The Weiße Rose Stiftung maintains a permanent exhibition titled The White Rose: Resistance to the Nazi Dictatorship, located on the ground floor of the Ludwig Maximilian University main building. This memorial space, known as the…
White Rose Resistance Trail
Walk the quiet streets and university halls of Munich to follow the peaceful, incredibly brave defiance of Hans and Sophie Scholl's anti-Nazi student resistance movement.
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1. Weiße Rose Stiftung e.V.
2. Geschwister-Scholl-Platz
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz is a semi-circular square defined by a central fountain that sits directly in front of the main building of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität. Created during the nineteenth century under King Ludwig the First, the…
3. Professor-Huber-Platz
Professor-Huber-Platz is marked by a large Roman-style fountain with an octagonal base and an iron-cast column standing over eight meters high. Along with the adjacent Geschwister-Scholl-Platz, it forms the eastern entrance forum to the…
4. St. Ludwig München
St. Ludwig, known locally as the Ludwigskirche, is defined by its two tall steeples and a massive, arched entrance that rises above the surrounding buildings. Commissioned by King Ludwig the First and completed in eighteen forty-four, this…
5. Odeonsplatz
Odeonsplatz is a large, rectangular public square dominated by the Feldherrnhalle, a monumental loggia with three distinctive open arches modeled after the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence. King Ludwig the First commissioned the square in…
6. Drückebergergasse
Drückebergergasse, officially named Viscardigasse, is a narrow, curbless pedestrian alley located directly behind the Feldherrnhalle in Munich. It connects Theatinerstraße with Residenzstraße and is distinguished by a wavy, twelve-inch…
7. Bavarian State Chancellery
The Bavarian State Chancellery is recognizable by the heavy copper dome rising from its center, flanked by two long, transparent glass wings that curve outward. This building serves as the executive office for the Bavarian…
8. Platz der Opfer des Nationalsozialismus
The Platz der Opfer des Nationalsozialismus is a quiet green space located at the northern end of the Maximiliansplatz, marked by a granite column featuring a permanently burning flame encased in bronze. When the city council first gave…
9. Brienner Str. 20
The site at Brienner Straße twenty is defined today by the modern glass and stone headquarters of the Bayerische Landesbank. This contemporary structure occupies the ground where the Wittelsbacher Palais once stood, a notable neo-Gothic…