About this place
For more than four centuries, from 1508 until 1918, the Residenz was the home and the seat of power of the Wittelsbachs, who ruled Bavaria first as dukes, then as electors, and finally as kings. What began in 1385 as the Neuveste, a modest moated fortress in the corner of the medieval city, grew over the generations into a sprawling complex that fuses Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassical styles into one continuous royal residence. Today it holds 130 rooms open to the public, arranged around ten interior courtyards, along with the astonishing Antiquarium, the golden Rococo jewel of the Cuvilliés Theatre, and the Schatzkammer, one of the greatest treasuries in the world. Nearly all of it was reduced to rubble by Allied bombing in the Second World War and painstakingly rebuilt over the following decades, a quiet monument to Munich's determination to reclaim its past.
Key facts
- 130 rooms — Open to visitors, arranged around ten interior courtyards
- 1385 year — The original fortress, the Neuveste, was founded on this site
- 66 metres — The length of the Antiquarium, the largest Renaissance hall north of the Alps
📍 Königsbauhof, 80333, München