Herzogstraße

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Herzogstraße is a 1.8-kilometer street in Munich’s Schwabing district. It is named after Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria. The street runs from Leopoldstraße, crosses Belgradstraße and Schleißheimer Straße, and ends at Winzererstraße.

At first, between Münchner Freiheit and Wilhelmstraße, there were mainly small shops. Over time it became mainly a residential street. Between Apianstraße and Fallmerayerstraße there are many restaurants on both sides, and in summer their outdoor areas make the street feel lively. Farther east it is mostly residential again.

From Münchner Freiheit to Fallmerayerstraße, Herzogstraße is part of the protected historic area Nordschwabing (E-1-62-000-42). The street’s design by Theodor Fischer reflects Munich’s expansion after Schwabing joined the city in 1890. The area contains 54 protected monuments: 36 in Schwabing-West and 19 in Schwabing.

Notable details and residents:
- Herzogstraße 3: Júlia da Silva Bruhns lived there with her family from August 1898.
- Painter August Edler von Rüdt had a studio on the street.
- Carry Brachvogel lived at Herzogstraße 55 from 1910 to 1942.
- Historian Siegmund Hellmann lived there until 1942.

Culture and history:
- The Odeon Lichtspiele cinema opened at Herzogstraße 1 in October 1914; in 1967 it became ABC-Kino.
- The street hosted artists and groups, including the Geflecht-Keller studio (1967–68) and the Kollektiv Herzogstraße (founded 1975) inspired by CoBrA, SPUR and WIR.
- Writer Helmut Dietl lived there in the mid-1960s. Margit Krauss, who formed the folk-beat duo Peter & Margit with Peter Maffay, also lived on the street.
- The Rigan Club at Herzogstraße 82 (1978–1986) hosted live performances by The Searchers, The Marmalade, Bay City Rollers, Nina Hagen and Mike Oldfield.
- In 1985 Franz Georg Strauss founded TV Weiß-Blau, a private TV channel, on Herzogstraße.
- The cloud house of architect Walter Winkelmann at the corner of Siegfried- and Herzogstraße became a well-known hippie center in the early 1970s, its outer walls painted with clouds.