Hofgarten
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Why go
- The Dianatempel, completed in 1616, is the garden’s only surviving original building.
- Peter von Cornelius’s frescoes depict Wittelsbach history in the western arcades.
- Ornamental beds beside the Residenz follow Carl Effner’s 1853 plans.
Opening hours
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Don't miss
- Dianatempel arches and pathsEight arches open onto eight garden paths.At the garden’s center.
- Shell-decorated wall fountainsFour wall fountains decorated with shells are inside the pavilion.Inside the Dianatempel.
- Bowl fountainsLeo von Klenze designed the garden’s four bowl fountains around 1822.In the garden.
- NymphenbrunnenBuilt in 1852, this fountain stands immediately in front of the Bazargebäude.In front of the Bazargebäude.
What you see
- The Deutsches Theatermuseum is housed in the former Churfürstliche Galerie within the northern arcade.
- The Munich Residenz façade borders the garden to the south.
- Arcades flank the Hofgartentor at the western entrance.
Photo spots
- White Rose memorialA black granite memorial honours White Rose members executed for their nonviolent campaign against Hitler’s regime.Northeast corner of the garden.
Shorts
History
On the east side, barracks occupied the site from 1807, followed by an Army Museum in 1905. The repurposed museum building was completed with glass wings in 1993. During the Nazi regime, the garden hosted propaganda exhibitions in 1937. World War II destroyed the garden; its reconstruction used Effner’s plans while balancing two earlier design styles.
- 1560Duke Albrecht of Bavaria began a Renaissance garden north of an older garden.
- 1613–1617Elector Maximilian I expanded the garden westward to its present extent in the Italian Renaissance style.
- 1615–1616Heinrich Schön the elder built the Dianatempel in 1615; it was completed in 1616.
- 1807A barracks stood on the garden’s eastern site.
- 1816Leo von Klenze built the Hofgartentor, his first building in Munich.
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- 1905An Army Museum was built on the eastern site of the former barracks.
- 1920sBernhard Bleeker’s war memorial was installed in the garden’s eastern section.
- 1937From July to November, the garden hosted Entartete Kunst exhibitions used as Nazi propaganda.
- World War IIThe garden was destroyed and later rebuilt using Carl Effner’s plans, balancing nineteenth-century landscape style with seventeenth-century formal design.
How to get there
- TrainOdeonsplatz U-Bahn station is directly west of the garden.
- On footThe main western entrance is the Hofgartentor, facing the Theatinerkirche. Address: Hofgartenstrasse 1, Munich, Upper Bavaria.
Sources: Hofgarten (Munich) - Wikipedia · Hofgarten (München) - Wikipedia · Hofgarten de Munich - Wikipedia · checked 2 Oct 2026
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Questions and answers
What are Hofgarten’s opening hours?
The garden is open 24 hours every day.
What is at the center of Hofgarten?
The Dianatempel pavilion has eight arches, with a garden path leading from each one.
What happens at Hofgarten’s pavilion?
It hosts concerts and is a meeting place for tango, salsa and swing dancers.
What can I see at the Hofgartentor?
Leo von Klenze built the western gate in 1816; it was his first work in Munich.
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