Leuchtenberg Palace
The Palais Leuchtenberg , Odeonsplatz 4, to the west of Odeonsplatz is the largest palace in Munich . Today it houses the Bavarian State Ministry of Finance, Regional Development and Homeland .
history
Construction of Klenze (1817–1821)
Eugène de Beauharnais , Duke of Leuchtenberg , brother-in-law of the future King Ludwig I of Bavaria and Napoleon's stepson, commissioned Leo von Klenze with the construction of a “suburban city palace”. Between 1817 and 1821, the aristocratic palace with around 250 rooms and several farm buildings was built by Leo von Klenze as the first building on Ludwigstrasse . Klenze saw the Palais Leuchtenberg as the benchmark for the design of this boulevard. He opted for the Neo-Renaissance style, modeled on the Palazzo Farnese in Rome . During the construction phase, Klenze visited the French capital in order to study the odorless movable floor that was developed there at the time and to integrate it into the Palais Leuchtenberg. These "fosses inodores et mobiles" soon became standard in almost all new buildings in Munich.
Beauharnais lived in the largest aristocratic palace of the time with his wife Auguste, sister of Ludwig I, and his children. The palace was equipped with a ballroom, an auditorium, a billiard room and a picture gallery. There was also its own chapel.
On August 2, 1829, the wedding by procurationem of Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil and Princess Amélie von Leuchtenberg took place in this chapel .
After the death of Eugène de Beauharnais' widow, Auguste von Leuchtenberg , in 1852 Prince Luitpold , who later became Prince Regent of Bavaria, bought the palace.
Until the beginning of 1933, the Leuchtenberg Palace was used for representative purposes of the Bavarian royal family and the House of Wittelsbach . During the Second World War , it was badly hit in air raids in 1943 and 1945. In 1957, the Free State of Bavaria acquired the ruins at a favorable price after foreclosure against the Wittelsbach asset manager Josefine Wrbna-Kaunitz and had them completely removed.
Construction of Heid / Simm (1963–1967)
After the total demolition, a new building in reinforced concrete frame construction with a brick layer and reconstructed facade for the Bavarian State Ministry of Finance was built between 1963 and 1967 according to plans by Hans Heid and Franz Simm . The floor plan does not follow Leo von Klenze's original plans. Only the facade has been faithfully restored, and the representative rooms of the Ministry of Finance and the office of the Minister of State for Finance are again in the " Beletage " on the first floor. Not much has been preserved of the earlier splendid furnishings; Few pieces are now in Nymphenburg Palace . Bertel Thorvaldsen's Alexander frieze is a copy in the foyer of the New Hercules Hall of the Residenz .
Works of art in the palace
Bust of Eugène de Beauharnais , Napoleon's stepson and builder of the palace on the ground floor
Isarnixenbrunnen ("Münchener Nasentröpfelbrunnen") in the inner courtyard of the palace
See also
literature
- Iris Linnenkamp : Leo von Klenze: The Leuchtenberg Palais in Munich (Miscellanea Bavarica Monacensia). Commission publisher UNI-Druck (1992) . Munich 1992, ISBN 3-87821-278-X .
- Klaus Gallas : Munich. From the Guelph foundation of Henry the Lion to the present day. Art, culture, history (= DuMont documents. DuMont art travel guide ). DuMont, Cologne 1979, ISBN 3-7701-1094-3 .
- von Hazzi : About the fertilizer, but at the same time also about the mischief there in Germany, especially in the capital and residence city of Munich and all of Bavaria. Fleischmann, Munich 1821, digitized .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.stmf.bayern.de ( Memento from October 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Bavarian State Ministry of Finance About us> Exhibition in the foyer Top secret! Brazilian Imperial Wedding in Munich 2010. Accessed July 17, 2010.
- ↑ Erich Helmensdorfer. In: Die Zeit , October 22, 1965. Online edition
Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 39.3 " N , 11 ° 34 ′ 39.2" E