Wittelsbacher Palais

The Wittelsbacher Palais was located in Munich at the northeast corner of the Brienner Strasse and the Türkenstraße.

The red brick building, with a Neo Gothic exterior, was built as a royal prince's palace from 1843 to 1848 by Friedrich von Gärtner and Johann Moninger for Crown Prince Maximilian, the later King Maximilian II; After the death of Gärtner the palace was completed by his co-worker Carl Klumpp.

At the beginning of August 1914 at the outbreak of the First World War the monarch spoke from the balcony of the Palais to the population.

The famous lions, known as "Swapo", sculpted by Johann Halbig stood outside the main entrance of the palace.

One lion is now a memorial for journalist Fritz Gerlich, who was murdered at the Dachau concentration camp, and is located at Munich Catholic Academy (Katholischen Akademie München).