Promenadeplatz

3 macedonboy - 3 years ago

Promenadeplatz is a public square located to the north west of Marienplatz and a little way from the main tourist areas. There are some boutique shops and nice hotels in the area, but the square itself is also an attraction for statues to prominent Germans. There's statues to honour Maximilian von Montgelas Statue, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Lorenz Westenrieder, Maximilian II Emanuel and one of King Ludwig I of Bavaria has been commandeered as a Michael Jackson memorial.

There's some interesting statues to learn a bit of history about each of the individuals, but don't go out of the way though.

3 BradJill - 4 years ago

Promenadeplatz is a small city park in the Old Town which offers green space and monument viewing for those who enjoy seeing statues of local historical figures during their travels.

Here you will find five status, four of which are fairly typical, 19th-century style bronze statues of Lorenze-Westenrieder, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Kurfust Maximilian Emanuel and Orlando di Lasso. The last mentioned monument in recent years has become an unofficial memorial to Michael Jackson. Lastly, there is a more recent an peculiar aluminium block sculpture of Maximilian Joseph Graf von Montgelas which can be viewed at Promenadeplatz.

The square has flowerbeds and is lined with trees which during summer months provide a nice bit of shade. I don't recall seeing more than 2-3 park benches here but they weren't occupied so you can probably take a rest here as well if passing through the area and needing to get off your feet for a few minutes.

4 Samer Burhan - 3 years ago

Though I have visited Germany several times in the last 15 years, it was the first time for me to visit this place. IIt is really nice to walk here. You can find here statues of many German persons. Also you can find here the memorial of Michael Jackson.

3 Justin H - 5 years ago

Nice little place to sit and relax for awhile. The statue has been desecrated with some stupid Michael Jackson shrine which is quite annoying to look at. But other than that, nice and clean.

4 Elizabeth Meier - 4 years ago

This is a nice little quiet park. Near a very famous hotel and there is a Michael Jackson memorial that was created by locals and visitors.

5 Rohitesh Bhan - 3 years ago

Michael Jackson memorial.. A place to tribute your hero here.. I love the place sit here for a while and paid my tribute to the rockstar of the world..

5 Andrэ Kovalev - 2 years ago

Go walking there you can see some luxary cars.