Locksmith in Haidhausen

Where Haidhausen is

Haidhausen lies east of the Isar, between the Maximilianeum on the river and Ostbahnhof on its eastern edge. The northern part is the Franzosenviertel — the French Quarter — around Bordeauxplatz, Pariser Straße and Wörthstraße, so called because the streets carry French city names. West of that is Wiener Platz with its small permanent market and the Innere Wiener Straße running down to the river. South lie Preysingstraße and Kirchenstraße, some of the oldest and narrowest streets in the district. Ostbahnhof at the eastern end is a main-line station and a substantial transport hub, and the area immediately around it has been rebuilt in the last two decades with modern residential blocks. Administratively Haidhausen shares a city district with the Au to the south, but nobody uses the combined name in conversation.

Administrative district: Au-Haidhausen (city district 5) Postcodes: 81541, 81667, 81669, 81675

What the buildings are like

Mostly pre-war apartment buildings, particularly dense in the French Quarter, with courtyards and the usual arrangement of a street-facing building and sometimes a rear one. Interspersed among them, and specific to Haidhausen, are the Herbergen: very small, low two-storey cottages built for workers in the nineteenth century, several still standing around Preysingstraße and Kirchenstraße. Their doors are narrow and low, and their layouts are nothing like a standard flat. Near Ostbahnhof the picture changes completely: modern residential blocks with entrance systems where one key serves flat, building door and bin store. Along the Innere Wiener Straße the ground floors are shops and restaurants, so commercial doors and rear entrances through the yard are part of the mix.

Getting to you

Haidhausen is reached across the Isar bridges from the centre, or along Rosenheimer Straße, and the approach stays quick outside rush hour. Inside the district it becomes slower than the map suggests: the streets around Preysingstraße and the French Quarter are narrow, one-way in places and heavily parked, and resident permits apply throughout. Around Ostbahnhof, evening events at the venues nearby can make the immediate area difficult. The house number is essential here rather than helpful — several streets curve enough that a landmark description does not narrow it down.

What we are usually called for in Haidhausen

• Flat doors in pre-war buildings of the French Quarter, often several floors up
• Herbergen and very small houses with low, sometimes historic doors
• Building entrance doors on the newer blocks near Ostbahnhof, with one key for everything
• Shop and restaurant doors along the Innere Wiener Straße
• Cellar compartments in older apartment houses, reached by a separate stair