Today, the small "m" stands for the multiplex cinema "mathäser".
In 1958, the Mathäser was still known as "Beer City".
In 1980, the first Mathäser Filmpalast moved in.
Mathäser, former Bierstadt
For centuries, everything at Bayerstrasse 5 revolved around brewing beer. Georg Mathäser, who ran an inn and the Mathäser-Bräu in 1858, lent his name to the building. Due to its size, the large ballroom played a decisive role as the headquarters of the revolution in 1918/19. Of historical importance was November 7 in the Mathäser-Bräu: USPD leader Kurt Eisner decided in a meeting the end of the monarchy and the birth of the Free State of Bavaria.
The newly built Mathäser-Bierstadt opened in 1957 under the ownership of Löwenbrauerei. Its five floors held a total of 16 pubs with space for over 5,000 guests, retail and office space, the Mathäser movie palace and an underground parking garage. Given its size, people were right to call it a beer town! Here, food and a cold beer were available around the clock.
Time changes buildings and structures: In 1996, the cinema and beer town ceased operations and were demolished two years later. After four years of construction, the mathäser Passage, directly connected to the Stachus shopping center, opened as a shopping and entertainment center. This included the new "mathäser", a multiplex cinema with 14 screens.