Volkshalle
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The Volkshalle, also called Große Halle or Ruhmeshalle, was a proposal for a monumental, domed building to be built in a reconstituted Berlin in Nazi Germany. The project was conceived by Adolf Hitler
Model of the Große Halle
Drawing of the Große Halle by Hitler, 1925
The Volkshalle's Great Dome can be seen at the top of this model of Hitler's plan for Berlin. For a location comparison, the Brandenburg Gate would have been located right on the street in front of the Volkshalle.
Size comparison: Volkshalle and Berlin Palace
München Hauptbahnhof
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München Hauptbahnhof or Munich Central Station is the main railway station in the city of Munich, Germany. It is one of the three stations with long-distance services in Munich, the others being Munic
Volkshalle
…inclusive height of 290 metres (950 ft). The diameter of the dome, 250 metres (820 ft), was to be exceeded, much to Speer's annoyance, by the diameter of Giesler's new domed railway station at the east end of Munich's east–west axis. It was to be 15 metres (49 ft) greater in diameter than Speer's Volkshalle. The resemblance of the Volkshalle…
The entrance building (demolished in 2019)
Munich station, c. 1854
Front of the station looking towards the south-west, 1870
The great hall constructed by MAN-Werk Gustavsburg (1885)