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14-547: The Sterneckerbräu was located in Munich's old town in the Tal 38 (originally 54) on the corner of Sterneckerstraße, very close to the Isartor . The present building originally covered three plots of land. In Jakob Sandtner 's model of the city of Munich from 1570, three two-story houses can be seen. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the house at the corner of Tal and Sterneckergasse was owned by

28-737: A Professor at the Royal Art School. He was promoted to Director in 1854, but continued to produce many large oil paintings, mostly on religious subjects. Arguably, however, his best work involved a series of large glass paintings for stained-glass windows; six for the Stiftskirche , three for the chapel in the Old Castle and one each for the Leonhardskirche, the Greek Chapel in the New Castle and

42-766: The DAP. Hitler accepted on that date, becoming the party's 55th member. In October 1919, the first branch of the DAP, which in February 1920 changed its name to the Nazi Party (NSDAP), was set up in a side room of the Sterneckerbräu. In 1921, the Bavarian nationalist and royalist league In Treue fest was founded at the Sterneckerbräu. It was banned by the Nazis on 2 February 1933, and later re-established in 1952. On 8 November 1933, Hitler opened

56-575: The Isartorplatz in Munich is one of four main gates of the medieval city wall. It served as a fortification for the defence and is the most easterly of Munich's three remaining gothic town gates ( Isartor , Sendlinger Tor and Karlstor ). The gate (German: Tor ) is located close to the Isar and was named after the river. The Isartor was constructed in 1337 within the scope of the enlargement of Munich and

70-507: The Museum of the Nazi Party at the Sterneckerbräu, which was also mentioned in the Baedeker . The first inventory and office furniture, as well as the members' rooms, can still be viewed there. The building survived World War II . In 1957 the restaurant was closed and the first floor was converted into a store. The Sterneckerbräu is a five-story corner building with a gable roof . The facade of

84-400: The beer brewer family Sternegger, after whom the road is named since 1696. A brewery had been there since 1557. In the 19th century, the corner house and its eastern neighbor were replaced by a four-story building with a classical facade. This was demolished in 1901, and in 1901/02, the present building was built on the site of these two buildings and an additional adjoining plot. The building

98-401: The building facing the Tal has seven windows, and the one facing Sterneckerstraße has five. The corner is chamfered from the third floor upwards, with windows in the corner. On the first floor, the building has five large arcade arches at the Tal which serve as showrooms today. The entrance door is between the two leftmost arches. The facade of the building's upper floors is irregular. On

112-476: The construction of the second city wall between 1285 and 1337 which was completed under the Emperor Louis IV . The gate first consisted of a 40-meter-high (130 ft) main gate tower. Only with the construction of the moat wall of the gate tower the two flanking side towers were added and served as barbican . The Isartor is today the only medieval gate in Munich which has conserved its medium main tower and

126-669: The early 19th century, was destroyed in the Second World War . After being heavily damaged by shelling, the medieval gate was rebuilt. The Isartorplatz is served by the S Bahn station which is named Isartor after the gate as well as 2 tram lines. 48°8′06″N 11°34′54″E  /  48.13500°N 11.58167°E  / 48.13500; 11.58167 Bernhard von Neher Karl Josef Bernhard von Neher (16 January 1806, in Biberach an der Riß – 17 January 1886, in Stuttgart )

140-410: The front facade of the building, on the third floor, the third and fourth windows from the left are bay windows , while on the fourth and fifth floors only the fourth windows are bay windows. On the fifth floor, the second and sixth windows have loggias . 48°08′08″N 11°34′50″E  /  48.13556°N 11.58056°E  / 48.13556; 11.58056 Isartor The Isartor at

154-639: The huge fresco that adorns the arch of the Isartor , depicting the triumphal entry of Emperor Louis after his victory at the Battle of Mühldorf . In 1836 he was summoned to Weimar , to decorate two rooms of the Grand Ducal Palace with murals. He worked there, off and on, for eleven years. In 1841, he became Director of the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig . He was later induced to return to Stuttgart, where he became

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168-489: The restoration in 1833-35 by Friedrich von Gärtner has recreated the dimensions and appearance close to the original structure. The frescos, created in 1835 by Bernhard von Neher , depict the victorious return of Emperor Louis after the Battle of Mühldorf in 1322. The Isartor today houses a humorous museum which is dedicated to the comedian and actor Karl Valentin . A café for visitors has been integrated. The Isartortheater, which produced Singspiele and spoken plays in

182-598: Was a German painter. Neher began to study painting in 1822 in Stuttgart, under Johann Heinrich von Dannecker und Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch , but received his primary instruction at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich with Peter von Cornelius . This was followed by four years in Rome , where he cultivated contacts with the Nazarene movement , led by Friedrich Overbeck und Philipp Veit . In 1832, he returned to Munich, where he painted

196-408: Was built by Heilmann & Littmann for the brewer Joseph Höcherl. The German Workers Party (DAP) of Anton Drexler met once a week in the restaurant on the first floor of the new building. On 12 September 1919, Adolf Hitler attended a meeting of the DAP on behalf of the intelligence command of the army . The meeting took place in a meeting room of the Sterneckerbräu. Drexler invited him to join

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