What river flows through Munich. What to see in Munich on foot, besides the historical center

:) Today we will take a walk along the river itself and see how Munich residents relax and where they spend hot summer weekends.

The Isar River is a relatively small river (only 300 kilometers long), originating in the Austrian Alpine peaks and flowing into the larger and more famous Danube in Bavaria. In the upper segment, the Isar is popular with extreme sports enthusiasts, while in Bavaria the Isar becomes calmer and more gentle. Although, in truth, the river flow here is quite serious and fast.

2. Artificial dams in the center of Munich

3. View from the back

4. A real Munich resident uses any island as a beach. Look at this cute picture:)

5. These trees, I think, arrived with the June flood (remember when all the news was about Prague?). And although Munich survived, the level in the Isar was higher than the June norm

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7. Somewhere the river is quite calm

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9. Pedestrian bridge over the river

10. I didn’t find an embankment as such in Munich. Well, here's some semblance

11. Nearby there is a small museum dedicated to the study of the Alps. Stones with signatures on each with information about the rocks and places from which they were taken

12. In addition to the outdoor exhibition, there is also a small two-story building where you can learn the history of the conquest of the Alps, look at rare photographs, and also look at mountaineering (now do you understand the origin of this word? :) equipment. Official website of the museum - www.alpenverein.de/Kultur/Museum/

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14. Lifebuoys are everywhere. We met very similar ones in Stockholm

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Friends, greetings! Munich is known to travelers for its historical center. What to see in Munich if the popular historical triangle has already been passed? By historical triangle in this case I mean the tourist route marked by the squares Marienplatz, Odeonsplatz and Karlsplatz.

Here are the most famous churches of Munich and the new town hall, the residence and monument of the Generals. Therefore, guests of Munich certainly visit these historical quarters, and if they make any deviations from the mentioned triangle, then towards the famous beer hall...

Since I have no expressed interest in beer bars, after getting acquainted with the main attractions, I sketched out several walking routes for myself. I managed to implement some of them. Thanks to which I saw Munich completely different - calm and surrounded by greenery:

And now I want to tell you where else it’s worth going and what you can see in Munich if you don’t have much time. So, without moving too far from the center, it is interesting to walk along the following routes:

1. To the Isar River, where Munich's most famous bridge is located
2. To the German Museum natural sciences and technology
3. In the direction of the Sendlinger Tor gate

River Isar and Munich's oldest bridge

Actually, first of all, I was going to look at the Isartor gate, which once served as a checkpoint to Munich. Tal Street leads to the gate. And further along the course will be the Isar River.

The trail begins behind the Old Town Hall building, and this is where you end up as soon as you leave Marienplatz. The street immediately pleased me with its playfulness. A few steps from the town hall, people crowded to entrust their wishes to Juliet:

What a surprise! Why on earth is there a sculpture of Juliet in Munich? It turns out that Munich supports close relations with the Italian city of Verona. And there is no doubt about which part of the body all dreamers strive to touch in order to fulfill their desire))

While I was walking down the street and thinking that I wanted to see all the historical gates in Munich, these wonderful girls caught my attention:

The Izartor Gate came into view quite quickly. They are indeed very interesting in their design, and even have a funny clock. Get to know this piece of architecture in a separate article, and we will continue our journey to the river and the Ludwigsbrücke bridge. Let’s just slow down for a couple of minutes to take a photo at the Isartor gate, so that there is no doubt that I also walk these routes, and not just recommend them to you)))

The bridge, named after King Ludwig, welcomes travelers with pylons with sculptural images. These are massive cabinets that end with fire bowls:

During the construction of the bridge in the early 1890s, two pairs of pylons were installed on the left and right sides of the bridge roadway. Perhaps they were installed not only as decoration, but also as unique beacons. Now three pylons have survived, but the fourth, which was destroyed during the war years, has not been restored.

I mentioned that the Ludwigsbrücke bridge is considered the oldest. In fact, the current bridge design is not even hundreds of years old, but there were so many earlier versions!

The first crossing in this place appeared in the 12th century, when Bavaria was ruled by Henry the Lion. The bridge over the Isar River was strategically important, as it was part of the trade route along which salt was delivered to Munich.

For several centuries the bridge remained the only permanent crossing. There are now an abundance of bridges on this section of the Isar River:

The river probably seemed very narrow to you. The bridges look short in the photo, but that's only part of them. In this section, there is a fairly large island in the middle of the river. Therefore, all the local bridges first connect one bank of the river with the island, and then stretch from the island to the other bank.

Near the river is another Munich temple - the Protestant Church of St. Luke. The building was built in late XIX century according to the project of A. Schmidt:

Or rather, the church is not located on the bank itself; there is still a roadway along the river. But, since the beautiful domes of the temple reach a height of 64 m, they are clearly visible from any bridge.

By the way, this area by the river is perfect for staying in - it’s still the city center, but more peaceful.

German Museum in Munich

We have just examined the northern part of Munich on the Isar River, and now we will turn our attention to the southern part in relation to the Ludwig Bridge. The same island stretches in this direction. By the way, it is called the Museum Museum and the largest natural science and technical museum in the world is located here:

The museum is so famous that there is no need to even mention its full name. All interested people know it as the Deutsche Museum in Munich. Another bridge leads directly to it.

Since 1903, the German Museum has existed, representing more than 50 thousand areas of science and technology. And since 1906 it has been located on an island in the Isar River. The German Museum has about 28,000 exhibits, which in an accessible form introduce visitors to the achievements of natural science and technology.

The museum is very popular among residents and visitors of Munich. If you prefer visiting the German Museum to walking around the city, you will recognize it by high tower with barometer to the right of Ludwigsbrücke:

But, having chosen in favor of the museum, you will not only have to give up walking tours, but you also need to have a certain amount of time. I didn’t have this supply in Munich, so I turned back to. I had to return to the starting point of my walking tours to walk around Munich in a south-west direction.

Direction Sendlinger Tor

This time I decided that I wanted to see the south gate in Munich and walked from Marienplatz past St. Peter's Cathedral along Rindermarkt to a small square where the new Jewish Center was erected:

But since my goal was the Sendlinger Tor gate, I moved to the parallel Sendlinger Street. In terms of its purpose, it is a shopping street, where the Azam Brothers Church is also located in a dense row of buildings.

The street ends with historical gates with solid towers, which have served as the southern entrance to the city since the 14th century. You can see Sendlinger Tor at, and we will satisfy our curiosity about what Munich is like outside the historical territory.

Behind the square, which continues the square at the gate, there is a transport ring, but what inquisitive traveler has been bothered by the transport line? Moreover, behind the line rises a modern high tower:

The tower is attached to a building of an unusual shape. This building stands in a beautiful, spacious park, and after the crowded Sendlingerstrasse you just want to take a walk around it:

While I was inspecting the building and walking in the park, a melodic ringing sound was heard from the tower. As it turns out, the avant-garde building is a religious center. Next to the building there is a pulsating fountain, seemingly so simple, but also with an avant-garde solution))

And it’s time for me to complete the excursion in this direction. To stop in time. Otherwise, God knows, I’d be going to Terezin Lug))) It’s right along this line of travel.

My routes around Munich were short, so as not to move a significant distance from Marienplatz. That's why I didn't visit either Nymphenburg or the English Garden. And I still haven’t seen a lot... Somewhere I noticed what the famous Bavarian beer gardens look like:

I admired how the local population actively uses cycling:

This “parking lot,” by the way, is located near the northern wall. It’s no different than the employees whose offices are located in the town hall building get to work in exactly this way. I fully admit that this may be the case, because European countries It is not shameful for very high-ranking officials to ride a bicycle to work.

Friends, if you are going to Munich for the first time, then find out what you can see in Munich in the article where I described our or walking route along. Still, the historical triangle that I mentioned at the beginning deserves primary attention. Wish you interesting excursions, best suited to your interests!

Your euro guide Tatyana

The Isar flows in Tyrol (Austria) and Bavaria (Germany) and flows into the Danube. The Isar River was probably used since prehistoric times as a trade route for transporting goods by raft from the Alps region and from Italy to the Danube.

Bridges over the Isar have been discovered since the Middle Ages. The cities of Munich and Landshut were founded in the Middle Ages in connection with the construction of bridges across this river, and the discussion was about the distribution of trade routes with the conquest of power and economic influence. Further urban expansion created a strong demand for timber and lime, leading to a boom in rafting, especially in the highlands.

Since the 17th century, various goods, tropical fruits, spices, cotton and silk were transported through the Isar from Mittenwald, the city of the Venetian fairs, to Vienna and Budapest.

Today, the Isar River plays a huge role for Munich, providing the city with water as well as electricity through hydroelectric power plants built within the Bavarian capital. In summer, vacationers gather on the banks of the Isar. Thanks to good water purification, you can swim in the river.

On the right bank of the river is located Munich Zoo Hellabrunn, and the Thalkirchen (Tierpark) metro station on line U3, located on the left bank of the Isar, is connected by the Thalkirchner Brücke bridge.

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Part 1. From the source to the Hellabrunn Tierpark in Munich.

Source of the river Izar is located high in the Tyrol mountains, in the Karwendel mountain range, at the foot of the peak on the Birkkarspitze (2749 meters). Several fast streams, falling from steep slopes, merge at an altitude of 1160 meters into a single stream, which tends to the west, turns sharply to the north, crosses the border of Bavaria, and just as sharply to the east, skirting its homeland - the Karwendel mountains in the Northern Alps.

Izar. Map of the course of the Isar River

Before turning north again, the stream breaks out into a vast valley between high, densely forested mountains, and flows into the huge, incredibly beautiful mountain lake Szlvensteinsee. More precisely, it is not a lake, but an artificially created reservoir. Between 1954 and 1959, a dam was built that blocked the Isar River and a hydroelectric power station was built, which provided electricity to many towns and cities. settlements in the Northern Alps. In 1994 - 2001, modernization and reconstruction of structures were carried out, and a second hydroelectric power station was built. Dimensions of the dam made of gravel, crushed stone, sand and concrete: height - 44 meters, width - 15 meters, length - 180 meters. The length of the reservoir is 7 kilometers, width is 2 kilometers.

In addition to generating electricity, the purpose of creating the reservoir was also to obtain real possibility management of this completely wild mountain stream in the season of excessive abundance of moisture, and in the dry season - the creation and preservation of a certain sufficient supply of water. Over the past years, the reservoir has repeatedly saved settlements and cities near the Isar from devastating floods and lack of water.

The typically mountain river Isar, having escaped to the relatively flat plateau of Upper Bavaria, does not slow down its flow and does not turn into a flat river. The stormy stream quickly runs through the city of Bad Tölz, filling near the city of Wolfratshausen with the water of the left tributary Loisach, rushes towards Munich and sweeps through the city limits in the suburb of Grünwald.

The Isar crosses Munich from southwest to northeast for 14 kilometers, separating approximately one third of the city in the east. The Isar in the capital of Bavaria is not at all like the wide, full-flowing river of the capital city, which clearly symbolizes the flow of history, which by fate and Providence itself draws the city and its country from a valiant past to prosperity created by a series of great and wise rulers. The Isar is not dressed in solemn granite and marble; it does not face the ceremonial facades of sparkling palaces. Along the Isar you can’t walk along the wide embankments, admiring the flow of water, the light boats scurrying up and down and the large ships of the river fleet passing solidly. No. The Isar is not a navigable river.

Seeing the expanses of the Isar floodplain, tall spreading trees, islands, rapids and shallows, here and there slowing down the rapid flow of a narrow summer, fast and shallow mountain river, stones scattered along its gentle banks, you get a feeling of rural idyll, patriarchy. It would be quite expected to find a herd of cows or sheep grazing on a water meadow here.

The Isar and its banks are most likely a large park English type, very well-groomed, but preserving the naturalness of the landscape: freely growing spreading chestnut trees on the high banks of the river valley, bushes and grass in the meadows of the wide floodplain and on low islands, the naturalness of large and small stones brought from the mountains and thrown along the water on the winding banks, the naturalness of trodden people on paths along the banks of bicycle paths. And only occasionally the towers and domes of churches and infrequent tall buildings protruding above the dense greenery remind you that you are in the center of a large industrial, university city.

Izar. View from the Thalkirchner Brücke bridge upstream of the Isar River. Evening ablution.

But, despite the truth of all that has been said, the Isar plays a huge role in the history and life of the capital of Bavaria. It supplies water Big city, its plants and factories, its population. Several hydroelectric power plants (Wasserkraftwerk) built within Munich provide the city with electricity. The Isar River Valley is a green area in the city center, a kind of park where you can relax in the silence of nature, admire the fast-flowing stream (nothing is more calming than the prolonged contemplation of moving water), take a walk, or ride a bike. The Isar divides the city and at the same time connects it into a single urban conglomerate. Within Munich, 26 (!) bridges, road, railway and pedestrian, were built across the river. One of them even turned out to be the “culprit” for the emergence of the city - the one that Henry the Lion built by laying a salt road to the market in the middle of the village from which the city arose.

The first bridge that the river encounters on its way within the city boundaries is the Großhesseloher Brücke railway bridge in the Pullach area, along which BOB (Bayern Oberland Bahn) trains and high-speed S-bahn lines S27 rush. The bridge here was built while still under construction. railway in 1851 - 1857. It was repeatedly reconstructed and strengthened as the tonnage of railway cars and the speed of travel increased. In 1945, they tried to detonate it in front of approaching Allied troops, but the explosion was not powerful enough due to the fact that the fuses had been removed from some of the charges. Finally, in 1983 - 1985, the old bridge was demolished and a new one was built in its place, satisfying everyone modern requirements. A comfortable, wide path was built for pedestrians and cyclists.

From the height of the trusses of the new bridge - 42 meters - there is a beautiful view of the river valley, its banks, and the surrounding urban areas. Therefore, it is popular among artists and photographers who like to admire excellent landscapes. But this bridge is also known for the darker side of life. It became popular among suicide bombers. Therefore, the pedestrian path on it is fenced with a high wire fence, which is difficult to climb over.

Next comes the Marienklausensteg - a pedestrian metal bridge on concrete supports built in 1997 on the site of an old wooden bridge. It allows residents of the right bank district of Harlaching to cross the river and the power plant diversion canal to the left bank to the Thalkirchen district.

Immediately after Marienklausensteg, on the right bank of the Isar River, the Auer Mill Stream (Auer Mühlbach) departs, which was artificially created in ancient times so that the mill wheels rotated with a completely regulated flow, and not with a wild one, often changing its course and water level, completely unpredictable river. The water of the stream was also used by dyeing, tanning and fulling craftsmen, sawmills and fire brigades, gardeners and housewives. The stream was once used to remove all kinds of sewage.

The mill stream runs through the eastern districts of Munich for seven kilometers and returns to the Isar opposite the northern tip of the Prater Island (Praterinsel). Its mouth is located at an altitude of 509 meters, which is 15 meters lower than the source (the branch point from the river).

Today, the Auer Mühlbach stream fills the ponds, fountains and streams of the large Hellabrunn Zoo with flowing river water, thereby creating a beautiful, natural habitat for its many inhabitants, animals and birds. The zoo is spread over a large area along the right bank of the Isar, immediately beyond the source of the Auer Mühlbach stream.

Izar. A brown bear fishes in the water of the Isar. Tierpark Hellabrunn. Izar. A family of moose in a meadow near the Isar River. Tierpark Hellabrunn.

You can walk and drive to the right bank of the Isar to Hellabrunn Zoo from the U-bahn station “Thalkirchen (Tierpark)” of line U3, located on the left bank of the river, over the Thalkirchner Brücke bridge. The bridge of light spatial construction, 197 meters long, crosses the diversion canal and the river and was built in 1991 on the site of an old wooden one that had stood here since 1904. The new bridge uses the concrete supports of its predecessor and is made of laminated wood parts (spruce, larch) fastened with steel joints. It is not intended for heavy traffic and is used only for intracity transportation of vehicles with a gross weight of no more than 3 tons at a speed of no more than 30 km/h. But visitors to the zoo and the green recreation areas located on the right bank of the river enjoy walking along it.

Izar. Even winter cold does not bother pink flamingos. Tierpark Hellabrunn.

Beyond Thalkirchner Brücke the river bends to the right, breaks into several streams and runs past many small rock banks under the footbridge Flauchersteg, which runs south to north from Hellabrunn to Flaucher, a large green island between the bed of the Isar river and the Werkskanal canal. The length of the Flauchersteg bridge is 340.50 meters, the width is 4 meters.

Izar. View downstream of the Isar from the Thalkirchner Brücke bridge. The Flauchersteg pedestrian bridge is visible in the distance.

Built on the northern part of Flower big bridge Brudermühlbrücke, connecting the Sendling district located on the left bank of the Isar River with the right bank Giesing. The bridge is designed for heavy traffic of vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians and is integral part Munich motorway ring 2R. It was built in 1904, practically destroyed by bombing in 1943 and restored in 1953. Then, at the end of the eighties, the bridge underwent significant reconstruction and expansion. Today, the three-span bridge made of prestressed reinforced concrete is 138 meters long and 36 meters wide.

Further along the Isar path there is the Braunauer Eisenbahnbrücke railway bridge, 150.44 meters long and 16 meters wide, built in 1871, at the beginning of the creation of the Bavarian railway network. It connects the Ostbahnhof located in the east of Munich with the Main railway station Hauptbahnhof and western railway lines.

And so river Isar is already approaching the center of Munich. Ahead by the river is the Wittelsbacherbrücke.