Tag: History of Munich
Jewish life: can the old synagogue in Munich be saved? – Culture
In the beautiful, not too wide or long Reichenbachstrasse, which leads off from Munich’s Gärtnerplatz in the Isarvorstadt, every facade, every shop is designed with the obsessive care of expensive…
Munich: List of 45 controversial street names – Munich
No, Messerschmittstrasse in Moosach is not very long or particularly prominent. It is a parallel street to Hanauer Straße and measures a little more than 200 meters. If only it…
Olympic Games photographer: Karsten de Riese – Munich
Karsten de Riese was the photographer of the Olympic Games in Munich, he took pictures of the German border, portrayed Theodor Adorno, Karl Jaspers and Willy Brandt. Only Helmut Kohl…
Munich: Historical hairstyle find at Marienhof – Munich
What color should it be? In the homeland of our author, almost all men have short black hair. In Munich he noticed that they were carrying a comb and were…
Schyrenbad historically: swimming according to regulations – Munich
from Jakob Wetzel “And now: ass bomb!” Calls out a lady to her grandson, and he doesn’t take long to ask. He cheers, it splashes, the water splashes. A gentleman…
Isar in Munich: resort, party zone and living space – Munich
Of Thomas approach Munich is a city of water. Streams run through Munich above or below ground, fountains gush in numerous places or water fountains shoot into the sky. In…
Munich 75 years ago: first clean up, then study – Munich
Of Jakob Wetzel In the beginning they would simply have put a shovel in his hand, remembers Wilhelm Killermann. He was not given a helmet, boots, or work clothes. Nobody…
Monuments in Munich – Saved from decay – Munich
When the construction machines came up in front of the small and rather shabby-looking house on Seestrasse in Alt-Schwabing three years ago, neighbors, passers-by or local politicians did not have…
Munich: King Ludwig II. Royal winter garden – Munich
King Ludwig II hated Munich, so 150 years ago he had his personal Garden of Eden created on the roof of the Residenz, with a jungle, a grotto and a…