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Munich Stopover15 The Brunnenhof

Munich (Mu00fcnchen) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Bavaria, on the banks of River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg

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Munich Stopover15 The Brunnenhof

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  1. Munich stopover 15

  2. Munich (München) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Bavaria, on the banks of River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. The Munich Residenz is the former royal palace of the Bavarian monarchs of the House of Wittelsbach in the centre of the city of Munich

  3. Munich Residenz in the 18th century 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). 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.

  4. Max-Joseph-Platz Königsbau National Theatre Brunnenhof (Fountain Courtyard)

  5. Brunnenhof Königsbau Max-Joseph-Platz National Theatre

  6. Entrace of the Munich Residence Prudentia This palace is where the Wittelsbach family resided for over 500 years and it is a huge complex with a series of buildings that are filled with various displays and other things today.

  7. Entrance gate to the Residenz Odeonsplatz

  8. Patroness of Bavaria Bronze statue of Virgin Mary with child, standing on a crescent moon as the Queen of Heaven The street along the entrance of the Western Wing

  9. Odeonsplatz Feldherrnhalle and the Munich Residence

  10. Odeonsplatz Feldherrnhalle and the Munich Residence Two monumental lions grace the Feldherrnhalle’s steps. It is said that one is growling at the Residenz and the other is keeping its mouth shut towards the church

  11. Odeonsplatz Hofgarten Feldherrnhalle Munich Residence Odeonsplatz Feldherrnhalle and the Munich Residence Count von Tilly (1559-1632)

  12. Odeonsplatz Feldherrnhalle and the Munich Residence The lions were sculpted by Wilhelm Ruemann in 1906

  13. Odeonsplatz Giant bronze lions in front of the Alte Residenz

  14. If you hang around, you’ll see quite a few Münchners instinctively reaching out and giving the nose a slight rub. Supposed to bring good luck! No wonder it shines so bright!

  15. The lion symbol is predominant around Munich and a symbol of the Bavarian monarchy

  16. The octagonal yard called Fountain Courtyard (Brunnenhof) is one of the ten courtyards of the Residenz Palace, former residence of the Bavarian kings

  17. The bronze Wittelsbach Fountain in the middle was erected in 1610

  18. On the four sides of the basin lie four allegorical river gods by Hubert Gerhard (Dutch, 1540s – 1621) symbolizing Bavaria's main rivers: Danube, Isar, Lech and Inn

  19. River god

  20. River god

  21. River god

  22. River god

  23. River god

  24. Statue of Otto I of Wittelsbach (by Hans Krumpper 1570-1634)

  25. Otto I (1117-1183),  in knight’s armor

  26. Otto I (1117-1183) called the Redhead was the first Bavarian ruler from the House of Wittelsbach

  27. The fountain is further embellished (Hubert Gerhard) by an outer ring of statues depicting the gods and goddesses Demeter or Ceres, for the earth

  28. Demeter or Ceres

  29. Poseidon or Neptune, for the water Hephaistos or Vulcan, for the fire

  30. Hera or Juno, with a peacock

  31. Hera or Juno

  32. An assortment of putti, grotesque fish, frogs and monsters, all by Hubert Gerhard (Dutch, 1540/50 – 1621) embellished the fountain

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