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t Feldherrnhalle foyer is a permanent exhibition carvings, textiles and gold Riesengebirge Mountains
Hitler and the Feldherrnhalle
Odeonsplatz. Map 2 B3. documenting the history of items. Particularly interesting wanders through an enchanted
 Odeonsplatz. v 19. @ 100. On the evening of 8 November 1923, Adolf Hitler announced the the building. Oddly, the building is a collection of small oil forest. Late 19th-century
Open daily. start of the “people’s revolution” in the Bürgerbräukeller and ordered also houses P1, one of Munich’s sketches, painted by artists painters are represented by
the takeover of the central districts of Munich. On 9 November a most prestigious clubs. when designing some large- Franz von Lenbach, Anselm
Until 1816, the site of this march of some 2,000 people acting on his orders was stopped by a From 2016, the museum will scale compositions, such as Feuerbach and, above all, by
monumental building was police cordon outside the Feldherrnhalle in Residenzstraße. Four close while renovations by an altar or a ceiling painting. Arnold Bocklin. Bocklin’s
occupied by a Gothic town gate police officers and 16 of Hitler’s supporters were shot. The marchers architect David Chipperfield are A special annexe houses Romantic works, which are full
were dispersed, and
– Schwabinger Tor. In the early Hitler fled to Uffing carried out. the Bollert Collection, which of symbolism, include Villa on
19th century, however, when am Starnberger See, contains sculptures from the the Coast and Man Scaring a
Kings Maximilian I Joseph and but was arrested i Bayerisches late-Gothic period. Deer. The gallery has a large
Ludwig I decided to expand and imprisoned. collection of landscapes,
Munich northwards and When Hitler finally Nationalmuseum including Italian scenes by
westwards, their chief architect, came to power in Bavarian National Museum German masters, as well as a
Leo von Klenze, ordered the gate 1933, he turned what Prinzregentenstraße 3. Map 3 E3. valuable collection of paintings
to be pulled down, as it stood in became known as Tel (089) 211 24 01. v 17. @ 100. devoted to historic themes.
the way of the prestigious the Hitler­Putsch into Open 10am–5pm Tue–Wed, Fri–Sun,
thoroughfare (Ludwigstraße) a central element of The accused in the trial against the participants in the 10am–8pm Thu. ∑ bayerisches- p Archäologische
that he intended to build. the Nazi cult. Hitler-Putsch of 1923 nationalmuseum.de
Built in 1841–44, the Staatssammlung
Feldherrnhalle was designed The Bavarian National Museum Prehistory Museum
by Friedrich von Gärtner, who y St Kajetan Although construction work was founded in 1855 by King Lerchenfeldstraße 2. Map 3 E2.
modelled it on the Loggia St Cajetan’s Church on the church ended in 1690, Maximilian II. Between 1894 and Tel (089) 211 24 02. v 17. @ 100.
dei Lanzi in Florence. Intended the façade – designed by 1900 it acquired a new building Closed for restoration until 2020.
as a monument to the heroes Salvatorplatz 2a. Map 2 B3.  or  François de Cuvilliés – was in Prinzregentenstrasse, designed & 7 ∑ archaeologie-bayern.de
of Bavaria, the interior contains Marienplatz. v 19. Open 7am– not completed until 1765–68. by Gabriel von Seidel; this
statues of two great military 8pm daily. ∑ theatinerkirche.de The interior of the church is building alone is worth a closer Immediately adjacent to the
leaders, Johann Tilly and adorned with stuccos by look. The complex structure Bavarian National Museum is the
Karl Philipp von Wrede by In Odeonsplatz, next to Feld­ Giovanni Antonio Viscardi and consists of wings representing Prehistory Museum, which was
Ludwig Schwanthaler. herrnhalle, stands one of the furnished in rich Baroque style. various architectural styles, while founded in 1885 by King Ludwig
The central carved composition most magnificent churches in Its twin towers and copper the ground floor features halls Poster advertising an exhibition at the II. Since 1976, this spacious buil-
devoted to the heroes of the Munich, St Cajetan’s Church. dome are dominant features that are built in styles that are Schack-Galerie ding has housed a rich collection
1870–71 Franco­Prussian War is When Henrietta Adelaide of on the Munich skyline. appropriate to their exhibits. This of artifacts from various parts
much newer, dating from 1882. Savoy presented the Elector means that the visitor o Schack-Galerie of Bavaria. The oldest items in
It was designed by Ferdinand Ferdinand with his long­ can see Romanesque Prinzregentenstraße 9. Map 3 E3. the collection date from the
von Miller. awaited heir, Maximilian, u Haus der Kunst and Gothic art in Tel (089) 23 80 52 24. Open 10am– Palaeolithic era while later
The Feldherrnhalle was the happy parents vowed Arts House Neo-Romanesque 6pm Wed–Sun (1st & 3rd Wed of exhibits illustrate the region’s
the scene of Hitler’s to build an abbey in Prinzregentenstraße 1. Map 3 D2. and Neo-Gothic month: to 8pm). @ 100. v 17. & early history. The collection
unsuccessful “Beer­hall commemoration. The Tel (089) 21 12 71 13. @ 100. rooms, Renaissance ∑ pinakothek.de includes Bronze Age, Roman
Putsch”, after which project was given to an Open 10am–8pm Fri–Wed, 10am– art in Neo- and early medieval treasures.
he was arrested. This Italian architect, 10pm Thu. & ∑ hausderkunst.de Renaissance The magnificent collection of
resulted in the loggia Agostino Baralli, who rooms and German paintings on display in
acquiring a certain based his design Built between 1933 and 1937, Baroque in this gallery come from the private
cult status in on St Andrea della the Neo­Classical building is Neo-Baroque collection of Adolf Friedrich von
Nazi propaganda. Valle, in Rome. the work of a Nazi architect, rooms. The Schack. They are housed in this
Paul Ludwig Trost. It opened individual elegant building built in 1907
its doors in 1937 with a display rooms have by Max Littmann for use
of propaganda art, which was been arranged by the Prussian Legation.
proclaimed by the Nazis as in subject As Schack’s main
“truly German”. groups, with interest was in 19th-
Since 1945 the building has paintings and century painting, the
become a dynamic centre of Conrad Meit’s Judith sculptures gallery features works
modern art that is famous for (1515), Bavarian supplemented that represent the
its temporary exhibitions. National Museum by superb Romantic period,
Its central hall, the former collections including Leo von
Ehrenhalle (Hall of Honour), of decorative art and everyday Klenze and Carl Spitz-
which was subdivided into objects, including furniture. weg, as well as witty,
smaller spaces, was reopened in The exhibits include a beautiful fairy-tale works by
stages, each stage accompanied sculpture of the Madonna Moritz von Schwind.
by a special exhibition. In 2006 by Tilman Riemenschneider. Particularly notable
the hall once again became the The first-floor collections are his Morning, In the
centre of the building and is are arranged thematically and Woods and Rübezahl –
used as a space for events and include German porcelain, in which the mythical A 3rd-century mosaic floor from a Roman villa, on
Pediment on the gable of Theatinerkirche, with copper dome behind temporary installations. In the clocks, glass paintings, ivory Guardian of the display in the Prehistory Museum
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp495–6 and pp517–18

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