Brundageplatz

The Brundageplatz is a square in the Munich Olympia Park in Milbertshofen-Am Hart (Am Riesenfeld).

View from Lerchenauerstraße to the Brundageplatz

Description

Its surroundings include the BMW Welt in the south, the Studentenviertel Oberwiesenfeld (student quarter) and the Olympia Tower in the north-west, the Olympic Village and a Skatepark in the west,[1][2] as well as the former bus station and the underground station Olympiazentrum on Lerchenauer Straße.

It is planned to extend the Olympic Park at this (previously asphalted) location into a "green" entrance of 6,000 square meters.[3][4]

History

Today, it is under historical monument protection under the file number E-1-62-000-70.[5] It was named in 1975 after Avery Brundage (President of the IOC from 1952 to 1972).[6]

References
  1. Corbinian Wildmeister (8 May 2017). "Wiedergeburt des Dinosauriers" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. Jana Heigl (16 July 2017). "Raus aus der Steinzeit" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. "Das hat München mit dem Olympia-Busbahnhof vor" (in German). tz München. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  4. Nicole Graner (23 September 2015). "Grüne Lösung" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  5. "Baudenkmäler" (PDF) (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  6. "Brundageplatz" (in German). Stadtgeschichte München. Retrieved 22 June 2020.


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