Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
COURTHOUSE
Justizpalast
(Palace of Justice; Prielmayerstrasse 7; admission free; 9am-4pm Dec-mid-Apr &
Maymid-Oct; Karlsplatz, Karlsplatz, Karlsplatz)
The 1890s Justizpalast wit-
nessed the Weisse Rose trial of Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl and Christoph Probst on 22
February 1943. They were condemned to death by the notorious judge Roland Freisler.
The verdict was read at 1pm. Four hours later they were dead. There's a permanent exhibit
about the sham trial in the very courtroom (room 253) where it took place.
A second courthouse, the
Neuer Justizpalast
(New Palace of Justice) was built just a
few years later and is more of a neo-Gothic confection.
Alter Botanischer Garten
(Sophienstrasse 7; ; Karlsplatz, Karlsplatz, Karlsplatz)
The Old Botanical
Garden is a pleasant place to soothe your heels after an Altstadt shopping spree or to see
out a long wait for a train away from the grotty Hauptbahnhof. Created under King Max-
imilian in 1814, most of the tender specimens were moved in the early 20th century to the
New Botanical Garden behind Schloss Nymphenburg, leaving this island of city-centre
greenery.
The ferocious
Neptunbrunnen
(Neptune Fountain), on the south side, dates from the
Nazi period when the garden was turned into a public park. The neoclassical entrance gate
is called the Kleine Propyläen and is a leftover from the original gardens.
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