Balanstraße
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The Balanstraße is a street in Munich which begins at the Rosenheimer Platz and runs in a southerly direction through the districts Haidhausen, Giesing and Ramersdorf to the district of Fasangarten. It ends at the border road directly on the city boundary to the municipality Neubiberg in the district of Munich.
The Balanstraße is, except for a small section between the Rosenheimer Platz and the Metzstraße where it is a one-way street about 30 m long, passable in both directions with one lane in each direction. Between Fasangartenstraße and Grenzstraße it only has one lane for both directions.
Bicycle paths run almost continuously along it.
History
The street was named in 1880 after the French town of Balan near Sedan in the Ardennes. Where in 1870, the Battle of Sedan[1] (Prussia v. France) took place, in which regiments of the Bavarian army alongside of Prussia took part. Since 1867, its previous official name was "Irrenweg" because of the Kreisirrenanstalt Munich located there since 1859 (until 1900, since 1919 it is the Salesianum for disadvantaged young people). After several residents had successfully protested against the streets name, it was renamed in favor of "glorious memories for the Bavarian army, especially for the Munich Regiments".
Road access
The stop Balanstraße at the "Mittlerer Ring" serves the bus lines 59, 139 and 145. The line 59 crosses the Balanstraße. The line 139 comes from the Chiemgaustraße ("Mittlerer Ring") onto the Balanstraße in the southern direction and leaves it again on the Hochäckerstraße. The line 145 comes from the Claudius-Keller-Straße and follows the Balanstraße to Fasangartenstraße. Line 54 departs from Orleansstraße onto Balanstraße and follows it to Werinherstraße. Slightly different from the daily lines are the associated night bus lines.
Public facilities
- Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria on Balanstraße 55 to 59
- Integrative Montessori School on Balanstraße 73 (German Engagement Award 2015)
- Daycare, Hort and elementary school (the elementary school was also a secondary school until 1996) on Balanstraße 153, 1960 by architect Harald Roth
- Municipal vocational school for vocational preparation at Balanstraße 208[2]
