Max-Joseph-Platz

Max-Joseph-Platz is a large square in central Munich which was named after King Maximilian Joseph.

The square was constructed with the erection of the National Theatre Munich at its east side, which was opened in 1818.

The south of Max-Joseph-Platz is dominated by the Neo-Renaissance arcades of the former Palais Toerring-Jettenbach, a rococo mansion which originates from 1747.

The monument Max-Joseph Denkmal before the Königsbau was created in the middle of the square as a memorial for King Maximilian Joseph by Christian Daniel Rauch and carried out by Johann Baptist Stiglmaier.

After World War II a subterranean garage was constructed below the Max-Joseph-Platz, its gateway disturbs the neo-classical appearance of the square.