Feldherrenhalle, Munich

The Feldherrnhalle was built 1841 similar to the "Loggia dei Lanzi" in Florence / Firenze.
2 sculptures there show General Tilly and General Wrede who were sucessful warriors in Bavarian history...

...in 1923 Adolf Hitler tried to march with some of his "Generals" to the Feldherrnhalle, but was arrested before they were able to do a coup d'etat.

Next to the feldherrnhalle you see Theatinerkirche on Odeonsplatz.

The Feldherrenhalle, actually a copy of a Florentine palace, became infamous, because it was the scene of Hitler's failed coup back in 1923. He was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment, a ridiculous sentence and a shame for Germany's legal system whose judges were little more loyal to the young Weimar Republic than the Nazis themselves. This pretty much foreshadowed the total failure and deep involvement of the judicial system in the Nazis coming to and staying in power.

The building itself is quite peculiar, somehow there's something oriental, something mosque-like about it. Don't you think?

Feldherrenhalle marks the end of the impressive Ludwigstraße. It was built in the 19th century - again to resemble Italian style. This time Loggia dei Lanzi was the building that was copied. There's several statues on the stairs - some show important people like General Tilly, others are the typical lions.

The hall shelters statues of Bavaria's two greatest military heroes: Johann Tilly, the imperial field marshal in the Thirty Years War, and Karl Philipp von Wrede, the commander of the Bavarian corps originally allied with Napoleon, which changed sides in time to help defeat the French at the Battle of the Nations. Between the two is a memorial to the Bavarian dead of the Franco-Prussian War. It was here on November 9, 1923 that armed police stopped Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch in its tracks, opening fire on the future dictator's band of would-be revolutionaries as they stood at the head of the narrow Residenzstrasse, in the shadow of the Feldherrnhalle.

Built in the mid-19th century as a monument to Bavarian generals Count Tilly (30 Year`s war) and von Wrede (Napoleonic Wars). An important event took place there in 1923 - an attempted coup by Adolf Hitler and 2000 of his followers (10 years before he came to power) was stopped there by local police by use of arms.

The Feldherrnhalle (Commander's Hall) is 20 m high and open arched.
It was built in 1841 in the style of the Loggia di Lanzi in Florence. The hall was erected by King Ludwig I in honour of the Bavarian army.

In 1841, King Ludwig I assigned his architect, Friedrich von Gaertner, the duty of constructing a monument symbolising the Bavarian Army's strength. The result is the Feldherrnhalle, a loggia monument inspired by the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence, Italy. It is one of the more striking buildings in the city centre of Munich.

In November 1923, the police stopped a certain Adolf Hitler here as he was gathering in the Residenzstrasse with his gang. This is known as the Beer Hall Putsch and although I have no sympathy for the man, it feels strange to know that a historic event happened here. The building itself is modelled on a loggia in Florence. There are other buildings from this dramatic time around Königsplatz and the Haus der Kunst in Prinzregentenstrasse.