Ludwigstraße (Munich)

The Ludwigstrasse in Munich is one of the city's four royal avenues. Principal was King Ludwig I of Bavaria, the avenue is named in his honour.

The avenue begins at Odeonsplatz and runs from south to north, it leads from the Feldherrnhalle in the south to the Siegestor in the north, skirting the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, the "St. Ludwig church", the "Bayerische Staatsbibliothek" (Bavarian State Library) and numerous state ministries and palaces. The southern part of the avenue was constructed in Italian renaissance style by Leo von Klenze from 1816 onwards while the north constructed since 1827 in line with a plan of Friedrich von Gärtner is strongly influenced by Italian Romanesque architecture. Its extension north of the Siegestor is called Leopoldstraße.

The U3 and U6 lines of the Munich U-Bahn run under the Ludwigstraße, with stations at Odeonsplatz and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität.

Sights

"From south to north"
* Odeonsplatz
* Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
* Universitätskirche St. Ludwig (St. Ludwig University Church)
* Georgianum
* Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
* Siegestor