Am Riesenfeld is the westernmost of the three subdistricts of the Munich city district 11 Milbertshofen-Am Hart .
28-647: 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
56-719: A 6.7-acre site around the railway station Munich Olympic Stadium from the Deutsche Bahn . This is to improve the network of cycle paths in Munich and create a High line -like park trail towards Dreiseenplatte . 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
84-649: A branch of the Dachauer Straße a little north of the Stiglmaierplatz, leads past the Maßmannpark and runs almost straight from south to north through Schwabing , Am Riesenfeld , Milbertshofen , Lerchenau and Harthof to the district Hasenbergl . From the city centre to the height of Moosacher Straße / Frankfurter Ring , the road is mostly one-lane, with the exception of a section in front of Petuelring . Afterwards it leads continuously as two lanes up to its end at
112-466: 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
140-473: Is an annual marathon road running event hosted by the city of Munich , Germany , usually in October, since 1983. The event features a full marathon (42.195 km (26.219 mi)) as well as a half marathon and 10K run . The marathon is categorized as a Gold Label Road Race by World Athletics . Following the marathon races at the 1972 Munich Olympics , a number of shorter running events were held in
168-531: Is the line 27 of the Munich tram , which runs on a section of the line 7 between Görresstraße and Petuelring, which was stopped in 1980 with the opening of the underground line U2 . Until 1993, tram line 13 also ran on the section between Rathenaustraße and its end in Hasenbergl. This line was closed on 21 November 1993 as it was replaced by the underground line U2, which mostly ran parallel. The former Hasenbergl terminal
196-411: Is the second longest street in Munich after Dachauer Straße (11.2 km) 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. The Schleißheimer Straße starts as a one-lane one-way street in the center of Maxvorstadt district as
224-629: 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
252-716: 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
280-806: 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 ,
308-686: 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 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,
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#1732869394042336-594: The research and innovation centre of the automobile manufacturer BMW , at Schleißheimer Straße 506 the Mira shopping centre , at Schleißheimer Straße 510 the school centre Nordhaide, the Goldschmiedplatz and finally the Panzerwiese . The road originally followed the course of today's Lerchenauer Straße in the direction of Feldmoching /Schleißheim. Since the 14th century it was called Rennweg/Reitweg (riding trail). From
364-692: The 17th century onwards, Schleißheimer Straße connected Munich with the summer residence of the Bavarian rulers in Schleissheim Palace . With the construction of the Oberschleißheim airfield in 1912, the road crossed the airfield and was permanently interrupted in 1917 after several near attacks. The Powder Tower was a well-known former meeting place of the Dark culture . It was closed on 1 January 2007 and has since been demolished. Between Nordbad and Petuelring,
392-797: 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/km (2016). 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), BMW (with BMW Welt , BMW-Vierzylinder , BMW Museum , BMW Group Classic , BMW Plant) and
420-544: The Goldschmiedplatz / corner Aschenbrennerstraße. An extension to the north up to the A99 is being planned. Because of the adjacent residential areas, the Rathaus - SPD is also bringing a 2.5 km long tunnel into discussion, which could run north from the height of Rathenaustraße. A special feature of Schleißheimer Straße is the fact that you can see the towers of Munich's Frauenkirche almost along their entire length up to and including
448-655: 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. The tunnel connects the southern Lerchenau with the subway station Oberwiesenfeld . There, is also the Adolf Kolping vocational school. The München Caribes train in
476-611: The city every year. In 1983, an annual marathon was established by Michael Schultz-Tholen's company (FVS) and was later jointly organised with the Munich Road Runners Club. The marathon followed the same course as the 1972 Olympic race, beginning in Coubertinplatz in Olympic Park Munich and finishing the last 300 Meters to the finish line in Olympic Stadium. The competition featured nearly 2000 finishers at its inaugural event and this quickly grew, reaching to over 6500 by
504-811: The end in Hasenbergl. At the Schleißheimer Str. 142 in Schwabing there is the Nordbad in the district Milbertshofen at the Schleißheimer Str. 281 a bunker, the Kulturhaus Milbertshofen at the Curt-Mezger-Platz. At Schleißheimer Straße 387A there is the canal operating station of Stadtentwässerung München (city drainage), in Lerchenau at Schleißheimer Straße 393 the Virginia biotope, at Schleißheimer Straße 424
532-597: 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
560-433: 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. 48°11′00″N 11°33′19″E / 48.1833°N 11.5554°E / 48.1833; 11.5554 Schlei%C3%9Fheimer Stra%C3%9Fe (Munich) Schleißheimer Straße
588-406: The late 1980s. As well as the mass race, it attracted high level international competitors in elite races. Participation had a sudden decline after 1990 – going from 6340 finishers that year to 3360 six years later. This change resulted in the eventual bankruptcy of the parent company and its president Schultz-Tholen (who was a polo specialist with limited prior experience in the sector). In 2000,
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#1732869394042616-944: The men's and women's champions, respectively. The event hosted the national marathon championship again in 2012, 2013, and 2014. The 2020 in-person edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic . The marathon starts in Coubertinplatz [ de ] in Olympiapark , and ends in the nearby Olympiastadion (Olympic Stadium). The course first heads south out of Olympiapark and then east along Elisabethstraße and Franz-Joseph-Straße until it intersects Leopoldstraße at Giselastraße station. Runners then head south and west to hit Königsplatz and circle Karolinenplatz [ de ] before heading back north to Giselastraße station. The marathon then heads northeast to enter Englischer Garten and nearly reaches its northern end before turning back southwest to exit
644-660: 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. On Moosacher Straße is the company headquarters of Knorr-Bremse . In 2011, the city of Munich has acquired
672-825: The park near the Chinese Tower around the race's halfway point. After crossing the Isar river via the Max Joseph Bridge [ de ] , runners head northeast along Oberföhringer Straße and then south along Cosimastraße, eventually crossing the train tracks at Berg am Laim Station . The course then heads west to Altstadt via the Ludwig Bridge [ de ] , and then heads north on Leopoldstraße back to Giselastraße station. The marathon then returns to Olympiapark via Franz-Joseph-Straße and Elisabethstraße, and finishes inside Olympiastadion. The course records over
700-516: The race was relaunched on a course outside the inner city, but its popularity returned only when the competition returned to the city streets and the Olympic stadium. Over five thousand people finished the race in 2001. The race established itself among Germany's largest footraces and had a record high of 9041 marathon finishers in 2004. The 2006 event was the official German Marathon Championship race and Matthias Körner and Carmen Siewert were declared
728-525: 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. The today's area Am Riesenfeld was named Risenfeld for
756-534: Was converted into a sport and play area. Adolf Hitler lived in a room at Schleißheimer Straße 34 from May 1913 until he joined the Bavarian Army in August 1914. 48°11′01″N 11°34′00″E / 48.18361°N 11.56667°E / 48.18361; 11.56667 Munich Marathon The Munich Marathon ( German : München Marathon ) (also known as Generali Munich Marathon for sponsorship reasons)
784-442: Was later set up in the former bleach house. North of the channel was later a new settlement Riesenfeld, but which was on Milbertshofener area and was incorporated with Milbertshofen in 1913. In 1941, the above ground bunkers Lerchenauer Straße and Anhalter Platz were built. 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
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