Das Schloss Egmating liegt südöstlich der bayerischen Landeshauptstadt München im Ort Egmating. Das Schloss ist als Baudenkmal ausgewiesen. Es handelt sich um ein ehemaliges Hofmarksschloss. Das heutige Hauptgebäude stammt aus dem 17. Jahrhundert, während Brauerei und Wirtschaftsgebäude aus der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts stammen. Im Schloss befinden sich heute Eigentumswohnungen, das Clubhaus der Golfanlage Schloss Egmating und eine Schlossgaststätte.

Seit 1449 war das Schloss bzw. die Vorgängergebäude im Besitz der Ratsfamilie der Schrenks. In späteren Jahrhunderten war es im Besitz der Freiherren Schrenck von Notzing und Egmating, der Freiherren von Horn, des Grafen Arco auf Zinneberg und der Freiherren von Büsing-d’Orville.

Schloss Egmating

Account

by category

Login

Name

by region

Title

Name in English

The castle Elkofen even lock Elkofen, Unterelkofen, Ölkofen called, is one of the best preserved castles in Upper Bavaria and is located in Unterelkofen to 514 m above sea level. NN near the city of Grafing near Munich in the Ebersberg district . The castle is still inhabited today by the Rechberg-Rothenlöwen family, who owned it between 1664 and 1732 and acquired it again in 1871.

History

The hilltop castle , whose keep was probably built as a residential tower in the 10th century , was built in the 11th century by the Counts of Sempt-Ebersberg , to whom Elkhofen was subordinate to around 1000, and around 1040 "Ellencophan" was mentioned as a gift from the counts from Ebersberg to Ebersberg Monastery . From 1382 to 1384 the castle passed to the Wittelsbach family , was captured in the Bavarian house dispute in 1439 and passed to Bavaria-Landshut in 1447 . In 1506 the castle was sold to the rent master Wolf Lenkhofer, was owned by Hildebrand Kutscher from 1515 to 1585 and was owned by the Counts von Rechberg-Rothenlöwen from 1664 to 1732who built the rake mining from 1665 to 1676.

In 1632 the Swedish army moved through the area as part of the Thirty Years War , but due to the sheltered location in a valley and surrounded by forests, the castle is said not to have been discovered by the Swedes and was therefore spared from destruction. However, this version is classified as a legend by the historian Michael Weithmann . He attributes the preservation of the medieval complex to the efforts of the long-standing Rechberg family. 

At the end of the 17th century the castle was converted into a hunting lodge and in 1800 a park was created instead of the moat.

Since 1871 the hunting lodge has been owned by the Counts von Rechberg-Rothenlöwen, who had the Ludwig-Heinrichsbau built by Gabriel von Seidl in the previous dog kennel in 1885 . In the 19th and 20th centuries, the facility was refurbished and restored.

Today, the plant is used as landscape formative monument D-1-75-122-57 from the Bavarian State Conservation Office recorded:  "High castle, called Castle Elkofen, begun in the 11th century, consisting of upper courtyard with dungeon , Palas , bower , Dürnitzstock and battlements , mostly late Gothic, 14th to 16th centuries, partly new construction by Gabriel von Seidl in 1885, outer bailey with St. George's castle chapel from 1516, gate entrances and outbuildings mostly from the 17th century, e.g. Partly redesigned and expanded in the 19th century; Castle fortification with a former moat and driveways. "

Description

Today's appearance of the hilltop castle, which is partly artificially sloped, is essentially late Gothic : the massive six-storey, rectangular, 33-meter-high keep with a crooked hip roof , a high entrance at a height of 18 meters and a wall thickness of 2.25 meters on the ground floor are characteristic. Until 1800 the castle was also surrounded by a ring-shaped moat .

The castle complex shows a three-storey palace with late Gothic structures and, on the south side, in front of the tower, a Gothic walled battlement on an older circular wall . The entrance to the outer bailey leads through an arched gate with a segment arch .

The castle chapel , which is dedicated to St. George , was built in 1516 and redesigned in Baroque style in 1720 . The winged altar from 1517 to 1520 is in the Bavarian National Museum .

The castle is privately owned and now also serves as a conference venue.



https://second.wiki/wiki/burg_elkofen

Burg Elkofen

Das Schloss Maxhofen (auch Schloss Ainhofen) ist im Bruckmühler Ortsteil Maxhofen im Landkreis Rosenheim (Bayern) gelegen und dient heute als Schullandheim der Stadt München. Die Anlage hat eine Fläche von etwa 2 Hektar.

Geschichte

Das heutige Hauptgebäude wurde 1513 erbaut. Ursprünglich hieß das Schlösschen Einhofen und war der Stammsitz des Herrengeschlechts der Ainhover. Das baufällige Schloss gelangte um 1650 an Wolfgang Scherr, der es bis 1661 erneuerte. 1683 gelangte es an Graf Maximilian von Preising, Oberstkämmerer von Bayern. Dieser nannte es Maxhofen, bekam die niedere Gerichtsbarkeit und die Anerkennung einer Hofmark. Er erbaute die Nebengebäude und die Schlosskapelle und trennte einen dazugehörigen Hof ab, der heute noch den Namen Einhofen führt.

1771 erwarb Minister Josef Ferdinand die Hofmark Maxhofen. Danach gelangte das Gut an Graf Tattenbach und später an Graf Arco, der es vor dem Verfall rettete. 1903 konnte die Landesversicherungsanstalt Oberbayern das Schloss Maxhofen erwerben, die es zu einem Invalidenheim umbaute. 1960 erfolgte der Verkauf an die Stadt München, die ein Landschulheim in den Gebäuden einrichtete.

Beschreibung

Das Bauwerk ist als dreiflügelige Anlage aufgebaut. Das Hauptgebäude ist ein zweigeschossiger Schopfwalmdachbau. Zur Gartenseite hin hat er einen Mittelportikus mit Dreiecksgiebel. Der nördliche und der südliche Seitenflügel sind eingeschossige Mansardwalmdachbauten, die durch Torbögen mit dem Hauptbau verbunden sind.

Hauptgebäude und Seitenflügel begrenzen einen Ehrenhof mit einem symmetrischen Garten, der in der zweiten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts angelegt wurde und in eine Grünanlage mit Kaskade übergeht. Das Schloss ist von einem Park mit Zierbrunnen, Teich und Bachlauf umgeben.

Das Hauptgebäude, die beiden Flügelbauten und der Ehrenhof stehen unter Denkmalschutz.

Zur Anlage gehören zwei Wirtschaftsgebäude sowie ein Zelt-, Fußball- und Volleyballplatz.



Schloss Maxhofen

Maxlrain ist ein Ortsteil der Gemeinde Tuntenhausen im oberbayerischen Landkreis Rosenheim.

Geschichte

Maxlrain wurde unter dem Namen Mahsminreini im 9. Jahrhundert urkundlich als Eigentum des Freisinger Bischofs erwähnt. Im 12. Jahrhundert werden die Herren von Maxlrain als Eigenleute der Herren von Kloster Beyharting erwähnt. 1516 erwarben sie die reichsunmittelbare Herrschaft Waldeck mit dem Hauptort Miesbach. Wolf von Maxlrain ließ 1523 die Lehnsherrlichkeit des Freisinger Bischofs über seine Herrschaft Wallenburg auf seinen Sitz Maxlrain übertragen.

1734 kam nach dem Tod des letzten Maxlrainers, Johann Joseph Maximilian Veit, der Maxlrainer Stammbesitz an den Reichsgrafen Max von Rheinstein-Tattenbach. Das Grafengeschlecht von Rheinstein-Tattenbach starb 1821 aus. 1822 erbten ein Jahr nach der Umgestaltung der Hofmark in ein Patrimonialgericht die Grafen von Arco auf Valley den Besitz Maxlrain. 1848 kam es mit einer Verwaltungsreform im Königreich Bayern zum Ende der Hofmarken. Vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg erwarben die Grafen von Hohenthal das Schloss mit Gut sowie Brauerei und Mälzerei. Heute befindet es sich im Besitz von Christina Prinzessin Lobkowicz, geb. Gräfin von Hohenthal und Bergen, die mit Erich Prinz von Lobkowicz verheiratet ist.

Schlossbrauerei

Im Jahre 1746 erwirkte Gräfin Josepha von Lamberg von Kurfürst Maximilian III. Joseph offiziell die Erlaubnis, auf Maxlrain braunes Bier zu brauen, indem sie nachwies, dass die braune Brauhaus-Gerechtigkeit schon seit mehr als 100 Jahren in Maxlrain exerziert worden sei. 1870 schließlich erwarb der berühmte Adlerjäger Graf Maximilian von Arco-Zinneberg Maxlrain für seinen Sohn Graf Ludwig von Arco-Zinneberg, der mit seiner ersten Frau, einer Gräfin Schaesberg, den Ostflügel und mit seiner zweiten Frau, einer Prinzessin Lobkowicz aus Böhmen, den Westflügel hinzufügte und auch die Brauerei neu an der jetzigen Stelle errichtete.

Die Schlossbrauerei Maxlrain ist heute im Besitz von Erich Prinz von Lobkowicz. Die Brauerei legt Wert auf Qualität und lässt von den Bauern in der weiteren Umgebung spezielle Braugerstensorten anbauen.

2012 wurde sie vom Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz als Deutschlands Brauerei des Jahres ausgezeichnet.


Schloss Maxlrain

Grünwald Castle (Burg Grünwald) is a medieval hill castle in Grünwald, Bavaria.

History

The castle square goes probably back to a Roman watchtower on the Isar river. The high medieval castle of the 12th century was documented as a possession of the counts of Andechs. In 1293 it came into the possession of the Wittelsbach. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria acquired at that time the possession of the fortress from Ulrich Vellenberg, a ministeriales of the Counts of Andechs. The castle served then also as a residence for his consort Matilda of Habsburg. The present building dates mainly from the late 15th century, when the castle was renovated to celebrate the wedding of Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria with Kunigunde of Austria, a daughter of emperor Frederick III. The construction work was carried out 1486–87 under the direction of the foreman Jörg Weikertshausen. Louis X, Duke of Bavaria was born here in 1495. With the Grünwald Conference, which took place in February 1522 at the castle, an event in the Grünwalder history gained European significance. At this conference, the two co-governing dukes, William IV and Ludwig X agreed that Bavaria should continue to belong to the "old faith", but that the church should be reformed. This decision is today understood as the beginning of the Counter-Reformation in Bavaria, the empire and also the Habsburg lands and had effects that should shape the history of Europe over the next centuries. From the 17th century onwards the castle was used as a ducal hunting lodge, prison and powder magazine.

In 1872 the castle was sold into private hands. A project for a luxury condominium was prevented by a citizens' initiative which finally led to the purchase of the castle by the Free State of Bavaria in 1976. Since 1979 the Castle houses the Museum Grünwald, a branch of the Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. The castle can be visited, the main tower offers a worthwhile view.

Large parts of the castle were demolished in the 17th and 18th century because the Isar River had undermined the castle hill. At that time the late-Gothic residential quarters of the castle with their rich interior and the chapel of St. George were lost. The early modern state is still delivered on a fresco in the Antiquarium in the Munich Residenz.

Since the partial demolition the fortress is an irregular rectangle plant, which is protected by a kennel with a round tower and a deep moat and a gate tower with a renewed cycle of coat of arms. In the north-east corner stands a donjon, a high, square tower. In between lies the elongated three-storey east wing. The north west corner is dominated by the embattled so-called little tower. The adjoining west wing consists of three different levels. The deep fountain in the courtyard which is lined with tufa stone still goes back to the Middle Ages.

Burg Grünwald

Grünwald Castle (Burg Grünwald) is a medieval hill castle in Grünwald, Bavaria.

The castle square goes probably back to a Roman watchtower on the Isar river. The high medieval castle of the 12th century was documented as a possession of the counts of Andechs. In 1293 it came into the possession of the Wittelsbach. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria acquired at that time the possession of the fortress from Ulrich Vellenberg, a ministeriales of the Counts of Andechs. The castle served then also as a residence for his consort Matilda of Habsburg. The present building dates mainly from the late 15th century, when the castle was renovated to celebrate the wedding of Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria with Kunigunde of Austria, a daughter of emperor Frederick III. The construction work was carried out 1486–87 under the direction of the foreman Jörg Weikertshausen. Louis X, Duke of Bavaria was born here in 1495. The castle was then used as a ducal hunting lodge, prison and powder magazine.

In 1872 the castle was sold into private hands. A project for a luxury condominium was prevented by a citizens' initiative which finally led to the purchase of the castle by the Free State of Bavaria in 1976. Since 1979 the Castle houses the Museum Grünwald, a branch of the Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. The castle can be visited, the main tower offers a worthwhile view.

Large parts of the castle were demolished in the 17th and 18th century because the Isar River had undermined the castle hill. At that time the late-Gothic residential quarters of the castle with their rich interior and the chapel of St. George were lost. The early modern state is still delivered on a fresco in the Antiquarium in the Munich Residenz.

Since the partial demolition the fortress is an irregular rectangle plant, which is protected by a kennel with a round tower and a deep moat and a gate tower with a renewed cycle of coat of arms. In the north-east corner stands a donjon, a high, square tower. In between lies the elongated three-storey east wing. The north west corner is dominated by the embattled so-called little tower. The adjoining west wing consists of three different levels. The deep fountain in the courtyard which is lined with tufa stone still goes back to the Middle Ages.

Grünwald Castle

Schloss Wallenburg ist ein Adelssitz bei Miesbach in Oberbayern. Das Schloss liegt knapp einen Kilometer nördlich der Stadt auf einem Vorsprung über dem Schlierachtal. Südlich und östlich erstreckt sich die Hochterrasse der Hofwies.

Geschichte

Schloss Wallenburg wird erstmals 1270 erwähnt, dürfte aber älter sein. Die topographischen Gegebenheiten (Reste von Wall- und Grabensystemen) könnten auf ein entsprechend höheres Alter hinweisen. Wallenburg (ursprünglich Waldenberg) war seit dem 15. Jahrhundert der Hauptsitz der vom Geschlecht der Maxlrainer regierten Herrschaft Waldeck (später Grafschaft Hohenwaldeck) bis zu deren Übergang an Bayern 1734. Danach teilweise Vernachlässigung und wechselnde Besitzer, darunter die Familien Gumppenberg und Fohr. Von der Familie Gans kam es im Erbwege an die Familie von Kameke.

Beschreibung

Nach einem Brand im Jahre 1467 entstand eine neue Burg, die in der zweiten Hälfte des 17. Jahrhunderts zum Teil neu erbaut wurde. Erhalten ist lediglich der Südflügel mit dem von Johann Baptist Zimmermann stuckierten Rittersaal. Die restlichen Teile mit Bergfried und Schlosskapelle (Hl. Drei Könige) wurden zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts abgebrochen.

Bedeutung

Schloss Wallenburg ist neben Schloss Valley die einzige aus dem hohen Mittelalter erhaltene und noch weiterhin genutzte Schlossanlage im Landkreis Miesbach und eine der wenigen im bayerischen Oberland. Weiterer Sitz der Grafen von Hohenwaldeck war Schloss Maxlrain. Verschwunden sind u. a. die Sitze Altenwaldeck, Holnstein, Miesbach, Parsberg. Burg Hohenwaldeck oberhalb des Schliersees existiert noch als Ruine.



Schloss Wallenburg

The Alter Hof (Old Court) in the center of Munich is the former imperial residence of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor and consists of five wings: Burgstock, Zwingerstock, Lorenzistock, Pfisterstock and Brunnenstock. Like most of the old town, it was rebuilt after being destroyed in World War II.

Archeological excavations have shown that a castle already existed there in the 12th century. After the first partition of Bavaria in 1255 the Alte Hof became the residence of Louis II, Duke of Bavaria in the then very northeastern part of the city. The castle was the first permanent imperial residence in the Holy Roman Empire under his son Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor. The St. Lorenz Chapel at the north side, which was demolished in the 19th century, once housed the regalia of the House of Wittelsbach.

After some uprisings the castle became too unsafe and in the course of an extension of the town, together with the construction of a new, double-ring wall, the Wittelsbach dukes once again chose the very northeastern corner as the construction site for a ducal keep. Consequently, as it was newly erected, the castle was called "Neuveste", new fortress. Over the course of centuries the building at this site would eventually develop into what is nowadays the Residenz. When Duke Sigismund lived in the Alter Hof at the end of the fifteenth century and made further structural alterations, including painting in the courtyard with lozenge-shaped decoration, the actual residence was already the Neuveste. In the first half of the 16th century Duke William IV, finally transferred the residence permanently to the Neuveste. Thus, from the 16th century onwards the old castle was only seat of several governmental departments including the stewardship.

In 1591-92, the Pfisterstock was built with decorative gables typical of the Renaissance; it was attributed to Wilhelm Egkl. In the first half of the 17th century, a building for the brewhouse and the brewhouse office, which had been known as the Brunnenstock since the end of the 18th century, was built. This was then replaced by Georg Friedrich Ziebland in 1831/32 by a new building on the old foundations for the Steering Commission. At the beginning of the 19th century St.Lorenz chapel was broken off. The tower was also removed but later rebuilt. Instead of the church, the neoclassical Lorenzistock was built along the Hofgraben street in 1816-19.

The late Gothic westwings (the Burgstock with its tower and its decorated bay window and the Zwingerstock), which were altered under Duke Sigismund have been preserved. After destructions in World War II the castle was reconstructed. Portions of it (Lorenzistock, Pfisterstock and Brunnenstock) were redeveloped in post modernist style to serve as offices and luxury apartments in 2005/2006, very much to public dismay. The old vaulted cellar dating back to around 1300, the oldest in Munich, with an exhibition on the history of the Kaiserburg can be visited in the Old Court.

The castle also houses a "tourist information centre for Bavarian castles".

Into the Bavarian National Museum were moved the donation plate from 1324, a relief depicting the Emperor Louis and his second wife Margaret of Holland, with the enthroned Mother of God with the child in the center, which was formerly on the north side of the nave, as well as a fresco for an ancestral hall, dating back to 1460, depicting the ancestors of the Wittelsbach dukes with their coat of arms.

An arch in the north connects the castle with a renaissance building which originally served for the ducal stables and the art collections of Albert V, Duke of Bavaria. It was constructed by court architect Wilhelm Egkl in 1563. Later it served as mint. The inner courtyard has kept its renaissance arcades while the west facade was redesigned in neoclassical style in 1809. Finally the north facade facing got its neogothic decoration when the Maximilianstrasse was built to fit it with the concept of this royal avenue.

Alter Hof

Munich Residenz

The Residenz in central Munich is the former royal palace of the Wittelsbach monarchs of Bavaria. The Residenz is the largest city palace in Germany and is today open to visitors for its architecture, room decorations, and displays from the former royal collections.

The complex of buildings contains ten courtyards and displays 130 rooms. The three main parts are the Königsbau (near the Max-Joseph-Platz), the Alte Residenz (Old Residenz; towards the Residenzstraße) and the Festsaalbau (towards the Hofgarten). A wing of the Festsaalbau contains the Cuvilliés Theatre since the reconstruction of the Residenz after World War II. It also houses the Herkulessaal (Hercules Hall), the primary concert venue for the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. The Byzantine Court Church of All Saints (Allerheiligen-Hofkirche) at the east side is facing the Marstall, the building for the former Court Riding School and the royal stables.

History and architecture

The first buildings at this site were erected in the year 1385 and were financed by the township of Munich as a sanction for a failed uprising against Stephen III (1375–1413) and his younger brothers. The Silver Tower (Silberturm), as the strongest bastion, was significantly situated next to the inner walls protecting the castle against the city. This sturdy new castle (Neuveste – new fortress), surrounded by wide moats and located at the very north eastern corner of the new double ring of town walls, replaced the difficult to defend Alter Hof (the Old Court) located in the middle of the town as residence of the Wittelsbach rulers. For the Dukes of the often divided country had felt the need to keep some distance from the frequently rebellious city dwellers at the one hand and for some defence against their warlike relatives at the other. As a result, they sought to build themselves a shelter impregnable and easy to leave (directly towards the glacis, without having to enter city lanes) at the same time. Around 1470, under Albert IV (1465–1508), the fortress walls and the gate in the north were built, followed by the construction of two turrets.

The gothic foundation walls and the basement vaults of the old castle including the round pillars of the so-called ballroom cellar (Ballsaalkeller) are today the oldest surviving parts of the palace. The Residenz's development over the centuries didn't only take place out of its main centre, the Neuveste, but in addition grew out of several single parts and extensions, the first of which used to be the Antiquarium. Finally, after more than four centuries of development, the giant palace had practically replaced a whole former city quarter with barracks, a monastery, houses and gardens. It assembles the styles of the late Renaissance, as well as of Baroque, Rococo and Neo-Classicism.

The Alte Residenz

With the order of William IV (1508–1550) to expand the Neuveste with the so-called Rundstubenbau and to set up the first Court Garden, began the history of the Munich Residenz as a representative palace. To the history cycle of this garden pavilion belonged once also the Battle of Issus of Albrecht Altdorfer.

Under Albert V (1550–1579) Wilhelm Egkl built next to a banqueting hall of the Neuveste (St. George Hall) an art chamber in the building of the former ducal stables, many collections in Munich originate from there. Since there was not enough space for the extensive collection of sculptures, the building for the Antiquarium was created 1568–1571. It had to be built outside the castle, as there was no place in the Neuveste.

William V (1579–1597) ordered the construction of the Witwenstock (Widow Wing) for the dowager Duchess Anna and in 1581–1586 the four wings of the Grottenhof. Friedrich Sustris was the architect. Around 1590 the construction of the Black Hall was begun to the southeast on the Antiquarium. Under direction of Sustris the Erbprinzentrakt (Prince Wing), north of the Witwenstock was added.

Maximilian I (1597–1651) commissioned what is now called the Maximilian Residenz (Maximilianische Residenz ), the west wing of the palace. Until the 19th century, it was the only publicly visible facade and it still is preserved. The portals are guarded by two lions and a statue of the Virgin Mary as patroness of Bavaria in a wall niche between the portals on the west side of the residence complex. Maximilian had rebuilt and connected the existing buildings. In addition, Maximilian I had from 1612 large parts of the south and west wings of the Neuveste with the Silver Tower demolished. Between 1611 and 1619, the wing at the large Emperor's Courtyard (Kaiserhof) was created to the north of the complex. It documents the high political claims of Maximilian.

Its large dimensions satisfied Maximilian's successors up to 18th century, who contented themselves with interior upgrading and smaller extensions such as the wing for the Grüne Galerie (1730) and the Residenz Theatre (1751).

Courtyards

Ten courtyards can be found inside the large complex: The Grotto Courtyard (Grottenhof) with the Perseus Fountain was built between 1581–1586 under William V (1579–1597) by Friedrich Sustris as the leading architect, and takes its name from the grotto on the western façade of the Antiquarium.

The octagonal Brunnenhof (Fountain Courtyard) served as a place for tournaments before the large Wittelsbach Fountain was erected in the middle of the courtyard in 1610. The buildings around the Kaiserhof (Emperor's Courtyard) with the Residenz Tower as clock tower, were erected from 1612 to 1618, in the reign of Maximilian I. Both courtyards are decorated with optical illusions on the facade, the same as the facade of the Alte Residenz.

The Königsbauhof (King's Building Courtyard) replaced a garden. At its eastern side the rococo facade of the Grüne Galerie (Green Gallery) is situated, designed by François Cuvilliés the Elder in of 1731–33.

Other courtyards are the Kapellenhof (Chapel Courtyard), the large Apothekenhof (Apothecary Courtyard) behind the Festsaalbau, the Puderhöfchen (Small Powder Courtyard), the Küchenhof (Kitchen Courtyard), the Kabinettsgarten (Cabinet Garden), and then finally the Zierhöfchen (Decorative Courtyard or Comité Courtyard).

The Königsbau

Today's building is from the time of King Ludwig I of Bavaria (1825–1848), who instructed his architect Leo von Klenze to extend the palace. Between 1825 and 1835 the King's building (Königsbau) was constructed to the south in the style of the Florentine Palazzo Pitti. The building is 30 meters high.

In the Königsbau are numerous suites of rooms, including the State Apartment of Ludwig I on the first floor and the Nibelungen Halls on the ground floor. Today also the Treasury are situated in the ground floor of the Königsbau. The royal living rooms are still preserved, they served primarily for the representation and could be visited by appointment already at that time. The actual private apartments of the royal couple on the back of Königsbau have not survived due to its destruction in World War II. On the second floor were the so-called Festgemächer, which were intended for minor court festivities. The spatial sequence was divided into lounge, reception salon, dance hall, flowers hall and private rooms for the king. These rooms are still preserved but in a highly simplified form and are now home to the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. From 2016 to 2018 the Yellow Staircase of Klenze will be restored. Once it was the main entrance to the royal apartments in the Königsbau.

The Maximilian-Joseph Denkmal (King Maximilian-Joseph Memorial) at Max-Joseph-Platz (Maximilian-Joseph Square) stands in front of the Königsbau. It was created as a memorial for King Maximilian Joseph (1799–1825) by Christian Daniel Rauch and carried out by Johann Baptist Stiglmaier. It was only unveiled in 1835 as the king had rejected being depicted seated.

The Festsaalbau

The neo-classical 250 metre long Banqueting Hall Wing (Festsaalbau) in the north section of the Residenz was added between 1832 and 1842 by Klenze under instructions from King Ludwig I. Here were located the Large Throne Room and the royal reception halls. One of the primary concert venues for the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra is the Herkulessaal (Hercules Hall), which has replaced the destroyed Large Throne Room. The Festsaalbau today houses also the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Cuvilliés Theatre (Old Residenz Theatre).

The Winter Garden was commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria (1864–1886) around 1870. After the king’s death, the Winter Garden on the roof of the Festsaalbau of the Residenz Palace was dismantled in 1897. The reason for this was due to water leaking from the ornamental lake through the ceiling of the rooms below. Photographs and sketches still record this incredible creation which included a grotto, a Moorish kiosk, an Indian royal tent, an artificially illuminated rainbow and intermittent moonlight.

