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27-409: The Municipality of the royal residence and capital city of Munich was first not enthusiastic about the extent of the new boulevard. The city authorities sought to impose a cut of the road, as they wrongly considered Munich not to grow in 100 years up to 1 km beyond the former city walls. Only when King Ludwig I threatened to transfer the residence to another city, the magistrate relented and approved

54-557: A nutshell" the execution of the Hungarian army commander Lehel in the year 955 at Regensburg and thus this district of Munich was named after this hapless warrior. (as of 31 December, inhabitants with principal residence) In 2004, with an area of 316.39 hectares there yields 58 inhabitants per hectare. ( Statistical Pocket Book of Munich ) Houses of Altstadt in a backyard of Widenmayer Street in Lehel, later demolished prior to

81-434: Is an important gallery of German 19th-century paintings. The quarter, having been one of Munich's surrounding poor houses in times of old, began to turn into today's much sought-after and very expensive residential area beginning with the construction of the first Wilhelminian style apartment houses at the turn of the 20th century and latest after the start of heavy gentrification during the 1980s. There are many theories for

108-429: Is congruent with the fact that old inhabitants of the district used to pronounce their district as Lächl, with a long vocal. Only in recent times, firstly in a failed attempt to adapt an Old Bavarian dialect word to Standard German by order of town officials and decision of the local public transport compound and secondly by the many non-native inhabitants having adapted to this and native youngsters no longer commanding

135-859: Is regarded "the oldest suburb of Munich"; it was, however, officially incorporated into the city as of 1724 only. Lehel has become another area for the arts next to the Kunstareal : The State Museum of Ethnology in Maximilianstraße is the second largest collection in Germany of artifacts and objects from outside Europe, while the Bavarian National Museum and the adjoining State Archeological Collections in Prinzregentenstrasse rank among Europe's major art and cultural history museums. The nearby Schackgalerie

162-653: The Altstadtring ) and the Lehel area, which is attached to Altstadt via the north east. It also covers the Isar in the east and the Englischer Garten as well as Prinzregentenstraße , bordering it in the north. Since the town extension via Ludwig the Bavarian lasting from 1285 until 1347, Altstadt consisted of four quarters and an open locale: "(The) Lehel" (with locals, the article will never be missing)

189-879: The Bavarian Ministry of the Interior ) and the identical Palais Leuchtenberg (1817–21, now the Bavarian State Ministry of Finance ), both modelled on the Palazzo Farnese in Rome . On the east side is Klenze's Bazaar Building , including the Café Tambosi. Between the two buildings on the west side, an unnamed street leads to the Palais Ludwig Ferdinand (1825–26, now the headquarters of Siemens ). Both this street and

216-643: The Brienner Straße , which begins at the south end of the square, lead to the adjacent Wittelsbacherplatz , also designed by Klenze. The Feldherrnhalle is a copy of the famous Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence . The Odeonsplatz is served by the U Bahn station of the same name and by the Museenlinie (museum line) of the Munich bus system. Since 1972, the southern end of the square has been part of

243-517: The Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität . From south to north [REDACTED] Media related to Ludwigstraße at Wikimedia Commons 48°08′46″N 11°34′44″E  /  48.146°N 11.579°E  / 48.146; 11.579 Odeonsplatz 48°08′32″N 11°34′39″E  /  48.1422°N 11.5775°E  / 48.1422; 11.5775 The Odeonsplatz is a large square in central Munich which

270-571: The Marienplatz , the Odeonsplatz remains an important site for both civic events and demonstrations. Altstadt-Lehel Altstadt ( Central Bavarian : Oidstod ) and Lehel ( Central Bavarian : Lechl ) are districts of the German city of Munich . Together they form the first borough of the city: Altstadt-Lehel . The borough covers the historical area of Altstadt (as defined by

297-759: The Bavarian troops who took part in the Franco-Prussian War of 1871), which proceeded down the Ludwigstraße to the Feldherrnhalle, with the VIP rostrum usually being located at the statue of Ludwig I. The annual parade to the Oktoberfest still follows this route. According to many historians, this traditional function was the reason for the Nazi march on the Feldherrnhalle on 9 November 1923 in

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324-858: The General Plan. The avenue begins at Odeonsplatz and runs from south to north, it leads from the Feldherrnhalle in the south to the Siegestor in the north, skirting the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität , the St. Ludwig Church , the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek ( Bavarian State Library ) and other state ministries and palaces. The southern part of the avenue was constructed in Italian Renaissance style by Leo von Klenze from 1816 onwards. Klenze's last building

351-677: The Third Reich, such as the Bavarian Department of Agriculture and the new construction which replaced the former Herzog-Max-Palais . One of the best palaces of Klenze it was demolished and today houses the Bavarian head office of the Deutsche Bundesbank . After the World War II the opening in the middle of the Ludwigstraße for the new circular road Altstadtring caused further demolition and nowadays disturbs

378-690: The central Munich pedestrian zone. As early as 1790, plans were made in connection with the removal of the old city walls to replace the Schwabing Gate ( Schwabinger Tor ) with a new square and to make the beginning of the route from the Residenz to Nymphenburg Palace (the Fürstenweg, now Brienner Straße) more impressive. The current form of the square and the parvis to the south of it was determined by King Ludwig I of Bavaria , who in 1816, while still Crown Prince, commissioned Klenze to lay out

405-708: The course of the Beer Hall Putsch, which ended in a gunfight in which four state police officers and 16 Nazis were killed. During the Third Reich , the annual memorial march passed through the square and continued to the Königsplatz , where the Nazi fallen had been interred. A memorial was erected for them to the east of the Feldherrnhalle, which all passersby were required to honour with the Hitler salute ; this

432-469: The course of time for other own place names, for example Lochham or Lochhausen. Hereafter, the Bavarian diminutive Löhel , modernly, if even somewhat crudely spelled "Lehel", refers to a small bit of said alluvial forest. In fact, Lehel used to be an "island" in a geographical sense, as it was surrounded by the river Isar at one side and brooks running alongside and towards the river at the others. This

459-434: The dialect, has the pronunciation shifted towards Lehel as it is written, with a lightly accented e on the first syllable in the first aspirate, and shortly pronounced e in the second syllable. Another, rarer theory holds the view that Lehel is possibly in regards to an earlier feud ("Lehen) that took place; thus Lehen becoming Lehel through the Bavarian diminutive . The author György Dalos mentions in his book "Hungary in

486-401: The north-east on the Munich gravel plain. It meets with many locations and its remainders can still be found in the spot from Aubing to Eching. Many places' names in the area still refer to these forests, for example Auginger Lohe. Angerlohe, Allacher Lohe, Lohhof or Keferloh. Here is the consideration, that the pharyngeally pronounced word Lohe, thus perhaps Loche, adjusted and led Orthography in

513-402: The origin of the name of this area. The more commonly represented indicates to a connection with the name "Lohe", Central and Upper German for a more or less dwindling alluvial forest and/or a light grove intermingled with shrubbing/coppice. Growing predominantly on a ground made up of gravel with heath upon it, it used to be found all around historic Munich from the west to the river Isar in

540-738: The original closed coverage type of the avenue which did not permit broad byroads. Its extension north of the Siegestor in Schwabing is called Leopoldstraße . At its entrance northwest of the Siegestor is the building of the Academy of Fine Arts . In the distance further north in Schwabing the Highlight Towers are visible. The U3 and U6 lines of the Munich U-Bahn run under the Ludwigstraße, with stations at Odeonsplatz and

567-506: The south of it. The square was the scene of a fatal gun battle which ended the march on the Feldherrnhalle during the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch . The Odeonsplatz is located north of the Old Town, on the border between Altstadt-Lehel (to the east) and Maxvorstadt (to the west). On the west side, which is set back from the line of the Ludwigstraße, are the building of the Odeon (1826–28, now

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594-406: The view at the southern end on the site of the demolished gate, was commissioned from Klenze's rival Friedrich von Gärtner in 1840–41. As the building of the square continued, the project expanded to include the new Ludwigstraße; originally it had been intended as a central square. As a result, the obelisk in memory of the Bavarian troops who had died fighting with Napoleon in his Russian campaign

621-491: The whole of the Ludwigstraße, including the square at its southern end. The Italianate neo-classical style of the first building, the Palais Leuchtenberg, set the tone, and unlike earlier plans by Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell which had featured buildings surrounded by a parklike setting, Klenze created an enclosed urban square to better fit with the adjacent Old Town. However, the Feldherrnhalle, erected to close

648-498: Was demolished in 1945 and the four police officers remembered with a plaque on the pavement and in 2010 with one on the wall of the Residenz. The Odeonsplatz was also the subject of at least one painting by Hitler . Hitler featured in an almost legendary photograph of the Odeonsplatz taken by Heinrich Hoffmann showing Munich's cheering crowds celebrating the outbreak of the First World War on 2 August 1914. Together with

675-584: Was developed in the early 19th century by Leo von Klenze and is at the southern end of the Ludwigstraße , developed at the same time. The square is named for the former concert hall, the Odeon , on its northwestern side. The name Odeonsplatz has come to be extended to the parvis (forecourt) of the Residenz , in front of the Theatine Church and terminated by the Feldherrnhalle , which lies to

702-581: Was instead erected in the Karolinenplatz in 1833. In 1862 an equestrian statue of Ludwig I was added at the mouth of the street between the Odeon and the Palais Leuchtenberg; it was designed by Ludwig von Schwanthaler and executed by Max von Widnmann . The Odeonsplatz has traditionally been an important site of parades and public events, including funeral processions (most recently for Franz Josef Strauss in 1988), victory parades (most recently for

729-580: Was the Royal Ministry of War (Ludwigstr 14, today Bavarian State Archives; 1824–1830). Starting with the Bavarian State Library the northern part was then constructed since 1827 in line with a plan of Klenze's rival Friedrich von Gärtner . The appearance is strongly influenced by Italian romanesque architecture , which developed a new architectural style, the 'arched style' ( Rundbogenstil ). Some buildings were constructed during

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