Königsplatz, Munich

The square was designed at the command of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria by Karl von Fischer and laid out by Leo von Klenze with the "Doric" "Propylaea" ("Propyläen"; created as memorial for the accession of Otto of Greece) and the "Ionic" "Glyptothek". The "Corinthian" "State Museum of Classical Art" was erected by Georg Friedich Ziebland, on its back St. Boniface's Abbey is situated.

The Lenbachhaus is situated at the north-west side of the square.The area around Königsplatz is today the home to the Kunstareal, Munich's gallery and museum quarter.

It is served by the U Bahn station of the same name.

During the Third Reich the Königsplatz was designed as a field for the Nazi Party's mass rallies. Two "Honor Temples" were erected at the east side for the remains of the sixteen Nazis who died in the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, but both temples were demolished after World War II. Two buildings of the Nazi party constructed by Paul Troost next to the temples still exist; in one of them, the Führerbau, the Munich Agreement was signed in 1938. Today it is a school for music and theatre called the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München.The start of construction for a Documentation Center educating visitors about Nazism at Königsplatz is planned for 2008.

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External links

* [http://www.stadtpanoramen.de/en/munich/koenigsplatz.html Panorama Königsplatz] - Interactive 360° Panorama