Monument to Elector Max Emanuel
The monument to the Elector Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria is a bronze statue in Munich district Maxvorstadt in the city center between Theatinerstrasse and Lenbachplatz. It was created in 1861 by the Munich sculptor Friedrich Brugger , who was a student of Ludwig Schwanthaler , and was ceremoniously unveiled in 1864 at its current location on Promenadeplatz opposite the lucrative Hotel Bayerischer Hof.
backgrounds
The monument shows the Bavarian Elector Maximilian II Emanuel in a victorious pose on a mighty stone plinth . In his right hand he holds a sword stretched towards the sky, which is supposed to indicate his strength as a general in the Great Turkish War. The plinth inscription recalls the commander of Max Emanuel storming of Belgrade in 1688, which has made him famous throughout Europe as a conqueror and Turks on his appointment as Generalissimo by the German Emperor I. Leopold led.
To this day, his life and work has received great attention from the local population as well as from numerous Munich tourists who visit the Residenz, the Alte Pinakothek or Schloss Fürstenried, in which he is historically mentioned in this context, as well as in a detailed one He recently described his politics and his patronage in a speech in the Catholic Academy in Tutzing. His successor was Charles VII from the Wittelsbach family.
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter Claus Hartmann: Elector Max Emanuel of Bavaria (1679-1726): a typical prince of the Baroque period. (No longer available online.) Catholic Academy in Bavaria, June 2012, formerly in the original ; accessed on June 12, 2019 (original website no longer available). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 24.56 " N , 11 ° 34 ′ 21.91" E