Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #8 in Munich, Germany

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 10.9 km
Ascend 156 m
Descend 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 Munich

Sight 1: St. Rupert

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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.

Wikipedia: Church of Saint Rupert (Munich) (EN), Website

212 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Auferstehungskirche

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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.

Wikipedia: Auferstehungskirche (München) (DE), Website

793 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 3: Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum

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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.

Wikipedia: Verkehrszentrum (Deutsches Museum) (DE), Website

706 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 4: Denkmal an die Opfer des Attentats auf das Oktoberfest am 26. September 1980

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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.

Wikipedia: Denkmal für die Wiesn-Attentat-Opfer (DE)

325 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Saint Paul's Church

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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.

Wikipedia: St. Paul's Church, Munich (EN)

1375 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 6: Herzogspitalkirche

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Herzogspitalkirche is a Catholic church in Munich, southern Germany.

Wikipedia: Herzogspitalkirche (EN)

154 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Damenstiftskirche St. Anna

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Damenstiftskirche St. Anna is a chapel in Munich, southern Germany.

Wikipedia: Damenstiftskirche St. Anna (EN)

149 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Richard-Strauss-Brunnen

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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.

Wikipedia: Richard-Strauss-Brunnen (DE)

169 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Sitting Boar

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Sitting Boar Usien / CC BY 3.0

The Seated Boars are two identical bronze sculptures in Munich, each depicting a male wild boar.

Wikipedia: Sitzender Keiler (DE)

413 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: Palais Holnstein

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Palais Holnstein B. Hertz / CC BY-SA 3.0

Holnstein Palace is an historic building in Munich, Southern Germany, which has been the residence of the Archbishop of Munich and Freising since 1818.

Wikipedia: Holnstein Palace (EN)

60 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Palais Minucci

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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.

Wikipedia: Palais Minucci (DE)

241 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Palais Gise

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Palais Gise Alois Sturm / CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Wikipedia: Palais Gise (DE)

299 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Wittelsbacher Fountain

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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.

Wikipedia: Wittelsbacher Brunnen (Lenbachplatz) (DE)

91 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Bernheimer-Haus

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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.

Wikipedia: Bernheimer-Haus (EN)

572 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 15: Basilika St. Bonifaz

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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.

Wikipedia: St. Boniface's Abbey (EN)

261 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 16: Staatliche Graphische Sammlung

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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

35 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 17: Museum für Abgüsse klassischer Bildwerke

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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

302 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 18: Bavarian Center for Transatlantic Relations

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The Amerikahaus is a cultural institution on Karolinenplatz in Munich's Kunstareal, which opened in 1948 as the Amerika-Haus.

Wikipedia: Amerika-Haus (München) (DE), Website

242 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 19: Prinz-Georg-Palais

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The Prinz-Georg-Palais at Karolinenplatz 5 is a detached building that is registered as an architectural monument in the Bavarian List of Monuments.

Wikipedia: Prinz-Georg-Palais (München) (DE)

451 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 20: Nornenbrunnen

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454 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 21: Palais Ludwig Ferdinand

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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.

Wikipedia: Palais Ludwig Ferdinand (EN)

155 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 22: Palais Leuchtenberg

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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.

Wikipedia: Palais Leuchtenberg (EN)

250 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 23: Palais Moy

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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.

Wikipedia: Palais Moy (DE)

469 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 24: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften

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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.

Wikipedia: Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (EN)

261 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 25: Kriegerdenkmal

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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.

Wikipedia: Kriegerdenkmal im Hofgarten (Munich) (EN)

134 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 26: Hofbrunnwerk

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Hofbrunnwerk

The Hofbrunnwerk in Munich is a hydropower-powered pumping station that serves to supply the wells in the Hofgarten.

Wikipedia: Hofbrunnwerk (DE)

256 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 27: Prinz-Carl-Palais

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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.

Wikipedia: Prinz-Carl-Palais (DE)

482 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 28: Palais Seyssel d’Aix

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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.

Wikipedia: Palais Seyssel d’Aix (DE)

64 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 29: Historisches Kolleg

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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.

Wikipedia: Kaulbach-Villa (München) (DE)

1530 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 30: Maximiliansanlagen

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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.

Wikipedia: Maximiliansanlagen (DE)

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