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! Friedensengel
Soaring high above
the banks of the Isar, the
Friedensengel (Angel of
Peace, 1896-99) com-
memorates the Franco-
Prussian war of 1870-71.
Based on the Greek
goddess Nike, this gilded
figure stands on top of
a 23 m- (75 ft-) high
Corinthian column. At its
foot, two flights of stairs lead
down from the escarpment to a
terraced park with fountains on
the lower end of Prinzregenten-
straße. d Prinzregentenstr. Map P3
@ Museum Villa Stuck
Maximilianeum - seat of the Bavarian parliament
Bogenhausen (see p43) . It was
headed by August Everding,
whose legacy to the city includes
the Bayerische Theaterakademie,
a training ground for young stage
talents. Next door is Prinzregen-
tenbad, a public bath. Across the
street is Feinkost Käfer, a
gourmet-food shop. d Prin-
zregentenplatz 12 Map H4
$ Maximilianeum
Not far from the
Friedensengel is the villa
(1897-98) of painter Franz
von Stuck, in itself a work
of art. A miller's son,
Stuck quickly rose to fame
and was instrumental in
the creation of a Munich
style of Art Nouveau -
Jugendstil (see p88) . The
villa has served as a
museum since 1968. On
view are Stuck's private
rooms, a permanent Art Nouveau
collection, and changing exhibi-
tions in the studio wing (see p37) .
£ Prinzregententheater
This building in
Haidhausen by Friedrich
Bürklein (1857-74), on
the high banks of the Isar,
marks the end of Maxi-
milianstraße. The seat of
the Bavarian parliament
since 1949, Maximilian II
built this massive structure as a
school for gifted students from
poor backgrounds. The school is
now housed in the rear building.
d Max-Planck-Str. 1 Map P4-P5
% Gasteig
Die Sünde, Villa Stuck
This theatre is one of several
monumental buildings on this
stretch of Prinzregentenstraße in
On the site of the former
Bürgerspital hospital, and
Bürgerbräu-keller, where
Georg Elser failed in 1939 to
assassinate Hitler, the red-brick
Gasteig cultural centre was built
between 1978 and 1985. Its fac-
ilities include the Munich Philhar-
monic, the Carl Orff concert hall,
the headquarters of the adult
education centre (Volkshoch-
schule), and the municipal library.
d Rosenheimer Str. 5 Map N6
Prinzregententheater
97
A plaque mounted on Gasteig commemorates Georg Elser's
attempt to assassinate Hitler in 1939.
 
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