Maximilianstraße - München, Germany
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N 48° 08.256 E 011° 35.279
32U E 692530 N 5334833
The Maximilianstrasse starts at Max-Joseph-Platz, where the Residenz and the National Theatre are situated, runs east-west and ends at the Isar bridge Maximiliansbrücke.
Waymark Code: WMXCQC
Location: Bayern, Germany
Date Posted: 12/27/2017
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The Maximilianstraße in Munich is one of the city's four royal avenues next to the Brienner Straße, the Ludwigstraße and the Prinzregentenstraße.
Planned and begun in 1850 by King Maximilian II of Bavaria, the street takes his name. The lead architect was Friedrich Bürklein. Today, Maximilianstraße has the distinction of the highest retail rents in Germany.
The new buildings house, among others, in the western portion of the street the Schauspielhaus (built by Max Littmann, 1901) and in the eastern portion several state buildings like the building of the district government of Upper Bavaria (Friedrich Bürklein, 1856–1864), the Museum Fünf Kontinente (Museum of Ethnology, built by Eduard Riedel, 1858–1865) and the building of the Wilhelmsgymnasium (built by Carl Leimbach, 1875–1877).
The western portion of Maximilianstraße is known for its galleries, designer shops, luxury boutiques, jewellery stores, and one of Munich's foremost five-star hotels, the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten (Kempinski, built by Rudolf Gottgetreu, 1856–1858).
Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Chanel, Escada, Hugo Boss, Gucci, Gianfranco Ferré, Bulgari and many other famous shops keep branches in the Maximilianstraße. They have increasingly ousted the traditional shops, art galleries and restaurants.
The Maxmonument in the middle of the eastern part of the avenue is dedicated to King Maximilian II of Bavaria and was sculpted by Kaspar von Zumbusch (1875).
Our photos show the Hotel Vier Jahreszeitenthe, the Museum Fünf Kontinente, the building of the district government of Upper Bavaria, the Maxmonument and Polo Ralph Lauren at Maximilianstrasse 23.
The coordinates were taken at the Maxmonument.
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