Münchner Freiheit
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The Münchner Freiheit is a square in Munich
's Schwabing
, near the English Garden. It is a popular tourist attraction, especially during winter when one of Munich's largest Christmas market
s takes place.
A station for the Munich U-Bahn
is located at the square and named after it (see Münchner Freiheit (Munich U-Bahn)
).
A German pop group, Münchener Freiheit
, derived their name from the location, and have retained the original spelling.
various resistance movements against the Nazis had risen up at various times to oppose the regime. In 1945 the resistance group Freiheitsaktion Bayern took control of two Munich radio towers and began broadcasting anti-Nazi propaganda. The square was renamed Münchener Freiheit (Freedom of Munich) in their honor. The alternative spelling Münchner Freiheit was adopted by the city council in 1998 though Münchener Freiheit remains popular.
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
's Schwabing
Schwabing
Schwabing is a borough in the northern part of Munich, the capital of the German state of Bavaria. It is divided into the city borough 4 and the city borough 12...
, near the English Garden. It is a popular tourist attraction, especially during winter when one of Munich's largest Christmas market
Christmas Market
A Christmas market, also known as Christkindlmarkt, Christkindlesmarkt, Christkindlmarket, and Weihnachtsmarkt, is a street market associated with the celebration of Christmas during the four weeks of Advent...
s takes place.
A station for the Munich U-Bahn
Munich U-Bahn
The Munich U-Bahn system is an electric rail rapid transit network in Munich, Germany. "U-Bahn" is the German contraction for Untergrundbahn or "subway." It is operated by the municipally owned Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft...
is located at the square and named after it (see Münchner Freiheit (Munich U-Bahn)
Münchner Freiheit (Munich U-Bahn)
Münchner Freiheit is a Munich U-Bahn interchange station in the Munich borough of Schwabing-Freimann. Here, the U3 and U6 subway lines part, with U3 continuing west towards Scheidplatz and U6 continuing north towards Freimann...
).
A German pop group, Münchener Freiheit
Münchener Freiheit
Münchener Freiheit is a German pop and rock band that had released seventeen albums by 2007, six of which have gone gold and have sold over five million copies in Europe. They are named after a square in the city of Munich in Germany, meaning "Munich liberty"...
, derived their name from the location, and have retained the original spelling.
Origin of the name
The square was originally known as Feilitzsch Platz. During World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
various resistance movements against the Nazis had risen up at various times to oppose the regime. In 1945 the resistance group Freiheitsaktion Bayern took control of two Munich radio towers and began broadcasting anti-Nazi propaganda. The square was renamed Münchener Freiheit (Freedom of Munich) in their honor. The alternative spelling Münchner Freiheit was adopted by the city council in 1998 though Münchener Freiheit remains popular.