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Why is Türkenstrasse actually called Türkenstrasse?
A spokesman for the municipal department explains the background to unusual street names in Munich.
Munich – There are over 6,800 streets in Munich.
A few principles apply to their naming (see info box below).
Some signs are so popular with Munich residents that thefts occur again and again.
The naming of the streets is now the responsibility of the municipal department.
Our editorial team asked how some rather unusual names came about.
A spokesman for the municipal department was able to help with information from the database.
The selected streets are those that were named before 1996.
Explanations of all streets named after 1996 can be found on the state capital's official homepage.
Unusual street names in Munich: Explanations from the database
Bottle Carrier Street (naming date: August 14, 1930)
Explanation of name: Wilhelm Bottleträger, born July 30, 1866, died July 3, 1930, last mayor of the municipality of Daglfing, who held this office for thirty years.
Lueg into the country (naming date: January 1st, 1750)
Explanation of the name: Lueg ins Land is reminiscent of the watchtower known as the Lueger Tower, which was located on the inner city wall north of the Isar Gate from the second half of the 14th century until it was demolished in 1806.
From the stately square watchtower with a gable roof and four turrets you could look far into the country (“liegen”).
This alley used to be called “Behind the Walls”.
Ruhestrasse (naming date: September 1st, 1857)
Explanation of the name: Ruhestrasse, a symbolic name for a street that used to lead to the eastern (Auer) cemetery, a place of peace and quiet.
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Principles for naming streets in Munich:
No streets are named after living people.
Names that lead to confusion with existing street names, give rise to misinterpretation or ridicule, or cause contempt for residents may not be used.
New street names should, if possible, have a common factual reference to existing names in the area (e.g. poets, composers, “Franzosenviertel”).
This also makes it easier to find roads.
Street names are used for orientation and should therefore be as short, simple and easy to understand for locals as possible.
Names that are difficult to understand phonetically or are long and prone to spelling errors are unfriendly to citizens in everyday use and should therefore be avoided.
Source: State capital Munich
On the clay tongue (naming date: September 15, 1988)
Explanation of the name: Fertile loess clay deposits on the Isar, the largest stretching between Ramersdorf and Ismaning over a length of around 15 km and a width of up to 2.5 km.
It owes its shape to the meltwater floods after the last ice age, which left them standing as islands.
Municipal department responsible for street naming in Munich: principles must be observed
Fantasy Street (naming date: June 22, 1933)
Explanation of the name: Named after the nearby inn “Fantasy” on Wasserburger Landstrasse.
Diamond Road (naming date: October 2nd, 1952)
Name explanation: Named after the hardest and most valuable gemstone.
Zahnbrecherweg (naming date: April 5, 1984)
Explanation of name: Franz Xaver Zahnbrecher, born November 23rd, 1882 in Aich near Traunstein, died September 25th, 1935 in Munich;
Member of the Bavarian People's Party, member of the state parliament from 1922 to 1924.
On his initiative, the Johanneskirchen settlement, popularly known as the “Zahnbrechersiedlung”, was created.
Türkenstrasse (r.) got its name from a ditch that has now been filled in.
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Türkenstrasse (naming date: January 1st, 1812)
Explanation of the name: Named after the route of the street that used to lead to the Türkengraben.
The Türkengraben was part of the canal system that connected the residence with the pleasure palaces of Nymphenburg, Schleißheim and Dachau.
It was filled in at the beginning of the 19th century.
Krempelhuberplatz (naming date: December 4th, 1958)
Explanation of name: August von Krempelhuber, born September 14, 1813 and died October 2, 1882 in Munich, Royal Forestry Council in Munich, pioneer of lichen science.
Krempelhuber was the first to recognize the importance of lichens for healthy forest cover.
In many specialist works he became a leader in a new and important branch of knowledge, especially for forestry, an honorary member of many domestic and foreign academies and a knight of the Order of Merit for St. Michael.
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