From Karlsplatz – generally known as the 'Stachus', after a chap called Eustachius Föderl who used to own a pub here – at the western edge of the Altstadt, I strolled through the 14th Century Karlstor [Karl's Gate] and along the pedestrianised Neuhauser Strasse, to find the Richard-Strauss-Brunnen, a fountain erected in honour of Richard Strauss, who was born in Munich in 1864. It's not a conventional fountain, rather a dish on top of a tall column, which drops dollops of water in different directions according to the wind. The reliefs carved on the column depict scenes and figures from Strauss's 1905 opera Salomé. I hung around taking photos for 20 minutes or so in rather flat light, mostly waiting for cars and people to move. |
