The Bavaria is the female symbol shape and lay Patronin Bayerns. The Allegorie meets in different forms and developments.

The most well-known representation is the monumental statue from bronze, revealed by king Ludwig I. (1786-1868) in order given and 1850, which fame-resounds in structural unit with at the edge of the slope edge above the Theresienwiese in Munich is located.

It was at their time the first Kolossalplastik in the western world since the antique one and is considered as technical master achievement. In the head of the statue is a platform with two seats, which can be mounted over a spiral stair inside the figure. From four view hatches from there a far view is offered over the Theresienwiese and the surrounding boroughs.

Allegorien Bayerns

The Tellus Bavarica is for many centuries a common Allegorie "„of the Bavarian earth "“, those in various shape among other things in coats of arms, on paintings, when relief representation, for example over house entrances, meets as well as statue. In the public perception the Bavaria is identified today to a large extent with the monumental statue to the Theresienwiese, but can be found further examples in the public area. A well accessible is to be seen in the resident of Munich yard garden: The dome of the central "„Diana temple "“was originally crowned by a bronze statue of the Diana von Hubert Gerhard, which Hans Krumpper transformed 1623 to the Allegorie Bayerns, by equipping it among other things with attributes, which are to symbolize the natural wealth of the country. These are salt barrel, deer skin, staggered array, ear sheaf and cure apple. On the temple is today a copy, the original is issued in the emperor hall of the residents of Munich residence.

Completely different version of a Bavarian Landesallegorie created 1805 the artist Marianne in their "„Gallia protects Bavaria "“. The picture shows a girlful, delicate Allegorie of the country in white-blue garb, which flees itself before the threatening storm into the arms of the near-sliding Gallia, meanwhile the Bavarian lion against the mischief throws itself. In the representation the alliance between Bavaria and France is reflected in that time. The Habsburger emperor Franz had threatened: "„I will not take Bavaria, will devour I it. "“

A quarter century created later approximately Peter von Cornelius as well as further artists a substantially more self-confident Allegorie Bayerns than Fresko, involved in the arrangement of the residents of Munich yard garden arcades: This peaceful however militaryful Bavaria carries a Brustharnisch and a Mauerkrone, with the right hand keeps it persistent a reverse Speer as peace character, in that for linking sign with the slogan a king Ludwig Ith "„fair and "“. With the Bavarian lion to its side it sits before a landscape with mountains and river valleys Peter von Cornelius and others (1829): '''' "„Allegorie of the Bavaria "“'' Holger trained.

The unknown painter of a contactor disk of unknown quantity artist (1851): '''' "„Allegorie of the Bavaria with sword, wreath/ring and lion, before it coats of arms of bath ()"“'' House of Bavarian history, Augsburg would be allowed to do at that time already quite far progressed the work Schwanthalers to the Kolossalplastik for fame-resounds with considerable security from the press or even from own opinion admits to have been: Freely interpreted, its representation of the Bavaria shows these nevertheless with the same attributes as the two years after revealed Bavaria to the Theresienwiese. The clothes are deviating, but stationing on the base, the sword in that rights and the victory ring in that linking show the model clearly. However the artist set the Allegorie here before for alpine country shank with a city opinion of bath a in the background and added in the foreground a Stadtwappen.

And Bavaria fame-resounds

The Bavaria to the Theresienwiese forms a mental and formative unit, although with breaks, with that it for framing three-flight leagues dorischen which she towers above on her base. Therefore in the following the description of the Bavaria a short representation of history resounds placed in front. A representation in more detail of the development is in the article over fame-resounds Munich.

Developing history fame-resounds

Historical background

The youth time of Ludwig I. was of the claims to power Napoleons on and Austria on the other side, the parental house Wittelsbach was coined/shaped at this time ball between those two great powers. Until 1805, when Napoleon in the third coalition war released Munich "„"“and Ludwig's father Maximilian the king made, were Bavaria repeat theater of war with devastating consequences for the country. Only with Napoleons' defeat in the people battle with Leipzig 1813 Bavaria really occurred a peace phase.

Before this background Ludwig already made itself larger German nation "“as Crown Prince thought over "„a Baiern of all trunks "“and one "„. These motives and goals motivated him in the future to several building projects for national monuments like the constitution column in Gaibach (1828), which Walhalla above the Danube between Regensburg and rain-baptize (1842), fame-resounded in Munich (1853) and release-resounds with Kelheim (1863), which the king all together privately financed and which in form and contents, purpose and Rezeption an artistic like political unit form, which is singular with all internal contradictions for Germany

Ludwig, who followed its father after its death 1825 after the king throne, felt closely connected with Greece, was a glowing Verehrer of the Greek antique ones and wanted its capital Munich into "„Isar Athens "“to transform. Ludwig's secondaryborn son Otto 1832 were proclaimed to the king by Greece.

Building history

Already as Crown Prince developed Ludwig the plan to establish in the Residenzstadt Munich a patriotic monument in the future it let lists and listings make "„large"” Bavaria of all conditions and occupations. 1833 it wrote a competition out for its building project. The competition should first first ideas for the organization fame-resounds collects, therefore in the advertisement only the basic data of the project were given: Those resounds should above the Theresienwiese be established and to place for approximately 200 be offered. The only default read:

"„"… a copy of the Walhalla may not become this building, is also, so many dorische temples it also gave, no copy of the Parthenons been"…"”.

This regulation did not exclude the klassizistischen architectural style of the parallel project Walhalla, it lies however close to assume that the architects should be encouraged to suggest another architectural style. Since the drafts of the four participants are to a large extent received, an interesting view of building history is offered fame-resounds, developed in a phase of the artistic-world-descriptive controversy between Klassizisten on the one hand, which felt connected the aesthetics of the Greek and Roman antique ones, and to romantics on the other hand, who leaned their artistic expression against the stylistic idiom of the Middle Ages. With the competition to found this not only artistic-architectural, but also world-descriptive-political argument fame-resounds a continuation, which is reflected in the submitted drafts. Finally Ludwig I. decided in March 1834, primarily from cost reasons, against which projects Friedrich fame-resounded of gardner, Daniel and Friedrich Zieblands and assigned Leo of Klenze with the building. At Klenzes draft did not impress it certainly the Kolossalstatue particularly, nevertheless such a large plastics since the antique one any more had not been carried out. Flattered of the idea to establish just as impressive statues as the admired antique rulers, Ludwig Ith wrote after his decision for Klenzes draft:

"„Only Nero and I can build such Kolosse"…"”.

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