At the corner of Oberanger and Dultstraße, the pavement transforms into a colorful mosaic of concrete tiles that trace the angle of the street corner. This ground-level monument covers roughly ninety square meters, featuring a vibrant…
Glockenbachviertel Queer History
Trace the evolution of Munich's LGBTQ+ community through the colorful streets of Glockenbachviertel, visiting early activist meeting spots, historic queer bars, and legendary artist hubs.
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1. Bodendenkmal für die im Nationalsozialismus verfolgten Lesben und Schwulen
2. Pimpernel - München
Pimpernel sits at Müllerstraße fifty-six. The club is identifiable by its long-standing presence in the city, operating since nineteen seventy. While the site functioned as a commercial space in the nineteen thirties and later as a…
3. Ochsengarten
The Ochsengarten sits on Müllerstraße, identifiable as a traditional, plain-fronted building that has operated as a bar since eighteen fifty. While it once served as an ordinary restaurant for cattle market workers and later as a wine bar…
4. NiL - Café & Bar
NiL Café and Bar sits on the corner of Hans-Sachs-Straße, distinguished by its large, transparent shop windows. These glass walls were a deliberate choice by the original owners, Manfred and Thomas, who opened the doors on June first,…
5. Sub - Schwules Kommunikations- und Kulturzentrum München e.V.
The Sub—or, formally, the Schwules Kommunikations- und Kulturzentrum München—is a community center for gay, bisexual, and queer men. You can identify the building at Müllerstraße fourteen by the signage indicating its role as a…
6. Gärtnerplatz
Gärtnerplatz is a circular garden square in Munich that centers on a fountain and lush flower beds. Built around eighteen sixty to anchor the new Isarvorstadt district, the square honors the architect Friedrich von Gärtner, whose influence…
7. Freddie Mercury Mosaik
The Freddie Mercury Mosaik is a black-and-white portrait mounted on the exterior of the Hotel Deutsche Eiche at Reichenbachstraße thirteen. Measuring one and a half meters wide and one point two meters high, the mosaic captures the singer…
8. Hotel Deutsche Eiche
The Hotel Deutsche Eiche on Reichenbach Street occupies a building first constructed in eighteen sixty-two. Its facade is a neoclassical design, standing as one of the earliest structures in the Gärtnerplatz district. While the site…