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28-643: Alt-Bogenhausen is the oldest part of Bogenhausen and is located between the river Isar to the west, the Prinzregentenstraße to the south and the Mittlerer Ring to the east and north. Alt-Bogenhausen is one of Munich's most desirable residential districts and has some of the highest quality housing in town which comes with the highest rental prices in Germany. The borough's main artery is Ismaninger Straße , connecting Prinzregentenstraße to

56-545: A boulevard, which was always an expression of power and political significance for them. The former Luftgaukommando South opposite to the National Museum was built 1937/38 during the Third Reich and designed by German Bestelmeyer . The three-storey central building (250 meters long) is set back from the street and today serves as Bavarian Ministry of Economy. In the east it is flanked by a five-story tower, to

84-521: A great view across the city. Oberföhring became part of Munich on 1 July 1913. St. Emmeram is located on the river Isar and is a lush enclave of green. It is named after the St. Emmeram Chapel , which in turn is named after Otloh of St. Emmeram . Johanneskirchen is located east of the S8 train line. The district mostly consists of detached and semi-detached houses and has retained some of its rural character. It

112-496: Is a quiet, secretive and highly exclusive residential area north of Alt-Bogenhausen, enclosed between the river Isar to the west and the Isarhochufer (lit. Isar cliff line). It is considered the most expensive and classy of Munich's numerous upscale residential districts, being the preferred living environment of the more reclusive commercial and political elite of the city (in contrast to film and sports stars, who either prefer

140-761: Is also named after the Prince Regent, who visited the area in 1822. This period is known as the British Regency , or just the Regency. The title was conferred by the Regency Act on 5 February 1811. Subject to certain limitations for a period, the prince regent was able to exercise the full powers of the King. The precedent of the Regency Crisis of 1788 (from which George III recovered before it

168-484: Is one of four royal avenues and runs parallel to Maximilianstraße and begins at Prinz-Carl-Palais , in the northeastern part of the Old Town. The avenue was constructed from 1891 onwards as a prime address for the middle class during the reign of Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria and is named in his honour. The square in the eastern part of the street is named Prinzregentenplatz . In contrast to Ludwigstraße ,

196-593: Is serviced by the [REDACTED] at the Johanneskirchen S-Bahn station . The Bogenhausen borough also includes Arabellapark, Cosimapark, and Johanneskirchen to the north and north-east, as well as Englschalking , Denning , Zamdorf and Daglfing to the east. Especially Denning and Englschalking have developed into very idyllic and affluent suburban residential districts, making them extremely popular with well-off families who increasingly build new houses and villas there. Parts of Englschalking and almost

224-600: The Isarring highway, part of the Mittlerer Ring road system, divides the district into a northern and a southern part, leading to complaints by neighbours due to extensive car noise. The district is serviced by the bus line 187. Priel and Oberföhring are two residential quarters north of Alt-Bogenhausen and up the slope from Herzogpark, straddling Oberföhringer Straße , the districts' main traffic artery. The housing mostly consists of apartment buildings, affording

252-410: The grand duke of Luxembourg may be titled prince-lieutenant ('prince deputy') during a period in which the incumbent remains formally on the grand ducal throne, but (progressively, most) functions of the crown are performed by the 'monarch apprentice ', as prince Jean did 4 May 1961 – 12 November 1964 in the last years of his mother Charlotte 's reign until she abdicated and he succeeded to

280-474: The 60's and 70's right up to newly built offerings, older and newer detached and semi-detached houses, villas, and quite a few authentic farm houses that survived modern developments. Additionally, multitudes of parks and playgrounds dot the whole area. Prinzregentenstrasse (Munich) The Prinzregentenstraße ( German: [ˈpʁɪnts.ʁeˌɡɛntənˌʃtʁaːsə] , Prince-Regent Street ) in Munich

308-607: The English language the title Prince Regent is most commonly associated with George IV , who held the style His Royal Highness The Prince Regent during the Regency era due to the incapacity (by dint of mental illness) of his father, George III (see Regent for other regents). Regent's Park , Regent Street and Regent's Canal (which he commissioned) in London , were all named in honour of him. The architect John Nash , under

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336-489: The Munich Financing Office for the state of Bavaria and Hitler's room is currently used for storage and not open to the public. 48°08′28″N 11°36′00″E  /  48.141°N 11.600°E  / 48.141; 11.600 Prince regent A prince regent or princess regent is a prince or princess who, due to their position in the line of succession , rules a monarchy as regent in

364-544: The Stadtbezirk are a relatively newly developed mixture of commercial and residential areas. Even Arabellapark, which became Munich's first true cluster of high-rise buildings in the 80's, and Cosimapark, a post-World War II housing estate, were predominantly green fields until the 60's, but have been rapidly developed since then. You can find a mixture of offices, restaurants, shops, sports facilities and schools there, alternating with typical German apartment buildings from

392-624: The age of 18 years. On 5 September 1944 the Soviet Union declared war on the Kingdom of Bulgaria and on 8 September Soviet armies crossed the Romanian border and occupied the country. On 1 February 1945 the prince regent Kyril, and the two other former regents – Professor Bogdan Filov and General Nikola Mikhov – as well as a range of former cabinet ministers, royal advisors and 67 MPs, were executed. The heir-apparent or heir-presumptive to

420-408: The big boulevard of his father Ludwig I and to Maximilianstraße, the boulevard of his brother Maximilian II , Prinzregentenstraße was not planned as an administrative centre with a specially developed style; it was projected as a noble middle-class avenue. Thereby it reflects not only middle-class ideals, but was an expression of the good relation between the citizens, above all of the bourgeoisie and

448-654: The eastern side of the Isar river . The avenue crosses the river and circles the Friedensengel ( Angel of Peace ), a monument commemorating the 25 years of peace following the Franco-Prussian War in 1871. In 1891 the steel bridge was built as part of the Prinzregentenstraße after a draft of the architect Friedrich von Thiersch , which was financed by the Prince Regent and named after him. It

476-640: The easternmost part of the Prinzregentenstraße the church St. Gabriel was built in 1925–1926 by Otho Orlando Kurz and Eduard Herbert. Starting with the Haus der Kunst ("House of Art"", 1933-1937 by Paul Ludwig Troost ) the Prinzregentenstraße was altered by the Nazi Party, same as they did with the Brienner Straße and the Ludwigstraße to transform the royal avenues according to their ideas of

504-608: The educated classes, and the house of Wittelsbach . At the same time Prinzregentenstraße demonstrates the prosperity about 1900. Many museums can be found along the avenue, such as the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum ( Bavarian National Museum , by Gabriel von Seidl 1894-1900), the Schackgalerie (by Max Littmann , 1907) and the Villa Stuck (1898) of Franz von Stuck which is already situated on

532-470: The more urban districts of the inner city or the suburb of Grünwald ). The whole area lies hidden between lush vegetation at the foot of the Isarhochufer, making it practically invisible from the outside - even from surrounding vantage points. The housing mostly consists of early-20th century villas as well as modern villas, built after World War II . While most of the district is free of car traffic,

560-479: The patronage of HRH The Prince Regent, planned a palatial summer residence for the prince, 50 detached villas in a parkland setting and elegant terraces around the exterior of the park. This was all part of an ambitious plan, to develop The Regent's Park and lay out an elegant new street, Regent's Street, to link it to St James's Park and the prince's London residence, Carlton House . Regent Terrace in Edinburgh

588-815: The regencies as the Prinzregentenjahre or the Prinzregentenzeit . Numerous streets in Bavarian cities and towns are called Prinzregentenstraße . Many institutions are named in Luitpold's honour, e.g. , the Prinzregententheater in Munich. Prinzregententorte is a multi-layered cake with chocolate butter cream named in Luitpold's honour. At Luitpold's death in 1912, his son Prince Ludwig succeeded as prince regent. Ludwig held

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616-590: The south with Mittlerer Ring in the north at Effnerplatz . The district is serviced by the tram lines 16 and 18 as well as the bus lines 54, 154, 100, 187, 188 and 189. The nearest Munich U-Bahn stations are Prinzregentenplatz to the south-east and Böhmerwaldplatz and Richard-Strauss-Straße to the east. Many well known and wealthy Persons and families have houses in Alt-Bogenhausen for example Käfers (Feinkost Käfer), Sedelmayrs , Burdas , Samwers , Quanndts , Strauss and Roland Berger . Herzogpark

644-458: The stead of a monarch , e.g., as a result of the sovereign's incapacity (minority or illness) or absence (e.g., by remoteness, such as exile or long voyage, or the absence of an incumbent). While the term itself can have the generic meaning and refer to any prince or princess who fills the role of regent, historically it has mainly been used to describe a small number of individual princes and princesses who were regents of non- principalities . In

672-591: The title for less than a year, since the Bavarian Legislature decided to set aside his cousin King Otto I of Bavaria and recognize him as king. Kiril, Prince of Preslav was appointed head of a regency council by the Bulgarian parliament following the death of his brother, Tsar Boris III on 28 August 1943, to act as Head of State until the late Tsar's son and successor, Tsar Simeon II , reached

700-540: The west by a four-storey front building. The tower-like, elongated bunker close to St. Gabriel also belongs to the Third Reich constructions in Munich. Today it serves as Kunstbunker Tumulka . Adolf Hitler's private apartment in Munich was located at 16 Prinzregentenplatz. It was his official private address and, beginning in 1929, the address in which he lived with his niece, Geli Raubal , who later committed suicide. Today, Hitler's second-floor apartment houses

728-515: The whole of Daglfing (which lies just outside Munich's official city limits, bordering Denning and Zamdorf), have retained a distinctive rural character, still featuring old farm buildings and fields. The contrast between these rural and the more modern suburban areas becomes apparent as soon as one crosses the Munich S-Bahn rails of Line [REDACTED] , which practically coincides with Munich's eastern border in this area. The other parts of

756-536: Was decorated by four stone sculptures which symbolized Bavaria, Swabia, Franconia and the Palatinate. In the winter the Prinzregentstadion on the eastern side serves for ice skating, for the rest of the year the stadium is transformed into an open-air swimming pool. The Prinzregententheater (by Max Littmann, 1901), an important theatre of the city, is at Prinzregentenplatz further to the east. In

784-669: Was necessary to appoint a regent) was followed. The Prince of Wales continued as regent until his father's death in 1820, when he became George IV. In Germany, the title Prinzregent (literally prince regent) is most commonly associated with Prince Luitpold of Bavaria , who served as regent for two of his nephews, King Ludwig II of Bavaria , who was declared mentally incompetent in 1886, and King Otto of Bavaria (who had been declared insane in 1875) from 1886 until 1912. The years of Luitpold's regency were marked by tremendous artistic and cultural activity in Bavaria, where they are known after

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