Feldherrnhalle - Munich, Germany - Philatelic Photographs on Waymarking.com

"The Feldherrnhalle was built between 1841 and 1844 at the southern end of Munich's Ludwigstrasse next to the Palais Preysing and east of the Hofgarten. Previously the Gothic Schwabinger Tor (gate) occupied that place. Friedrich von Gärtner built the Feldherrnhalle at the behest of King Ludwig I of Bavaria after the example of the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence. The Feldherrnhalle was a symbol of the honours of the Bavarian Army. It contains statues of military leaders Johann Tilly and Karl Philipp von Wrede. The central sculptural group was added in 1882, after the Franco-Prussian War. The lions are a work of Wilhelm von Rümann (1906).

Site of the Beer Hall Putsch

On Friday morning, 9 November 1923, the Feldherrnhalle was the scene of a confrontation between the Bavarian State Police and an illegally organized march by the followers of Adolf Hitler. When ordered to stop the marchers continued; the State Police felt threatened and opened fire. Four policemen and sixteen marchers were killed and a number were wounded, including Hermann Göring. As a result, Hitler was arrested and sentenced to a prison term. This was one of the efforts by the Nazis to take over the Bavarian State, commonly referred to as the Beer Hall Putsch.

On 25 April 1995 Reinhold Elstner a World War II veteran committed self-immolation in front of Feldhernhalle to protest against "the ongoing official slander and demonization of the German people and German soldiers".

A relief picture of the Feldherrnhalle also appears on the Blood Order medal of the Nazi party."

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Additional photos of this stamp and another of a lesser denomination, as well as additional photos of the Feldherrnhalle, are available at this site (visit link)

Stamp Issuing Country: German Realm Date of Issue: 1/1/1935 Denomination: 12 German reichspfennig Color: Red and white Stamp Type: Single Stamp Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]

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