Hitlers Residence in Munich

Within the NS-era in Germany, the national-socialists planned the reconstruction of many cities. One of the most through planned ones is München, then also called "Hauptstadt der Bewegung", ("Capital of the Movement"). From 1934 on, the reconstruction began. First not with an common plan for the full city, later on much bigger scale. This is a project on documenting those megalomanian building plans.

Hitler had many residences planned in various German cities, including Munich. At the beginning, the building site was not fixed and was often pushed back and forth. In the end, however, the Leopoldpark on Leopoldstrasse, halfway between Danziger Freiheit and the Siegestor, was chosen. The concept for the building was drawn up by Hermann Giesler, the person responsible for overall planning in Munich.

Only the image of a plasticine model and a large-scale site plan have survived, which is why the reconstruction is based in part on the New Reich Chancellery completed in Berlin.

Please be advised!

This is only done for documentation reasons, not to support the ideology the buildings were planned to support.