Technology Route FFB

Starting point is Ferdinand von Miller’s birthplace (Hauptstraße 15) in the city center. In front is a copy of Bavaria’s little finger. Nowhere else do you get as close to Bavaria’s little finger as here on Munich's Theresienwiese. Diagonally opposite towards the Amper, the old town hall still bears the globe lamp from the first electric lighting by Oskar von Miller. Cross the Amper bridge and turn right into Bullachstraße. The Aumühle was built in 1897, converted into a power plant with a Francis turbine in 1924, bought by the municipal utilities in 1928, today it is a library. Take the path east of the Aumühle, then turn left over the bridge to the Lände: In the Old Slaughterhouse, built in 1909, the brewing kettles were already heated electrically, and the waste heat was used to warm the connected bath. The adjacent Obermühle power plant still generates electricity today. Over bridges and past the sports field, it goes to the monastery area: In front of the Museum Fürstenfeldbruck is a reduced-size version of the Bavaria head; inside, part of the exhibition is dedicated to the Millers. The old power plant on the Amper canal houses the City Utilities’ Energy Museum – open only on special occasions. Outside at the rushing canal, a panel explains how the run-of-river power plant works. You can also see the turbine through the window. If the water level in the Amper is high enough, the Francis turbine from 1924 is still operating. Follow the passage to the right of the monastery church to reach the Henrik Moor path and Oskar-von-Miller-Straße to Fürstenfeldbruck S-Bahn station. There is the Field Railway Museum. This club museum is one of the largest of its kind in Bavaria. Members of the interest group have privately purchased and lovingly restored locomotives, draisines, and wagons. The site also has a forge, locksmith’s, and carpentry workshops with old tools.