Maximilianeum

König Maximilian II wanted a crowning glory for the end of his Maximilianstraße - Munich's noblest shopping street. This monumental building, built by the architect Friedrich Bürklein between 1857 and 1874, with several changes and improvements to the orginal plans, in a new style mixing elements of english and dutch gothic and italian high renaissance, has since 1876 been the home of the "Maximilianeum" Endowment for gifted students. Since 1949 the frount part of the building has been the seat of the bavarian parliament.

The collection of historical paintings in the Maximilianeum is also remarkable. King Maximilian II had originally planned for 80 paintings but had to reduce this to 30 because of lack of funds, there are historical paintings from students of the Munich Academy in various styles. During the war 13 paintings were lost. The remaining works, showing among other things "The Pilgrimage to Canossa", "The Battle of the Nations at Leipzig" and "Martin Luther speaking to the Imperial Parliament in Worms", are, unfortunately, hung haphazardly about the building and are sometimes badly lit.

Address
Maximilianeum
Max-Planck-Str. 1
81675 München

How to get there
U4, U5 "Max-Weber-Platz"
Tram 19 "Maximilianeum"