Erfgoed in München

Munich Heritage Highlights

Discover Munich's heritage through its remarkable historic churches like the Frauenkirche and St. Peter's, grand royal palaces including Nymphenburg, and monumental sites such as the Bavaria statue and Ruhmeshalle. This collection highlights architectural styles from Gothic to Rococo and Neo-Gothic, alongside memorials and gardens central to the city's cultural past.

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Church of Our Lady

Towering above the rest of the city landscape, this church offers its visitors one of the greatest views you could wish for.

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St. Peter's Church

The existence of this church dates back to the 8th century when there was a monastery located at the site of the present-day church.

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New Town Hall

A true Neo-Gothic masterpiece and a breathtaking sight. Note its richly decorated facade showing the Wittelsbach dynasty.

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Nymphenburg Palace

Designed by Agostino Barelli, the name of this palace literally translates as the Castle of the Nymphs. No actual fairies lived here though.

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Amalienburg

The Amalienburg is an elaborate hunting lodge on the grounds of the Nymphenburg Palace Park, Munich, in southern Germany.

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Hall of Fame

The Ruhmeshalle is a Doric colonnade with a main range and two wings, designed by Leo von Klenze for Ludwig I of Bavaria.

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Bavaria Statue

Bavaria is the name given to a monumental, bronze sand-cast 19th-century statue in Munich, southern Germany.

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Sankt Paul Church

St. Paul's Church is a large Catholic church in the Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt quarter of Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

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Thomassteg

Wooden pedestrian bridge among over 1000 bridges in Munich.

Wilhelm Wien

Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien was a German physicist who, in 1893, used theories about heat and electromagnetism to deduce Wien…

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Gustav Landauer

Memorial erected in 1925 at Munich Waldfriedhof commemorating Gustav Landauer.

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Walther Gerlach

Walther Gerlach was a German physicist who co-discovered, through laboratory experiment, spin quantization in a magnetic field, the…

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Schuttblume

Die Schuttblume ist ein den zivilen Luftkriegsopfern des Zweiten Weltkriegs gewidmetes Mahnmal auf dem Olympiaberg, das zu den Olympischen…

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Kriegsgräberstätte am Waldfriedhof

Christian Cemetery

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Pasinger Stadtpark

Municipal park situated in the southern part of Munich’s Pasing district.

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War Academy

The Bavarian War College, also Bavarian Staff College was the highest military facility to educate, instruct, train, and develop general…

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Schloss Gatterburg

Late-classical manor house located in Munich’s Pasing district.

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Court Garden

The Hofgarten is a garden in the center of Munich, Germany, located between the Residenz and the Englischer Garten.

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Bunker Pasing

Der Hochbunker im Stadtteil Pasing der bayerischen Landeshauptstadt München wurde 1941/42 errichtet.