Am Riesenfeld is the westernmost of the three subdistricts of the Munich city district 11 Milbertshofen-Am Hart.
Am Riesenfeld is the westernmost of the three subdistricts of the Munich city district 11 Milbertshofen-Am Hart.
North of the Petueltunnel route, borders the district Am Riesenfeld which is further separated by the Korbinianstraße or Schleißheimer Straße to the east, to the neighboring district Milbertshofen. In the north, it is separated from the district Lerchenau by the railway tracks or a part of the Wilhelmine-Reichard-Straße, in the west it is separated by the Landshuter Allee or the abandoned tracks of the Moosach district. In the southwest, the boundary of the district Am Riesenfeld to the district of Neuhausen-Nymphenburg runs along the Willi-Gebhardt-Ufer to the Spiridon-Luis-Ring, which forms the western boundary of the Olympia Park on the western border of the larger Olympiaberg, and then along to Ackermannstraße. In the south, the border with Schwabing-West runs along the curve of the Ackermannstraße to Winzererstraße, which together with the Lerchenauer Straße to the Petueltunnel also forms the south-east border to Schwabing-West.
27,049 people live in Am Riesenfeld (2016). It has a population density of 6,255 inhabitants/km2 (2016). [1] Am Riesenfeld is dominated by the Olympia Park (with the Olympiaturm, Olympiahalle, Olympiastadion, Olympia Eishalle, Sea Life Munich, Olympia Schwimmhalle, Olydorf Olympic Training Center Bavaria), [2] BMW (with BMW Welt, BMW-Vierzylinder, BMW Museum, BMW Group Classic, BMW Plant) [3] and the Studentenviertel Oberwiesenfeld (student residential), Am Oberwiesenfeld and Olympic Village.
The compact development in the Olympic Village provides for a quiet, child-friendly living, as the traffic within the residential area (on the Connollystraße or the Helene-Mayer-Ring) runs in the built-up basement below the pedestrian level. In Olydorf lies, with the Nadisee, Munich's smallest bathing lake. At the Helene-Mayer-Ring 23 lies the ecumenical church center. The Christl-Marie-Schultes-Weg, a pedestrian and cycle underpass under the Munich North Ring of the railway, connects the Wilhelmine Reichard Street with the street Am Oberwiesenfeld. [4] The tunnel connects the southern Lerchenau with the subway station Oberwiesenfeld. There, is also the Adolf Kolping vocational school. The München Caribes train in the northern part of the Zentrale Hochschulsportanlage or the Sports Center of the Technical University of Munich. In 2017, the Erinnerungsort Olympia-Attentat (memorial site Olympia assassination) was opened. In the Olympic Park is Bavaria's largest beach volleyball facility. [5] On Moosacher Straße is the company headquarters of Knorr-Bremse. In 2011, the city of Munich has acquired a 6.7-acre site around the railway station Munich Olympic Stadium from the Deutsche Bahn . [6] This is to improve the network of cycle paths in Munich and create a High line-like park trail towards Dreiseenplatte . [7] At Willi-Daume-Platz is the Munich Olympic Walk of Stars. The entire area is connected via the Olympiazentrum Underground Station and the Oberwiesenfeld Underground Station to the U3 line.
Larger concerts and sports events take place in the Olympiahall and in the Olympic Stadium. At the intervening Coubertinplatz, the annually Impark Summer Festival, Theatron-Festival, Munich Mash, the SattelFest, the Munich Midsummer Night's Dream and other concerts take place. In addition, the Coubertinplatz is regularly the starting point of numerous running events such as the Munich Marathon, the Wings for Life World Run Munich, the Spartan Race Munich, the Red Bull Crashed Ice, the Munich company run or the B2RUN German company run championship. See also: Events in the Olympic Park [8]
1800 was the 1764 first Schwaige named St. Georgenschwaige (1568 St. Georgen, 1620 at St. Georgen) sold to four Upper Palatinate settlers. On the property which was uncovered after the destruction, the settlement with the name Riesenfeld, which today is known as altes Riesenfeld (old giant field), was built at the curve of the Nymphenburg-Biedersteiner Kanal at the today's corner Petuelring / Belgradstraße. This area was in 1818, part of the then community Schwabing and was together incorporated into Munich in November 1890. [9]
The today's area Am Riesenfeld was named Risenfeld for the first time on 8 January 1800. It goes back to the couple Andrä von Riß, Hofkammerrat (Council of the Court Chamber) in Freising and Theresia, which on 12 June 1796 bought the bleacher based on a Dutch (English) system, operated since 1790 at the canal curve, from the brothers Franz Xaver and Joseph Lunglmayr. Andrä von Riß died already in 1798. His widow and the children then again sold the possession called izt Risenfeld, on 8 January 1800. The Restoration Bad Georgenschwaige was later set up in the former bleach house. [10]
North of the channel was later a new settlement Riesenfeld, but which was on Milbertshofener area and was incorporated with Milbertshofen in 1913. [10] In 1941, the above ground bunkers Lerchenauer Straße and Anhalter Platz were built. [11] Before the site in the period from 1966 to 1972 was completely redesigned due to the games of XX. Olympia 1972, it was called Oberwiesenfeld and housed only a large airfield in addition to its use as a military site, on which the first commercial airport of Munich was located from 1929 to 1939 and the aircraft engines manufactured in the neighboring factory of BMW were tested until 1945 and from 1957 to 1968 the general aviation harbored. The area south of today's Georg-Brauchle-Ring, which is characterized by the sports venues, the Olympia-Parkharfe and the large Olympiaberg, belonged to the district Neuhausen-Oberwiesenfeld until 1992 and came part of the district Am Riesenfeld during the redivision of the districts in 1996.
The Munich Riesenfeldstraße is named after the district Am Riesenfeld.
Olympiahalle is a multi-purpose arena located in Am Riesenfeld in Munich, Germany, part of Olympiapark. The arena is used for concerts, sporting events, exhibitions or trade fairs. The official seating capacity for the arena varies from some 12,500 to 15,500.
The Olympiapark in Munich, Germany, is an Olympic Park which was constructed for the 1972 Summer Olympics. Located in the Oberwiesenfeld neighborhood of Munich, the Park continues to serve as a venue for cultural, social, and religious events, such as events of worship. It includes a contemporary carillon. The Park is administered by Olympiapark München GmbH, a holding company fully owned by the state capital of Munich. The Olympic Park Munich was also considered to be an architectural marvel during the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany.
Milbertshofen, Am Riesenfeld and Am Hart are three boroughs situated in the north of Munich in Germany. Jointly, they form the city district 11 Milbertshofen-Am Hart. As of December 2016, the three boroughs had 76,255 inhabitants.
Am Hart is the northernmost of the three sub-districts of the Munich city district 11 Milbertshofen-Am Hart.
Gustav Otto Flugmaschinenfabrik was a pioneering German aircraft producer during the early part of the 20th century. Founded in 1910 by Gustav Otto in Bavaria, the firm was reorganized on 7 March 1916 into Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW). In 1917, a Bavarian aircraft engine maker called Rapp Motorenwerke changed its name to Bayerische Motoren Werke GmbH (BMW). That company transferred its engine-production assets and the BMW name in 1922 to Bayerische Flugzeugwerke, which was then renamed to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG and subsequently evolved into the automotive and motorcycle manufacturer that is now known as BMW.
Oberwiesenfeld is a station on the Munich U-Bahn which opened on October 28, 2007. It is located at the Moosacher Straße at the northern end of the Olympiapark, near the Olympic Village in Am Riesenfeld.
Schleißheimer Straße is the second longest street in Munich after Dachauer Straße with a length of 8.14 km. It starts in the city centre at Stiglmaierplatz, leads through five districts and ends at Goldschmiedplatz. It takes its name from the northern suburb of Oberschleißheim, where it originally ended.
Moosach[ˈmoːsax] is the 10th northwestern district of Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It is sectioned in the urban districts Hartmannshofen, Pressestadt and Borstei.
The Moosacher Straße is an approximately 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) long street in the district Am Riesenfeld of Munich, Germany, north of the Olympiapark. It is the extension of the Frankfurter Ring.
The Winzererstraße is a two-kilometer-long street in the Munich districts of Maxvorstadt and Schwabing.
The Lerchenauer Straße is a 5.5 km long arterial road in Munich.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Munich:
The Studentenviertel Oberwiesenfeld, also known as a student village or because of its location in the Olympic Park, sometimes called Olydorf, is a student residency in Munich. It is located on the former site of the Olympic Village of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. After the student city Freimann, it is, with currently about 1953 residents, the second largest housing estate of the Studentenwerk München.
The Schwere-Reiter-Straße is a 1.2 km long street in Munich's Schwabing-West district in the Oberwiesenfeld area. It leads from Leonrodplatz to the Hohenzollernstraße on the corner of Winzererstraße, where it branches off to the north of the Ackermannstraße.
The Landshuter Allee is an avenue in Munich and through most of its course it is part of the Mittlerer Ring, the Bundesstraße 2 R. It joins Donnersbergerbrücke at Arnulfstraße in the Neuhausen district and runs from Dachauer Straße west of the Olympiapark to Moosacher Straße west of the Olympic village in the Moosach district. The B 2R leaves the intersection-free avenue at the Landshuter Allee and continues on the Georg-Brauchle-Ring. The Landshuter Allee now functions as the B 304 and connects the Mittlerer Ring with the northern tangent of the Outer Ring, which is only partially complete. The large width of the Landshuter Allee of 54 metres between the houses is striking. It crosses the Nymphenburg-Biedersteiner Kanal.
Bonner Platz, 1906 named after the city of Bonn, is a square in the Schwabing district of Munich, in the Schwabing-West quarter. The underground station of the same name Bonner Platz of the line U3 is located here.
The Petuelring is an approximately 2.2 km long road in the north of Munich and part of the Mittlerer Ring. It runs between Georg-Brauchle-Ring and Schenkendorfstraße.
Leonrodplatz is a square in the Munich district of Neuhausen. It was named in 1927 after the former Bavarian Minister of Justice Leopold von Leonrod.
The Brundageplatz is a square in the Munich Olympia Park in Milbertshofen-Am Hart.
