"The Karlsplatz
"The Karlsplatz and the Karlstor (Karl's Gate) represent the entrance to the Historic City Centre and, since 1972, to the pedestrian precinct, which makes this the ideal starting point for a shopping spree along Neuhauser and Kaufinger Straže... The Karlsplatz takes its official name from the Elector Karl Theodor, who had the square laid out in 1791. It is better known as Stachus, supposedly named after the popular innkeeper Eustachius Fsderl. The name might however also originate from the expression 'Stachel' (prickle). This was the term given to the arrows of the marksmen who used to try their combating skills in front of the Karlstor during the Middle Ages." --
