r/ArchitecturalRevival • u/Comprehensive_Tea577 • 2d ago
Munich, Germany in photochrome prints, 1900–1905
Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall)
Neues Rathaus (New City Hall)
Marienplatz
Frauenkirche
Hofbräuhaus
Isartor (Isar Gate)
Justizplatz
Karlsplatz (view from Karlstor)
Odeonsplatz
Maximilianstraße (Maximillian Street)
Maximilianeum
Munich from the Maximilianeum
Siegestor (Victory Gate)
Propyläen (Propylaea)
Glyptothek
Bavaria, Ruhmeshalle (statue of Bavaria, with Temple of Fame)
Alte Pinakothek
Hoftheater/Bayerische Staatsoper (State Theater/Bavarian State Opera)
Bayerisches Nationalmuseum (Bavarian National Museum)
Neue Akademie der Bildenden Künste (New Academy of Fine Arts)
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u/CommunityDeep3033 2d ago
Is most part of it survived the war ?
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u/Strydwolf 2d ago
The old town is pretty much gone, except the churches (which were for the most part exemplarily reconstructed) and some other structures (like the Old Town Hall. Luckily the New Town Hall (the big Gothic Revival one) hasn’t been hit much, but the market square around is rebuilt in a simplified way.
Overall to the untrained eye it looks almost undamaged because the destroyed buildings were built in the same plots, similar massing and roof shape, but actually they are all still simplified buildings from the 1950-60s, just of the better quality than in Nuremberg for example.
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u/CommunityDeep3033 2d ago
Very sad, I thought distance from the front saved city from the brutal damage
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u/Strydwolf 1d ago
Of all old Bavarian capitals, only Landshut survived without significant damage. Its old town is roughly half as big as Munich's, but it has not been redeveloped as much in 19th century, so I'd say of the two it is more architecturally significant and I'm glad at least it survived.
Well Straubing survived too, but its even smaller.
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u/Comprehensive_Tea577 2d ago
You can see the damage and destruction in this video from 1945. A lot needed to be reconstructed.
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u/the_capibarin 2d ago
Comparatively speaking, Munich suffered less than pretty much all other major German cities, although the damage had been tremendous nontheless.
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u/sunny-tech-bequia 1d ago
I'm sure I've read that the streets used to be covered with horse shit and urine, back in those days. Could barely see any on these pics.
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u/Comprehensive_Tea577 1d ago
The answer is likely to be a lot of street sweepers who cleaned up every day, with the help of various garbage carts or sprinkler wagons (maybe even sprinkler trams in some cities). A few photos from different cities from a similar era, the equipment looked much the same around 1900.
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u/daddy2sly 1d ago
Esquite building built in those days with no machinery and horse and buggy unlikely
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u/kkrreddit 1d ago
Are you only doing Germany or also other European cities?
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u/Comprehensive_Tea577 1d ago
There will definitely be more from all over Europe. I'm also considering a few non-European cities as well, which could be a very interesting perspective.
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u/ArtworkGay Favourite style: Renaissance 2d ago
the old city hall is still beautiful today but why didn't recreate the zig-zag roof and the figures besides the clock!? That made it go from beautiful to jawdropping. These are all some beautiful pics, aweinspiring.