Giesing or "Giasing", as Munich people call this district east of the Isar river, is divided in Obergiesing ("Upper") and Untergiesing ("Lower") located on the edge of the city centre and along the Isar River. Following the logic Lower Giesing lies at the Isar and Upper Giesing above.
In the course of industrialisation during the 19th century Giesing became more of a working-class neighborhood. Especially in Untergiesing you will still find the densely settled apartment houses as a proof of this period. It is known for the prison Stadelheim and the impressive Holy Cross Church on the Mountain Giesing. Until the 1990s, many American soldiers were stationed here, who have left their mark in the quarter. Giesing is a cosmopolitan area and home to a number of different established immigrant communities.
In Obergiesing the concept of settlements is strong: The most famous of these settlements is now the Fasangarten (pheasants garden) - officially immortalized within the name of district 17 in 2009. Originally, the place was a hunting ground for pheasants, a reminder of that era is the Forsthaus “Fasangarten”. An integral part of the pheasant garden is the settlement next to the Perlacher Forst (Perlacher “woods”). As the unofficial name "American settlement" suggests, many American soldiers lived here until the 1990s. They were stationed here after the Second World War.
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Until a couple of years ago Giesing used to be an insider tip in terms of bars, cabaret and low priced gastronomy. Unfortunately, the neighborhood has lost almost all of its stages and only maintained a few pubs or restaurants worth swinging by. So the neighborhood can’t anymore boast much in terms of nightlife. However, it has the Schyrenbad, which until 1938 (after its opening in 1847) remained a men's bath, is the city's oldest outdoor bath.
Worth a stroll is walking along the Mühlbach, a canal fed by the Isar river. This brook was first mentioned in 957. Though having its origin in Thalkirchen and being led back into the Isar in the Au, its longest part is found in Untergiesing. Around Mondstrasse - also called Munich's Little Venice - the Auer Mühlbach goes underground and reappears only after Kolumbusplatz.
Public transport connections to the area are good and the journey into Munich’s city centre takes around 20 minutes.
OBERGIESING
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Photos f.l.t.r.: „Alpenplatz 3 Muenchen-2“ (c) Rufus46 CC BY SA 3.0, „Giesinger Bahnhof Muenchen-2“ (c) Rufus46 CC BY SA 3.0, „München — Alpenplatz 1 (Ecke)“ (c) Mattes CC BY SA 2.0 - ALL via Wikimedia Commons
UNTERGIESING
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Photos f.l.t.r.: „Aignerstr. 41 Muenchen-1“ (c) Rufus46 CC BY SA 3.0, „Alpenplatz 2 Muenchen-1“ (c) Rufus46 CC BY SA 3.0, „Heilig-Kreuz Giesing“ (c) Softeis CC BY SA 3.0, „München - Raintalerstr. 11 Ecke Deisenhofener Str“ (c) Mattes Public domain, „München — Tegernseer Landstr. 125 — Wohn und Geschäftshaus, Aussenansicht“ (c) Mattes CC BY SA 2.0, „München, Deisenhofenerstrasse 02“ (c) Bayreuth2009 CC BY 3.0, „München-Giesing — Gebäude — Mattes — Batch 2012-10-31 (7)“ (c) Mattes CC BY SA 2.0, „München-Giesing — Gebäude — Mattes — Batch 2012-10-31 (8)“ (c) Mattes CC BY SA 2.0, „Munich — Alpenplatz 3 links“ (c) Mattes CC BY SA 2.0, „Obere Grasstr. 7 Muenchen-1“ (c) Rufus46 CC BY SA 3.0, „Obergiesing-2“ (c) Softeis CC BY SA 3.0, „Tegernseer Landstr. 23 Muenchen-1“ (c) Rufus46 CC BY SA 3.0, „Untere Grasstr. 26 Muenchen-1“ (c) Rufus46 CC BY SA 3.0, „München — Bayerischzellerstrasse 9 - 11“ (c) Mattes Public domain, „München - Valeppstraße und Walchenseeplatz (Gebäude)“ (c) Mattes Public domain, „München - Silberhornstr. und Tegernseer Landstr., niedrige Gebäude“ (c) Mattes Public domain, „München Obergiesing Giesinger Bahnhof Flunder II“ (c) Rudolph Buch Public domain, „Tegernseer-Platz.nord“ (c) Mattes Public domain - ALL via Wikimedia Commons
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