Börse München, Stock exchange in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Germany
Börse München is a stock exchange housed in the Alte Hopfenpost, the former Bavarian transport ministry building, in Maxvorstadt. Its white rendered facade is divided by pilasters and rows of dark-framed rectangular windows, with "BÖRSE MÜNCHEN" engraved above the ground floor. The steep red-orange tiled roof carries dormer windows with triangular pediments and a flatter glassy section at its top centre.
Trading in Munich began in 1830 in the Kaufmannsstube, and the exchange was founded on 16 December 1830. In March 1869 independent merchants established the Münchener Handelsverein, which became its public-law operator. In 1935 the exchange was forcibly merged with Augsburg's to form the Bayerische Börse. It moved to the Neubarock Neue Börse at Lenbachplatz in 1963, and since December 2024 has been housed in the Alte Hopfenpost.
The exchange's name comes from the city itself, a convention it returned to in 2003 after decades as the Bayerische Börse. Its trading day now runs to 22:00, extended on 16 October 2023 for all security types. The building carries the engraved lettering "BÖRSE MÜNCHEN" above the ground floor, facing a low wall and hedge.
The exchange has been housed since December 2024 in converted rooms of the Alte Hopfenpost, the former transport ministry; it previously sat at Karolinenplatz. Trading runs Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 22:00, extended to that hour in October 2023, and is closed on public holidays. The building is a working venue, not a museum, so visits depend on the operator.
The exchange's current home is the Alte Hopfenpost, the former Bavarian transport ministry, where it moved permanently in December 2024 after interim stays there from 2007 to 2009 and at the Hutschenreuther-Villa on Karolinenplatz from 2009 to 2024. Its earlier Jugendstil building at Maximiliansplatz now houses the IHK München.
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