Exceptions are the so-called "village core" with numerous small shops as well as the university district around the Klinikum Großhadern.
In the south-west of Großhadern, between the subway station "Klinikum Großhadern" and the adjacent forest, a new settlement is being built on a former field with owned and rented apartments as well as some shops.
The old church of St. Peter (built in 1315, renovated in the 17th century) is located in the village center, not far from it, the parish church of St. Canisius, built in 1925, with the Stations of the Cross by Kaspar Schleibner.
A large part of the Großhadern area is in the south-west of the Waldfriedhof.
The following are adjacent districts: On 1 April 1938, the largely independent municipality of Großhadern was integrated into the city of Munich.