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

View from Lerchenauerstraße to the Brundageplatz

Description

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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

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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

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  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.

48°10′43″N 11°33′19″E / 48.1787°N 11.5553°E / 48.1787; 11.5553