Bavaria
Upper Bavaria
Munich

Platzl

The Platzl is a public square in , , at which multiple notable buildings reside or resided, such as the Theater am Platzl and the .
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Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Theatre Munich and Hofbräuhaus am Platzl.

Theater building
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The National Theatre on in , , is a historic opera house, home of the Bavarian State Opera, Bavarian State Orchestra and the Bavarian State Ballet. With 2,101 seats, the theatre is the country's largest opera house. is situated 180 metres north of Platzl.

Restaurant
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The is a beer hall in , , Germany, originally built in 1589 by Bavarian Duke Maximilian I as an extension of the brewery.

Fountain
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is a fountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Altstadt and Lehel.

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
meaning "old city" is the very heart of Munich. Three gates are all that remain of the medieval defensive walls, but within is a well-preserved district with many of Munich's iconic sights: twin-towered Frauenkirche, New City Hall with clockwork figures dancing to the chimes of its Glockenspiel, and Hofbräuhaus that temple to drinking and gorging.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

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is the district of immediately south and west of , which is the historic centre. It's where most visitors arrive, as it's the transport hub, with trains from all parts of Germany, S-Bahn commuter lines from the airport and elsewhere in the city, and the central bus station.

Platzl

Latitude
48.13799° or 48° 8′ 17″ north
Longitude
11.5802° or 11° 34′ 49″ east
Open location code
8FWH4HQJ+53
Open­Street­Map ID
way 511751310
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­pedestrian
Wiki­data ID
Q280464
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Slovenian—“Platzl” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Platzl”
  • Chinese: “普拉茨尔广场”
  • Chinese: “普拉茨爾廣場”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلاتزل”
  • French: “Platzl (Munich)”
  • French: “Platzl”
  • German: “Platzl”
  • Romanian: “Platzl”
  • Slovenian: “Platzl”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Platzl”. Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.