The Odeonsplatz is a large square in central Munich which was developed in the early 19th century by Leo von Klenze and is at the southern end of the Ludwigstraße, developed at the same time. The square is named for the former concert hall, the Odeon, on its northwestern side. The name Odeonsplatz has come to be extended to the parvis (forecourt) of the Residenz, in front of the Theatine Church and terminated by the Feldherrnhalle, which lies to the south of it. The square was the scene of a fatal gun battle which ended the march on the Feldherrnhalle during the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch.
View from the Odeonsplatz on to the Feldherrnhalle (l) and the Theatinerkirche (r)
West side of the Odeonsplatz, looking south to the Theatine Church and Feldherrnhalle
View north through the Ludwigstraße
Pre-1891 photograph looking south to the Feldherrnhalle from the Odeonsplatz
Leo von Klenze was a German architect and painter. He was the court architect of Ludwig I of Bavaria.
Leo von Klenze
Ruhmeshalle in Munich
Von Klenze's grave in Munich
The New Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia, was one of the first museums designed in 1838 by von Klenze specifically to house art collections (1905).
