Holnstein Palace

The architect François de Cuvilliés built the mansion between 1733 and 1737 for Sophie Caroline von Ingenheim, Countess von Holnstein, a mistress of Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.

It is today Munich's best rococo style palace as Cuvilliés' less conventional Palais Piosasque de Non was destroyed in World War II.

The façade layout shows three storeys and nine window bays, and a flat central avant-corps with a gable, as often seen in Munich since the time of Joseph Effner.

From 1977 to 1982, the Palais Holnstein served as the residence of Archbishop Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) who stayed here also during his visit in September 2006.

The current Munich Archbishop Reinhard Marx lives in three rooms of the palace.