Feldherrnhalle
The Feldherrnhalle is a monumental building in
Munich,
Germany. It was built between 1841 and 1844 at the southern end of Munich's
Prachtstra?e . Previously a
Gothic Schwabinger Tor occupied that place. Friedrich von G?rtner built Feldherrnhalle at the behest of King
Ludwig I of Bavaria after the example of the
Loggia dei Lanzi in
Florence. The Feldherrnhalle was a symbol of the honours of the Bavarian Army. It contains statues of military leaders
Johann Tilly and Karl Phillip von Wrede. The central sculptural group was added in 1882, after the
Franco-Prussian War.
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The
Feldherrnhalle is a monumental building in
Munich,
Germany. It was built between 1841 and 1844 at the southern end of Munich's
Prachtstraße . Previously a
Gothic Schwabinger Tor occupied that place. Friedrich von Gärtner built Feldherrnhalle at the behest of King
Ludwig I of Bavaria after the example of the
Loggia dei Lanzi in
Florence. The Feldherrnhalle was a symbol of the honours of the Bavarian Army. It contains statues of military leaders
Johann Tilly and Karl Phillip von Wrede. The central sculptural group was added in 1882, after the
Franco-Prussian War.
On Sunday morning, 9 November, 1923, the Feldherrnhalle was the scene of a confrontation between the Bavarian State Police and an illegal organized march by the followers of
Hitler. When ordered to stop the marchers continued; the State Police felt threatened and opened fire. Sixteen marchers were killed and a number were wounded, including Göring. As a result, Hitler was arrested and sentenced to a prison term. This was one of the efforts by the
Nazis to take over the Bavarian State, commonly referred to as the
Beer Hall Putsch.
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