwabing

(1937) Westphalia , northeastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia

West Prussia Street , Englschalking

(1930) West Prussia , former Prussian province on both sides of the lower Vistula with the capital Danzig

Wettersteinplatz , Giesing

(1906) Wetterstein , mountain group of the Northern Limestone Alps in the Eastern Alps

Wettersteinstrasse , Giesing

(1936) see above

Wetzelstrasse , Solln

(1959) Franz Wetzel (1888–1956), Sollner book publisher

Weyarner Strasse , Harlaching

(1932) Weyarn Monastery , former monastery of the Augustinian Canons, today's monastery of the Teutonic Order in Weyarn in Bavaria

Weyprechtstrasse , Am Hart , Hasenbergl

(1945) Carl Weyprecht (1838–1881), naval officer, polar researcher and geophysicist

Whistlerweg , Solln

(1947) James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), American painter. The street was previously called Wilhelm-Bertsch-Straße / Edelweisstraße .

Wichernweg , Perlach

(1936) Johann Heinrich Wichern (1808–1881), German theologian, social pedagogue, founder of the Inner Mission

Wichertstrasse , Moosach

(1925) Ernst Wichert (1831–1902), German writer and lawyer

Wichnantstrasse , Lochhausen

(1947) Wichnant von Lochhausen from the Lochhauser noble family

Wickenstrasse , Hasenbergl

(1947) Sweet peas , genus of plants in the subfamily butterfly family

Widarkisstrasse , Laim

(1955) Widarkis, nobleman from the early history of Pasingen

Widdersteinstrasse , Harlaching

(1921) Widderstein , Berg in Vorarlberg in western Austria

Widderstrasse , Bogenhausen

(1910) Anton von Widder (1809–1893), German lawyer

Widenmayerstraße , Lehel

(1896) Johannes von Widenmayer (1838–1893), Mayor of Munich 1888–1893

Widmannstrasse , Riem

(1937) Johann Widmann (1840–1907), mayor of the formerly independent municipality of Dornach-Riem

Widweg , Obermenzing

(1962) old field name

Wiebekingstrasse , Allach-Untermenzing

(1947) Carl Friedrich von Wiebeking (1762–1842), German architect, hydraulic engineer and land surveyor

Wiedehopfweg , Lochhausen

(1970) Hoopoe , species from the hoopoe bird family

Wiegandweg , Am Hart

(1938) Theodor Wiegand (1864–1936), German classical archaeologist

Wiener Platz , Haidhausen

(1891) Vienna , capital of Austria

Wienerstraße outer ,

(1876)

Wienerstraße inner ,

(1876)

Wienerstrasse ,

(1835) → Wienerstrasse

Wienerstrasse ,

(1879)

Wiesbachhornstrasse , Garden City Trudering

(1933) Großes Wiesbachhorn , mountain range of the Glockner group in Austria

Wiesbadener Strasse , Aubing

(1961) Wiesbaden , capital of the German state of Hesse

Wiesengrund , Pasing

(1951) Location of the street on the Würm

Wiesenstrasse , Moosach

(1913) Course of the road through the meadows

Wiesenstrasse , Solln

1947 renamed Fröhlichstrasse .

Wiesentfelser Strasse , Aubing

(1947) Wiesentfels , village in Franconian Switzerland, belongs to the town of Hollfeld in the Bayreuth district

Wiesenthauer Strasse , Aubing

(1947) Wiesenthau , a community near the Wiesent in the Upper Franconian district of Forchheim

Wieskirchstrasse , Obergiesing

(1952) Wieskirche , splendidly furnished pilgrimage church in the district of Wies belonging to the municipality of Steingaden in the so-called Bavarian "Pfaffenwinkel"

Wieslocher Strasse , Freimann

(1932) Wiesloch , town in northern Baden-Württemberg

Wiguläus-Hundt-Weg , Obermenzing

(1965) Wiguläus Hundt (1514–1588), Bavarian legal scholar, historian

Wikingerstrasse , Südgiesing

(1954) Vikings , warlike, seafaring groups of people from mostly Nordic peoples of the North and Baltic Sea region

Wilbrechtstrasse , Solln

(1927) Wilbrecht , Munich patrician family. The street was previously called Schwanenstraße .

Wildalpjochstrasse , Berg am Laim

(1922) Wildalpjoch , mountain in the Bavarian Alps

Wildanger , Neuhadern

(1958) Wildanger, neighboring nature reserve

Wildenburgstrasse , Aubing

(1985) Wildenburg , Hohenstaufen castle ruins in the Odenwald in the Lower Franconian district of Miltenberg in Bavaria

Wildenfelser Strasse , Aubing

(1947) Wildenfels , part of the municipality of Simmelsdorf in the district of Nürnberger Land in Bavaria

Wildenholzener Strasse , Ramersdorf

(1959) Wildenholzen, place north of Zinneberg Castle near Glonn / Upper Bavaria

Wildenrother Strasse , Aubing

(1976) Wildenroth , district of Grafrath in the Fürstenfeldbruck district

Wildenwarter Strasse , Berg am Laim

(1930) Wildenwart , village in the municipality of Frasdorf im Chiemgau in Upper Bavaria

Wilderich-Lang-Strasse , Neuhausen

(1898) Max Wilderich Lang († 1895), charitable donor

Wildermuthstrasse , Moosach

(1925) Ottilie Wildermuth (1817–1877), German writer and author of books for young people

Wildrosenweg , Bogenhausen

(2002) Wild roses , plant species

Wild pigeon trail , Neuhadern

(1947) Wild pigeons, popular collective name for free-living, unbred pigeons

Wilhelm-Busch-Strasse , Solln

(1964) Wilhelm Busch (1832–1908), humorous poet and draftsman

Wilhelm-Dieß-Weg , Englschalking

(1963) Wilhelm Dieß (1884–1957), German narrator, lawyer and theater director
Wilhelm Dörpfeld

Wilhelm-Dörpfeld-Weg , Milbertshofen

(1971) Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1853–1940), German archaeologist

Wilhelm-Düll-Strasse , Neuhausen

(1908) Wilhelm Düll (1845–1920), head of the measurement office in Munich I

Wilhelm-Hale-Strasse , Nymphenburg

(1930) William Bayard Hale (1869-1924), American journalist

Wilhelm-Hausenstein-Weg , Bogenhausen

(1966) Wilhelm Hausenstein (1882–1957), German historical writer and diplomat

Wilhelm-Herbert-Weg , Au

(19656) Wilhelm Herbert , pseudonym for Wilhelm Mayer (1863–1925), district court president and writer

Wilhelm-Hertz-Strasse , Schwabing

(1906) Wilhelm Hertz (1835–1902), German poet and Germanist

Wilhelm-Hey-Strasse , Pasing

(1947) Wilhelm Hey (1789–1854), German pastor, song and fable poet

Wilhelm-Hoegner-Strasse , Neuperlach

(1981) Wilhelm Hoegner (1887–1980), Bavarian Prime Minister

Wilhelm-Kuhnert-Strasse , Untergiesing

(1958) Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865–1926), painter and illustrator

Wilhelm-Leibl-Platz , Solln

(1947) Wilhelm Leibl (1844–1900), painter and illustrator Before that, the square was called Pullacher Platz .

Wilhelm-Leibl-Strasse , Solln

(1947) see above

Wilhelm-Mayr-Strasse , Laim

(1947) Wilhelm Mayr, one of the 42 Munich hostages in the Thirty Years War

Wilhelm-Meister-Strasse , Schwabing-West

(1934) Wilhelm Meister , name of the title hero in several novels by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wilhelm-Ostwald-Strasse , Schwabing

(1939) Wilhelm Ostwald (1853–1932), German-Baltic chemist and philosopher

Wilhelm-Raabe-Strasse , Milbertshofen

(1924) Wilhelm Raabe (1831–1910), German writer

Wilhelm-Riehl-Strasse , Laim . (1925) Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl (1823–1897), German journalist, novelist and cultural historian

Wilhelm-Tell-Strasse , Steinhausen

(1926) Wilhelm Tell , legendary Swiss freedom fighter

Wilhelm-Wagenfeld-Strasse , Schwabing

(2001) Wilhelm Wagenfeld (1900–1990), German product designer

Wilhelm-Weigand-Strasse , Oberföhring

(1964) Wilhelm Weigand (1862–1949), German writer and poet
Wilhelm Weitling

Wilhelm-Weitling-Strasse , Großhadern

(1938) Wilhelm Weitling (1808–1871), German theorist of communism

Wilhelm-Zwölfer-Strasse , Allach-Untermenzing

(1972) Wilhelm Zwölfer (1897–1967), zoologist and ecologist

Wilhelmshavener Strasse , Moosach

(1936) Wilhelmshaven , German port city on the North Sea

Wilhelmstrasse , Schwabing

(1894) Wilhelm I. Friedrich Ludwig (1797–1888), from 1871 first German Emperor

Wilhelmine-Reichard-Strasse , Hasenbergl

(2012) Wilhelmine Reichard (1788–1848), Germany's first female balloonist

Will-Dohm-Weg , Neuperlach

(1982) Will Dohm (1897–1948), German actor

Willi-Daume-Platz , Milbertshofen

(1988) Willi Daume (1913–1996), entrepreneur and sports official, co-initiator of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich
Willibald Gebhardt

Willi-Gebhardt-Ufer , Milbertshofen

(1971) Willibald Gebhardt (1861–1921), natural scientist, co-founder of the IOC, pioneer for the Olympic idea in Germany. Former name: Melcherstrasse

Willi-Graf-Straße , Freimann (north), Schwabing (south)

(1963) Willi Graf (1918–1943), German member of the Catholic youth movement and member of the White Rose resistance group

Willi-Wien-Strasse , Allach-Untermenzing

(1947) Wilhelm Wien (1864–1928), physicist and Nobel Prize winner

Willibaldplatz , Laim

(1947) Willibald (around 700–787), missionary in Germany and first bishop of Eichstätt

Willibaldstrasse , Hadern , Laim , Pasing

(1901) see above

Willinger Weg , Ramersdorf

(1935) Willing , district of Bad Aibling, Rosenheim district, Bavaria

Willroiderstrasse , Harlaching

(1912) Ludwig Willroider (1845–1910), Austrian landscape painter and etcher

Willstätterstrasse , Allach-Untermenzing

(1947) Richard Willstätter (1872–1942), German chemist

Willy-Brandt-Allee , Riem

(1996) Willy Brandt (1913–1992), from 1969 to 1974 Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

Willy-Brandt-Platz , Riem

(1996) see above

Wilramstrasse , Ramersdorf

(1908) Wilram (before 1010-1085), monk, scholar and abbot in the Bavarian Benedictine monastery in Ebersberg

Wiltrudenstrasse , Schwabing

(1897) Wiltrud Marie Alix Princess of Bavaria (1884–1975), daughter of King Ludwig III.

Wimbachtalstraße , Waldtrudering

(1949) Wimbachtal , high valley of the Berchtesgaden Alps

Wimmerstrasse , Englschalking

(1931) Bonifaz Wimmer (1809–1887), Bavarian Benedictine and founder of Benedictine monasticism in the USA

Wimpfener Strasse , Laim

(1912) Bad Wimpfen , spa town on the Neckar in the Heilbronn district in Baden-Württemberg

Winckelmannweg , Am Hart

(1978) Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768), German archaeologist, librarian, antiquarian and art writer

Winckelstrasse , Isarvorstadt

(1918) Franz von Winckel (1837–1911), German gynecologist and obstetrician

Windbauerstrasse , Trudering

(1953) Windbauer, old family and house name in Trudering

Windeckstrasse , Hadern

(1947) Windeck , ruins of a hilltop castle on the Schlossberg in Weinheim in the Rhein-Neckar district in Baden-Württemberg

Windelbandweg , Obermenzing

(1961) Wilhelm Windelband (1848–1915), German philosopher and professor

Windenmacherstrasse , old town

(prior to 1780) Windenmacherstrasse, trade guild, which winds produced

Windhuker Straße , Waldtrudering

(1933) Windhoek , capital of Namibia

Windröschenstrasse , Lerchenau

(1947) Anemone , a genus of plants in the buttercup family

Winfriedstrasse , Nymphenburg

(1900) Winfried, birth name of Bonifatius (around 673–754 / 55), early medieval missionary

Winkelmooser Strasse , Berg am Laim

(1934) Winklmoos-Alm , extensive alpine pasture area in the Chiemgau Alps in the Upper Bavarian municipality of Reit im Winkl in the Traunstein district

Winkstrasse , Untersendling

(1930) Christian Wink (1738–1797), painter and etcher

Winlandstrasse , Südgiesing

(1956) Winland , Viking name for the mouth of the St. Lawrence River in North America

Winninger Strasse , Perlach

(19300) Winning, old neighboring settlement of Perlach

Winsauerstrasse , Forstenried

(1953) Oskar Winsauer (1872–1947), parish priest and school dean in Forstenried
Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Winterhalterstrasse , Solln

(1947) Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805–1873), painter. The street was previously called Pasinger Weg .

Winternitzstrasse , Perlach

(1931) Richard Winternitz (1861–1929), German painter

Wintersteinstrasse , Hasenbergl

(1963) David and Heinrich Winterstein, goldsmiths and Johann Georg Winterstein, wood sculptors

Winterstrasse , Lehel / Englischer Garten

(1853) at the beginning of the English Garden near the Rumford Monument

Winterstrasse , Untergiesing

(1897) Season winter

Winterthurer Strasse , Fürstenried

(1960) Winterthur , Swiss city

Winthirplatz , Neuhausen

(1900) Winthir , English traveling preacher who Christianized the Upper Bavarian region east of the Würm and west of the Isar in the 8th or 12th century

Winthirstrasse , Neuhausen

(1890) see above

Wintrichring , Moosach

(1959) Josef Marquart Wintrich (1891–1958), President of the German Federal Constitutional Court

Winzererstrasse , Maxvorstadt , Schwabing-West

(1891) Kaspar III. Winzerer (1465 / 75-1542), German nurses and liege to Tolz and Durnstein

Host width , Freimann

(1950) old field name

Wirtshofweg , Lochhausen

(1966) Wirtshof, former tavern in the area

Wirtstrasse , Obergiesing

(1856) Course of the road to the economy to the last Pfennig

Wissmannstrasse , Englschalking

(1932) Hermann von Wißmann (1853–1905), German Africa explorer, officer and colonial official

Wittelsbacherbrücke , Isarvorstadt

(around 1888) Wittelsbacher , one of the oldest German noble families

Wittelsbacherplatz , Maxvorstadt

(1827) see above

Wittelsbacherstrasse , Isarvorstadt

(1888) see above

Wittenberger Strasse , Moosach

(1989) Lutherstadt Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt

Witzlebenstrasse , Lerchenau

(1955) Erwin von Witzleben (1881–1944), German officer, most recently Field Marshal General and, during the Second World War, Army Commander in Chief and resistance fighter of July 20, 1944

Wöhlerstrasse , Obermenzing

(1945) Friedrich Wöhler (1800–1882), German chemist

Wölzlstrasse , Daglfing

(1934) Gotthard Wölzl (1851–1932), lawyer and member of the German Reichstag

Wörishofener Weg , Forstenried

until 2000, then Karl-Wieninger-Weg

Wörnbrunner Platz , Harlaching

(1945) Wörnbrunn, forester's house and restaurant in the Grünwald forest

Wörnzhoferstrasse , Pasing

(1938) Josef Wörnzhofer (1833–1912), prelate and honorary citizen of the city of Pasing

Woerthplatz ,

(1876)

Woerthstrasse , Haidhausen

(1872) Wörth , commune in the Bas-Rhin department in France

Woferlstrasse , Ramersdorf

(1930) Woferlhof, old farmhouse in Perlach

Wohlfartstrasse , Freimann

(1932) Thomas Wohlfart (1855–1929), long-time community servant in Freimann
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

Wolf-Ferrari-Weg , Freimann

(1985) Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876–1948), German-Italian composer

Wolfgang-Borchert-Weg , Johanneskirchen

(1983) Wolfgang Borchert (1921–1947), writer

Wolfgang-Früchtl-Strasse , Neuhausen

(1952) Wolfgang Früchtl (1870–1935), founder of the Munich-West building cooperative of the Munich railway workers

Wolfgangstrasse , Haidhausen

(1856) St. Wolfgang Chapel (demolished in 1878)

Wolf-Huber-Weg , Ramersdorf

(1957) Wolf Huber (around 1485–1553), Austrian-German painter, draftsman and builder of the Renaissance

Wolfoltstrasse , Hasenbergl

(1953) Wolfolt, nobleman and mill owner in Feldmoching

Wolframstrasse , Perlach

(1930) Wolfram, old Perlacher family

Wolfratshauser Strasse , Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln

(1900) Wolfratshausen , town in the Upper Bavarian district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen

Wolfratshauser Strasse , Pullach

The continuation of Wolfratshauser Straße with the new numbering belongs to Pullach, but houses 1, 3 and 5 are in the Munich city area.

Wolfsberger Strasse , Aubing

(1947) Wolfsberg , part of the Obertrubach community in the Upper Franconian district of Forchheim

Wolfskehlstrasse , Englschalking

(1952) Karl Wolfskehl (1869–1948), German writer and translator

Wolfstrasse ,

(1876)

Wolgemutstrasse , Untergiesing

(1963) Michael Wolgemut (1434–1519), painter and a master of the woodcut

Wolkensteinstrasse , Harlaching

(1933) Wolkenstein , castle ruins in the Gardena Valley in South Tyrol

Wolkerweg , Neuhadern

(1970) Ludwig Wolker (1887–1955), German Roman Catholic priest and a leading figure in the Catholic youth movement

Wollanistrasse , Ramersdorf

(1908) Anna Wollani († 1907), charitable benefactor

Wollnystrasse , Allach-Untermenzing

(1947) Ewald Wollny (1846–1901), German agricultural scientist

Wopfnerweg , Oberföhring

(1927) Joseph Wopfner (1843–1927), Austrian landscape painter

Wormser Strasse , Schwabing-West

(1914) Worms , city in southeastern Rhineland-Palatinate on the western bank of the Rhine

Wotanstrasse , Nymphenburg

(1898) Wotan , chief god in Nordic and continental Germanic mythology

Wredestrasse , Maxvorstadt

(1890) Carl Philipp Fürst von Wrede (1767–1838), Bavarian field marshal and diplomat

Wünscherstrasse , Freimann

(1932) Arthur Wünscher (1868–1957), Reich Railway Director

Würmhölzlstrasse , Feldmoching

(1955) old field name

Würmseeplatz , Forstenried

(1919) Würmsee, former name of Lake Starnberg in Upper Bavaria

Würmseestrasse , Forstenried

(1919) see above

Würmstrasse , Moosach

(1935) Würm , tributary of the Amper near Dachau, outflow of Lake Starnberg, Bavaria

Würmtalstrasse , Sendling-Westpark , Hadern

(1938) Würmtal , region in the southwest of Munich on the Würm from Mühltal to Lochham

Würzburger Strasse , Sendling-Westpark

(1925) Würzburg , city and seat of the government of Lower Franconia

Wugg-Retzer-Strasse , Schwanthalerhöhe

(2002) Wugg Retzer (1905–1984), German journalist and writer

Wunderhornstrasse , Harlaching

(1928) Des Knaben Wunderhorn , collection of songs by Clemens Brentano and Achim von Arnim from 1805 to 1808 in three volumes

Wunderlichstrasse , Pasing

(1954) Adam Wunderlich, teacher and community clerk in Pasing

Wundtstrasse , Am Hart

(1927) Wilhelm Wundt (1832–1920), German physiologist, psychologist and philosopher

Wurzerstrasse , old town

(before 1826) Wurzertor , city gate of the second city wall of medieval Munich

Wurzgartenweg , Freimann

(1950) old field name

Wurzstrasse , Sendling

(1954) Joseph Würz (1863–1935), master butcher and secret state commercial council, 1909–1933 municipal representative and city councilor in Munich

Wüstensteiner Strasse , Aubing

(1947) Wüstenstein , part of the Wiesenttal community in the Upper Franconian district of Forchheim

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Hermann Sand : Sollner street names - Ockertweg. In: sollner-hefte.de. Retrieved June 22, 2013 .
  3. ^ Hermann Sand: Sollner street names - Rungestrasse. In: sollner-hefte.de. Retrieved June 23, 2013 .
  4. ^ Hermann Sand: Sollner street names - Waldmüllerstraße. In: sollner-hefte.de. Retrieved June 26, 2013 .
  5. ↑ State Capital Munich Editor: Wallbergstrasse. Retrieved December 17, 2019 .
  6. ↑ State capital Munich Editor: Walter-Gropius-Straße. Retrieved December 17, 2019 .
  7. ↑ State capital Munich Editor: Walter-Klingenbeck-Weg. Retrieved December 17, 2019 .
  8. ↑ State capital Munich Editor: Walter-Sedlmayr-Platz. Retrieved December 17, 2019 .
  9. ^ A b Hans Dollinger: The Munich street names. 5th edition. Ludwig Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7787-5174-3 , p. 316.
  10. ^ Hermann Sand: Sollner street names - Watteaustraße. In: sollner-hefte.de. Retrieved June 27, 2013 .
  11. ^ State capital Munich Editor: Street renaming Weimarer Strasse. Retrieved December 18, 2019 .
  12. ↑ State capital Munich Editor: Street renaming Weißenhofweg. Retrieved December 19, 2019 .
  13. ^ Hans Dollinger: The Munich street names. 5th edition. Ludwig Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7787-5174-3 , p. 75.
  14. ^ Hermann Sand: Sollner street names. Lauweg. In: sollner-hefte.de. Retrieved June 20, 2013 .
  15. ^ Hans Dollinger: The Munich street names. 5th edition. Ludwig Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7787-5174-3 , p. 319.
  16. ↑ State Capital Munich Editor: Street renaming Werkbundstrasse. Retrieved December 19, 2019 .
  17. ↑ State capital Munich Editor: Werner-Eckert-Straße. Retrieved December 19, 2019 .
  18. ↑ State Capital Munich Editor: Werner-Heisenberg-Allee. Retrieved December 19, 2019 .
  19. ↑ State Capital Munich Editor: Werner-Schlierf-Straße. Retrieved December 19, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Werner-von-Siemens-Straße on muenchen.de.Retrieved on July 31, 2016
  21. ^ Hermann Sand: Sollner street names - Whistlerweg. In: sollner-hefte.de. Retrieved June 27, 2013 .
  22. ↑ Fröhlichstrasse. In: sollner-hefte.de. Retrieved June 17, 2013 .
  23. ^ Hermann Sand: Sollner street names - Wilbrechtstraße. In: sollner-hefte.de. Retrieved June 27, 2013 .
  24. ↑ State capital Munich Editor: Wildrosenweg. Retrieved December 24, 2019 .
  25. ↑ Helga Pfoertner: Living with history. Vol. 1, Literareron, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-89675-859-4 , p. 194 ( PDF; 1.1 MB ( Memento from April 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ))
  26. ↑ Helga Pfoertner: Living with history. Vol. 1, Literareron, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-89675-859-4 , p. 200 ( PDF; 1.1 MB ( Memento from April 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ))
  27. ^ Hans Dollinger: The Munich street names. 5th edition. Ludwig Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7787-5174-3 , p. 325.
  28. ↑ Wilhelm-Leibl-Platz. In: sollner-hefte.de. Retrieved June 13, 2013 .
  29. ↑ State capital Munich Editor: Wilhelm-Wagenfeld-Straße. Retrieved December 24, 2019 .
  30. ↑ State Capital Munich Editor: Street renaming Wilhelmine-Reichard-Straße. Retrieved December 24, 2019 .
  31. ↑ City map of Munich 1935 edition
  32. ↑ Helga Pfoertner: Living with history. Vol. 1, Literareron, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-89675-859-4 , p. 178 ( PDF; 1.1 MB ( Memento from April 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ))
  33. ↑ State Capital Munich Editor: Willy-Brandt-Allee. Retrieved December 24, 2019 .
  34. ↑ State Capital Munich Editor: Willy-Brandt-Platz. Retrieved December 24, 2019 .
  35. ^ Hermann Sand: Sollner street names - Winterhalterstraße. In: sollner-hefte.de. Retrieved June 27, 2013 .
  36. ↑ State capital Munich Editor: Wugg-Retzer-Straße. Retrieved December 25, 2019 .