Munich Heimeranplatz is a

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, the state capital of

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. It sits on the border of two Munich boroughs,

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and

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. It serves as a transportation hub for the Westend and eastern Laim, offering transfer between

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, local bus services as well as limited regional railway services on the

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main line. The subway runs in a tunnel in a roughly east–west direction, while the S-Bahn's two platforms – a middle platform for the S7 service and a single-side platform for the S20 – are situated on an elevated level on an overpass on the Garmischer Straße stretch of Munich's central ring road, the Mittlerer Ring. In the northern direction, the S-Bahn tracks split, with S20 continuing west towards

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and S7 continuing east towards Donnersbergerbrücke. The S-Bahn station is located to the west of the subway station, necessitating a short walk alongside an elevated sidewalk.

Name

The station is named after the adjacent Heimeranplatz, north-east of the station. The square, in turn, is named after Ernst Heimeran, a Munich

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and

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. The Mittlerer Ring orbital road passes under Heimeranplatz, in a stretch called the Trappentreu tunnel, Munich's first tunnel on the ring road.

Notable places nearby

*Bavariapark * Westpark *

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(BMW Park)

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* Railway stations in Germany opened in 1984 Heimeranplatz 1984 establishments in West Germany Heimeranplatz Heimeranplatz {{Munich-U-Bahn-stub