Accommodation in Munich State: November 2017

This brochure provides an overview of different accommodation types in Munich to young people. Please note that the accommodation situation in Munich is
generally difficult, as cheap lodging is hard to find. The Youth Information Centre does not have and does not rent apartments or rooms but gives advise
where to search and apply.
Our advise
 Apartments and rooms for rent, shared flats Use the websites from the list above and create your own (free)
Daily newspapers advertisement as an accommodation seeker. In order to avoid spam and
 Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ): inappropriate responses, we recommend you to create an extra e-mail-
 Print version: Advertisements appear every Wednesday and Friday address for this purpose. Try to keep your e-mail-name anonymously and
 online version: www.sueddeutsche.de do not name it after your real surname and given name.
 Münchner Merkur and tz
 online version: www.immobilien.merkur.de (in cooperation with *What does ‘WG’ mean?
www.immowelt.de ) The acronym ‘WG’ stands for ‘Wohngemeinschaft’, which means a shared
flat. Several people live together in one apartment and share the costs
Free district newspapers (rent, electric power, Internet etc.). Everyone has their own room, while
District newspapers appear twice or three times a week and are usually the kitchen and bathroom are shared. ‘WG’ is very popular among young
put in the mailbox or in front of the flats’ staircases. people in Germany (especially students).
 Der Münchner Wochenanzeiger
 online version: www.wochenanzeiger.de Online accommodation exchange for temporary rented and furnished
 HALLO München rooms / apartments
 online version: www.hallo-muenchen.de  www.mitwohn.org (private rooms + apartments)
 www.mwz-munich.de (private rooms + apartments)
Online accommodation exchange for apartments and rooms (also for
 Temporary Accomodation
For a low-priced short stay in Munich or as a temporary solution you can
www.wg-gesucht.de (rooms, apartments) look for youth hostels, camping-grounds or Couchsurfing:
www.easy-wg.de (rooms)  DJH Youth Hostels: www.jugendherberge.de /en
www.dreamflat.de (rooms)  Hostel world: www.hostelworld.com
www.wg-suche.de (rooms, apartments)  Hostel bookers: www.hostelbookers.com
www.wg-cast.de (rooms)  The Tent – hostel and camping-ground: www.the-tent.de
www.wohngemeinschaft.de (rooms)  Couchsurfing: www.couchsurfing.com
www.wohnungsboerse.net (apartments)
www.studenten-wg.de (rooms, apartments)
www.immobilienmarkt.de (apartments)  Student accommodation / halls of residence
www.immobilienscout.de (apartments) Please note that these halls of residence are only for local students at
www.immowelt.de (apartments) following Munich universities: LMU, TUM or Hochschule München etc. In
www.wohnung-jetzt.de (apartments) addition, students at German universities do not receive accommodation
www.quoka.de (rooms, apartments) on enrollment. In practice, it means that not every applicant automatically
www.lieblingsmieter.de (apartments) gains a place at the halls of residence. Usually there are more applicants
www.wohnungsmarkt24.de (rooms, apartments) than the number of places available.
On www.facebook.de you can search for „groups“ like „Wohnen in
München“ (living in Munich) etc. Students of any Munich university should contact The Munich Student
Union. The Munich Student Union – in German: ‘Studentenwerk München’
Caution! – provides accommodation at various halls of residence. All Information in
English (also French and Chinese) concerning availability, registration
Beware of very cheap offers – it might be a fraud! Never pay money in
dates and conditions as well as the online application can be found at:
advance before signing the rental contract or seeing the apartment.
www.studentenwerk-muenchen.de/en/accommodation

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Exchange Students / Erasmus Students The Housing Referral Service
The Munich Student Union offers a ‘Servicepaket’ for students who Advice Center
participate in the international exchange programs of the universities. Helene-Mayer-Ring 9, 80809 München
There are a limited number of ‘Servicepaket’ rooms, so it is important to Entrance A, room a2
apply early on! Phone: +49 89 / 357 135 -20 or -26
For more information see: Fax: +49 89 / 357 135 61
www.studentenwerk-muenchen.de/en/international/the-service- E-mail: wrv@stwm.de
package-for-international-exchange-students www.studentenwerk-muenchen.de/en/accommodation/housing-
referral-service
The Munich Student Union also provides an Accommodation Advice
Service located in the Advice Center, which is in the Olympic Village – in Privately run halls' of residence for Students
the building called “Alte Mensa” (Mero U3 – Station: Olympiazentrum): A list of privately run halls' of residence:
www.studentenwerk-muenchen.de/en/accommodation/other-housing-
 Studying with a child options/privately-run-halls-of-residence
Helene-Mayer-Ring 9, 80809 München
Entrance H, Room h5 Holiday rentals of rooms in student halls
Opening hours: Thurs 2-5 pm, Fri 10 am – 1 pm
Local students who leave Munich in the time between terms or take a
Contact person: Sonja Simnacher
semester abroad usually temporarily sub-let their own room. In case of a
E-mail: sonja.simnacher@stwm.de
temporary rent, contact following organizations listed below.
Phone: +49 89 / 357135-31
Furthermore you can tray and ask directly at each halls of residence.
www.studentenwerk-muenchen.de/en/our-advisory-network/studying-
with-a-child
 Student Village Apartment Agency
Studentenstadt Freimann
 Studying with a disability
Christoph-Probst-Str. 12/029
Helene-Mayer-Ring 9, 80809 München
80805 München
Entrance H, 2nd floor, Room h8
Phone +49 89 / 324 32 88
Opening hours: Tue, Wed 10 am – 2 pm, Thurs 2 – 6 pm
E-mail: aboerse@gmx.de
Contact person: Michael Bayer
Opening hours: Mon 6-10 pm, Tue: 5-7 pm, Wed- Fri: 6-8 pm
E-mail: michael.bayer@stwm.de
Website: www.studentenwerk-muenchen.de/en/accommodation/other-
Phone: +49 89 / 357135-32
housing-options/holiday-rental-of-a-room-in-a-halls-of-residence
 International students
 YMCA Munich – Holiday letting
Helene-Mayer-Ring 9, 80809 München
Landwehrstr. 13, 80336 München
Entrance H, 2nd floor, Room h9
Phone +49 89 / 552 141 0
No opening hours. You have to make an appointment or contact via:
E-mail: studentenwohnheim@cvjm-muenchen.org
E-mail: mobileberatung-m@stwm.de
Webseite: www.cvjm-muenchen.org/en/hall-of-residence/holliday-
Phone: +49 1709672568 or +49 15144565542
letting

Private rooms – Housing Referral Service
The Housing Referral Service of The Munich Student Union passes on the
details of private rooms to students who have not been offered a space in
halls of residence.
All current offers are posted daily on the internet. Please notice that the
Munich Student Union is involved only in function of intermediary. For
more information please contact the Housing Referral Service and see
their website below.
 St.-Albertus-Magnus-Haus
More information on Guest room rent, see www.almaha.de and switch to
the English language version.
Accommodation in exchange for assistance
In this project students can lodge inexpensively in the homes of senior
citizens to whom they offer assistance with day-to-day-tasks in
exchange. For more information, see:
www.studentenwerk-muenchen.de/en/accommodation/other-housing-
options/accommodation-in-exchange-for-assistance
Accommodation Support for TUM students Franz Auweck-Stiftung e.V.
Technische Universität München (TUM) offers a housing search Walter-Scott-Str. 4, 80687 München
assistance for their students, internationals students and scientists. For Phone +49 89 / 579 493 6, Fax +49 89 / 579 493 72;
more information in English, see: Counselling hours: Mondays 4-6 pm
www.tum.de/en/university-life/accommodations or contact: Only for school students in second-chance education; form 284 € / month
www.fas.musin.de/seiten/wohnheim.php
 Housing Search Assistance (for TUM students)
Phone +49 89 / 289 226 87, supportwohnen@zv.tum.de “Caritas” halls of residence:
consultation hours: Tuesdays 2-4 pm;
Service Desk/ room 0140/ Arcisstr. 21 Hiltenspergerstr. 80, 80796 München
 International Office (For exchange students at the TUM) Phone +49 89 / 300 076 50; 320 € / month
Phone +49 89 / 289 250 24, Fax +49 89 /289 254 74 female and male, Age: 18-24 years old
incoming_help@zv.tum.de
 Studenten Service Zentrum (SSZ) – TUM apartment listings (ads) Zieblandstr. 35, 80798 München
TUM provides a website, where you can search for an apartment or room Phone +49 89 / 523 341 0; 390 - 440 € including Breakfast
for rent as well as place your own advertisement: Female and male, Age: 18-25 years old
www.tum.de/en/university-life/accommodations/tum-apartment- www.caritas-jugendwohnheime.de
listings/
„Kolping“ halls of residence:
For assistance with your housing search, contact the: Service Desk of the
Housing Search Assistance (see above). Kolpinghaus Zentral
Adolf-Kolping-Straße 1, 80336 München
Phone +49 89 / 551 580; Age: 18-25 years old
 Halls of residence for school students, trainees, Double rooms + single rooms 210 - 290 € / month
apprentices and volunteers
Kolping Wohnheim Johannisplatz
Johannisplatz 2/2a, 81675 München
Female and male resident Phone +49 89 / 551 580; Age: 18-25 years old; 320 - 380 € / month
www.kolpinghaus-muenchen-zentral.de
Jugendwohn- und Gästehaus München-Süd
Forstenrieder Allee 107-111a, 81476 München Kolping Wohnheim Entenbachstraße
-27 years old, daily rate 25 - 30 € Entenbachstr. 37, 81541 München
www.jwh-sued.de Phone +49 89 / 624 19 40; long-term residents: 310 - 410 € / month
Jugendwohn- und Gästehaus München-Nord www.kolpingmuenchen.de
Milbertshofener Platz 10, 80809 München
Phone +49 89 / 35 63 50 0; daily rate 25 - 30 €
www.jwgh.de Male-only resident
Salesianum Jugendwohnheim Hansa Haus
St.Wolfgangs-Platz 11, 81669 München Brienner Str. 39, 80333 München
Age: 16 years old and above; daily rate 25 - 30 € Male, age: 18 - 28 years old, single room 214 - 292 € / month
www.salesianum.de + obligatory 120 € for dinner (from Monday till Friday)
www.hansa-haus.eu
Wichernhaus Jugendwohnheim
Mathildenstr. 4, 80336 München
Phone +49 89 / 548 626 14, Fax +49 89 / 548 626 29;
Prices upon request
 trainees, apprentice, Age: 18 years old and above
www.ehv-muenchen.de

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Female-only resident While searching for a place at halls of residence for school students,
trainees, apprentices and volunteers, you may see words like ‘Tagessatz’
Herz Jesu Wohnheim or acronyms like ‘BAB’ or ‘BaföG’. Here we give you a short explanation of
Buttermelcherstr. 10, 80469 München these terms:
Phone +49 89 / 202 540 0; from 355 € / month
Young female, Age: 16-23 years old Daily rate / Tagessatz
www.herz-jesu-kloster-muenchen.de ‘Tagessatz’ means a daily rate. A daily rate includes lodging and socio-
pedagogical support.
Schwesternwohnheim Maria Regina
Thalkirchner Straße 22, 80337 München BaföG
Phone +49 89 / 231 916 0; Prices upon request The acronym ‘BaföG’ stands for ‘German Federal Law on Training and
www.barmherzige.net Education Promotion’. BaföG is a Student Grant (for school as well as
university students).
Marie-Luise Schattenmann-Haus
Friedrich-Loy-Str. 16, 80796 München, Phone +49 89 / 306 686 90; BAB
Double rooms 320 € + single rooms 465 € / month
The acronym ‘BAB’ stands for ‘Berufsausbildungshilfe’, which is the
German Training Support Grant for trainees and apprentices.
Young female, Age: 16-25 years old
www.mlsh.de
BaföG respectively BAB are both financial support for those, who are not
able to afford their study, training etc. on their own or with help of their
Mädchenwohnheim Herzogspitalstraße
parents. The amount of the support depends among other things on the
Herzogspitalstr. 7, 80331 München, Phone +49 89 / 231 840;
housing costs. Several requirements have to be fulfilled in order to apply
singe rooms, double rooms + apartments 265 - 380 € / month
for BaföG / BAB. These requirements also concern matters of: permanent
Young female in apprenticeship, Age: 15-25 years old
residence in Germany, the citizenship etc.
www.jugendwohnheime.de
Accommodation Counselling Services
Studienheim Maria Dominika
The Youth Information Centre Munich
Schellingstr. 72, 80799 München
(Jugendinformationszentrum JIZ München)
Phone +49 89 / 381 580 0; Prices upon request
 General accommodation counselling services for young people up to
Yung Female, Age: 18 years old and above
26 years. Please mind: The Youth Information Centre does not have
www.donboscoschwestern.net
and does not rent apartments or rooms!
Consulting hours: Every Monday: 4-6 pm
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 Rental law counselling services (in cooperation with ‘Mieterverein
München e.V.’) for young people up to 26 years.
IN VIA e.V. (young female, Age: 16-27 years old)
Consulting hours: first and third Monday of the month: 2-6 pm. A
registration is required.
IN VIA Jugendwohnheim Marienheim
 Support in emergency situation (supported housing, shelters)
Schellingstr. 47, 80799 München
during the opening hours: Monday 12am-7 pm, Tuesday till Friday 1-
Phone +49 89 / 288 063 82 – daily rate 25-30 €
6 pm
IN VIA Jugendwohnheim Maria-Theresia
Sendlinger Str. 7 (inner courtyard), 80331 München
Pestalozzistr. 1, 80469 München
Phone +49 89 / 550 521 50
Phone +49 89 / 360 392 90 – daily rate 25-30 €
E-mail: info@jiz-muenchen.de Internet: www.wohnen.jiz-m.de
IN VIA Jugendwohnheim Marienherberge
Please mind!
Goethestr. 9, 80336 München
All websites listed here are for informational purposes only and we
Phone +49 89 / 555 805 – daily rate 25-30 €
constitute neither an endorsement nor a recommendation. This overview
www.invia-muenchen.de/jugendwohnen
makes no claim to completeness. The Youth Information Centre assumes
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no guarantee for the websites and prices listed in this brochure.