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Center of Munich's Old Town with the Marienplatz, Old and New Town Hall, St. Peter and the Frauenkirche. The Munich Old Town is part of the Bavarian capital Munich and has belonged to the city the longest, even if some places which are meanwhile districts of Munich, were mentioned long before Munich's documents spoke of the Old Town.
Karlstor in Munich (called Neuhauser Tor until 1791) [1] is a medieval city gate, which served as a defensive fortification and a checkpoint. [ 2 ] It is located at the western end of Neuhauser Straße , a portion of Munich's down-town pedestrian zone, which was part of the salt road and the east–west thoroughfare of the historic old town.
New Town Hall. Marienplatz was named after the Mariensäule, a Marian column erected in its centre in 1638 to celebrate the end of Swedish occupation. Today the Marienplatz is dominated by the New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus) on the north side, and the Old Town Hall (Altes Rathaus, a reconstructed Gothic council hall with a ballroom and tower) on the east side.
Sendlinger Tor, 2004. The Sendlinger Tor (translated: Sendling Gate) is a city gate at the southern extremity of the historic old town area of Munich.It served as a fortification for defence and is one of Munich's three remaining gothic town gates (the other two being the Isartor and the Karlstor).
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The Old Court also houses the Infopoint Museen & Schlösser in Bayern, a central information point for the 1300 museums and palaces throughout Bavaria. The exhibition Münchner Kaiserburg (The Imperial Castle in Munich) can be found in the basement floor of the Infopoint. It is located in the old vaulted cellar dating back to around 1300.
Old Town Hall, eastside, view from Tal Old Town Hall, view from Viktualienmarkt. The Old Town Hall (German Altes Rathaus), until 1874 the domicile of the municipality, serves today as a building for representative purposes for the city council in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The Old Town Hall bounds the central square Marienplatz on its east side. [1]
Accompanying brochures of the cultural history trails are available free of charge in district libraries, adult education centers and in the Landesstelle für die nichtstaatlichen Museen in Bayern (Alter Hof 1) (country office of non-governmental museums) or in the municipal tourist information offices.