Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #8 in Munich, Germany
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10.9 km
179 m
Experience Munich in Germany in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in MunichIndividual Sights in MunichSight 1: St. Rupert
The Church of Saint Rupert is a Roman-Catholic parish church in the Schwanthalerhöhe district of Munich. It is named after Saint Rupert of Salzburg, chosen in honor of Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria.
Sight 2: Auferstehungskirche
The Church of the Resurrection in Munich is one of the largest Protestant churches in Munich. It is located in the Schwanthalerhöhe district, which experienced numerous suits from Protestant citizens after the First World War. This required a new building with 800 seats, which was executed by German Bestelmeyer and inaugurated in 1931.
Sight 3: Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum
The transport centre has been a branch of the Deutsches Museum in Munich since 2003, which shows its exhibitions on the subject of land transport here.
Sight 4: Denkmal an die Opfer des Attentats auf das Oktoberfest am 26. September 1980
The Memorial to the Victims of the Oktoberfest Attack is a memorial in Munich for the victims of the Oktoberfest attack of September 26, 1980. It was created by the Bavarian sculptor Friedrich Koller and handed over to the public on the anniversary of the assassination, on September 18, 1981. The location is the site of the explosion on the northern edge of the Theresienwiese at the main entrance of the Oktoberfest.
Sight 5: Saint Paul's Church
St. Paul's Church is a large Catholic church in the Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt quarter of Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It was built in 1892–1906, designed by the Austrian architect Georg von Hauberrisser in the Gothic Revival style, north of the Theresienwiese.
Sight 6: Herzogspitalkirche
Herzogspitalkirche is a Catholic church in Munich, southern Germany.
Sight 7: Damenstiftskirche St. Anna
Damenstiftskirche St. Anna is a chapel in Munich, southern Germany.
Sight 8: Richard-Strauss-Brunnen
The Richard Strauss Fountain is located in Munich's pedestrian zone in front of the Alte Akademie. It forms a flowing end on the western side of the square-like area between the Old Academy and St. Michael's Church. Opposite on the south side stood the birthplace of Richard Strauss; since autumn 2013, the Josef Pschorr House has been located there.
Sight 9: Sitting Boar
The Seated Boars are two identical bronze sculptures in Munich, each depicting a male wild boar.
Sight 10: Palais Holnstein
Holnstein Palace is an historic building in Munich, Southern Germany, which has been the residence of the Archbishop of Munich and Freising since 1818.
Sight 11: Palais Minucci
The Palais Minucci is a palace at Salvatorplatz 2 in the old town of Munich and was built in its present form as the city palace of the Counts Minucci in 1731. The building is a listed building.
Sight 12: Palais Gise
The Palais Gise is a city palace in the late Rococo style at Prannerstraße 9 in Munich. It was probably built around 1760/65 according to the designs of the Munich chief court architect Karl Albert von Lespilliez and is an architectural monument.
Sight 13: Wittelsbacher Fountain
The Wittelsbach Fountain is a monumental fountain on the northwestern edge of Munich's city center, at the transition from Lenbachplatz to Maximiliansplatz. It was built between 1893 and 1895 according to plans by the sculptor Adolf von Hildebrand in the neoclassical style. His motif is an allegory of the elemental forces of the element water.
Sight 14: Bernheimer-Haus
The Bernheimer-Haus, also known as the Bernheimer Palace, is a residential and commercial building located on Lenbachplatz 3 in Munich. The building was built in 1888/89 by architect Friedrich von Thiersch with a neo-baroque style façade designed by his apprentice Martin Dülfer, making the building one of the first of its kind and later the most influential for all other buildings of its type in Munich. The building is protected as cultural heritage.
Sight 15: Basilika St. Bonifaz
St. Boniface's Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It was founded in 1835 by King Ludwig I of Bavaria, as a part of his efforts to reanimate the country's spiritual life by the restoration of the monasteries destroyed during the secularisation of the early 19th century.
Sight 16: Staatliche Graphische Sammlung
The Staatliche Graphische Sammlung in Munich (München), Germany, is a large collection of drawings, prints and engravings. It contains 400,000 sheets starting from the 15th century from various artists around the world. Along with Kupferstichkabinett Berlin and Kupferstichkabinett Dresden, it is the most important collection of its kind in Germany. It is owned by the government of Bavaria and located within the Kunstareal, a museum quarter in the city centre of Munich.
Wikipedia: Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München (EN), Website
Sight 17: Museum für Abgüsse klassischer Bildwerke
The Museum für Abgüsse Klassischer Bildwerke is located in the central Maxvorstadt district in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It is situated, with a number of other cultural institutions, within the Münchner Haus der Kulturinstitute in Katharina-von-Bora-Straße, near the Königsplatz.
Wikipedia: Museum für Abgüsse Klassischer Bildwerke (EN), Website, Wheelchair Website
Sight 18: Bavarian Center for Transatlantic Relations
The Amerikahaus is a cultural institution on Karolinenplatz in Munich's Kunstareal, which opened in 1948 as the Amerika-Haus.
Sight 19: Prinz-Georg-Palais
The Prinz-Georg-Palais at Karolinenplatz 5 is a detached building that is registered as an architectural monument in the Bavarian List of Monuments.
Sight 20: Nornenbrunnen
Sight 21: Palais Ludwig Ferdinand
The Palais Ludwig Ferdinand is an early 19th-century palace in Munich, Germany, designed by Leo von Klenze. It is located on the Wittelsbacherplatz but forms part of an ensemble with the buildings on the west side of the Odeonsplatz. It was Klenze's own residence, then belonged to Princes Alfons and Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria. It is now the headquarters of Siemens.
Sight 22: Palais Leuchtenberg
The Palais Leuchtenberg, built in the early 19th century for Eugène de Beauharnais, first Duke of Leuchtenberg, is the largest palace in Munich. Located on the west side of the Odeonsplatz, where it forms an ensemble with the Odeon, it currently houses the Bavarian State Ministry of Finance. It was once home to the Leuchtenberg Gallery on the first floor.
Sight 23: Palais Moy
The Palais Moy is a Munich aristocratic palace on Odeonsplatz, on the corner of Brienner Straße, from the 20s of the 19th century.
Sight 24: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities is an independent public institution, located in Munich. It appoints scholars whose research has contributed considerably to the increase of knowledge within their subject. The general goal of the academy is the promotion of interdisciplinary encounters and contacts and the cooperation of representatives of different subjects.
Sight 25: Kriegerdenkmal
The Kriegerdenkmal in the Hofgarten in Munich was built for commemorating those killed in action in World War I from Munich. It is located on the eastern end of the Hofgarten, in front of the Bayerische Staatskanzlei.
Sight 26: Hofbrunnwerk
The Hofbrunnwerk in Munich is a hydropower-powered pumping station that serves to supply the wells in the Hofgarten.
Sight 27: Prinz-Carl-Palais
The Prinz-Carl-Palais is an early classicist palace in Munich, Germany. It is the official residence of the Bavarian Prime Minister, but since moving into the new building of the Bavarian State Chancellery in 1993, it has only been used by the state government for representative purposes.
Sight 28: Palais Seyssel d’Aix
The Palais Seyssel d'Aix is a small castle at Kaulbachstraße 13 in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich. It is listed as an architectural monument in the Bavarian List of Monuments and has been the headquarters of the Institut français in Munich since 1954.
Sight 29: Historisches Kolleg
The Kaulbach Villa in Munich was built as a representative residence of the painter Friedrich August von Kaulbach in the Neo-Renaissance style. The building designed by Gabriel von Seidl at Kaulbachstraße 15 in the Maxvorstadt district is listed as an architectural monument in the Bavarian List of Monuments and is now the seat of the Historisches Kolleg.
Sight 30: Maximiliansanlagen
The Maximiliansanlagen are parks and gardens in the Munich districts of Bogenhausen and Haidhausen between the Ludwigsbrücke and the Max-Joseph-Brücke. The central point is the 38-metre-high Angel of Peace. The eastern boundary of the complexes is largely formed by Maria-Theresia-Straße.
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