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Unless there is a different indication, all the photos shown on this page were taken by me during a two hours' walk within Munich, from Pasing to Allach along the Würm and its channel, in May 2012. I'd appreciate your remarks and proposals for useful modifications or extensions of this page. Just write a mail!
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The small channel from the Würm to the park of the Nymphenburg castle
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Medieval-looking Christian wayside shrine
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Inscription of the wayside shrine, in Galician language: "A xunta de Galicia - España - ó land de Baviera MCMLXXXIII" (The regional government of Galicia - Spain - (to) the Land of Bavaria in 1983) More explicit translation: "The regional government of Galicia (Spain) offered the Land of Bavaria this shrine in 1983." Note that the Galician inscription is written in official, i.e. isolationist spelling. For details see Galician or Portugese? I have not found any explication of what was the event that caused the erection of this shrine. If you have some information on it, please tell us! Thanks a lot in advance!
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Blutenburg castle (can be visited, contains the International Youth Library, various exhibitions, and a restaurant with open air terrace)
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For details see the English Wikipedia under Blutenburg Castle . See also the website of the Blutenburg castle (German language). For the opening hours, click on "Öffnungszeiten".
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Blutenburg castle's chapel, erected in 1488, seen from the inner ward of the castle
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The ridge turret of the chapel
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The entrance of the chapel
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The entrance of the chapel
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Above the entrance, the double-headed eagle as a symbol of the German emperor's power (in this case Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, also called Louis the Bavarian)
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The choir of the chapel
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The retable of the chapel
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One of the chapel's fading frescos
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The main entrance of the Blutenburg castle
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Leiden Christi church seen from the Blutenburg castle
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Zooming in on the same church
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One of the more than 20 memorials erected in the region, in commemoration of the prisoners of the Dachau concentration camp
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For an English translation of the text of the memorial, see Dachau Concentration Camp Prisoners' Death March.
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A zone liable to flooding and a paradise for water birds
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A great crested grebe
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The wilderness of the zone liable to flooding
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Catfishes liking warm shallow water (Note that they were free to return to the flowing water but apparently they preferred staying in this small natural pool.)
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Doggy bar, usually filled with water and frequent in Bavarian beergardens (Note that "Zamperl", the Bavarian dialect word for a small dog, is derived from the Italian word "zampa", which refers to an animal's leg.)
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Sculpture near the entrance of the Parkfriedhof Untermenzing (park cemetery of Untermenzing)
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Unreadable inscription of the Parkfriedhof Untermenzing statue If you have some information on the text of this inscription, please tell us! Thanks a lot in advance!
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Covered bridge across the Würm
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Flowering colza field
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The Würm in Allach
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Munich, Bavaria and the Black Forest |
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Arrival by Public Transport
From Munich Hbf (= Hauptbahnhof = main station), take an S-Bahn to Pasing, exit the station using the northern exit (Nordausgang), and go immediately to the left until you meet the small channel coming from the south. From this point, you have two possibilities:
First possibility: Go along the channel to the north (to the right) and join the brook called Würm later but at the latest when the channel begins to turn to the right, take the Loichingerstraße to the left, and turn to the right at the end of this street. (If instead of this you continue following the channel, you will arrive in the park of the Nymphenburg castle, which is another pleasant trip.)
Second possibility: Cross the channel, continue till the Würm, and go to the right along the Würm from the beginning of your walk.
Whilst the channel is accompanied by a footpath on either side, along the Würm the situation is more complicated because sometimes you will have to change the side of the brook to be able to continue.
During your walk you will see several traditional Bavarian restaurants with large Biergarten where you can eat and drink something.
At the end of your walk, take the Nigglstraße to the right and go straight ahead to the railway station of Allach, where there are direct S-Bahn trains to the center of Munich.
Indications concerning the arrival correspond to our personal knowledge or even experience, but we cannot assume any responsibility for their rightness. When you are reading this page, things may have changed in reality.
For regional, national, and international trains, see the online information of the Deutsche Bahn.
Hans-Rudolf Hower 2012
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Last updated: November 28, 2019
