WW1 Memorials Munich

ww1 memorials in Munich

The infantry school where Hitler was tried after the 1923 putch

This is the building in Blutenburg Strasse where Hitler and his co-defendants were tried in 1924 for their participation in the Beer hall putch. They were initially supposed to be tried in the main in Berlin but too many prominent members of Munich society were implicated ….so conveniently the trail was tucked away in this infantry school in Munich along with a sympathetic judge.

 

 

Hoch Bunkers in the Munich Area

There are a fair few of these if you know where to look. Many are just empty a few have been converted. The interesting thing about them is that they were not large concrete edifices as found in many other German cities but made to blend in with the surroundings, with features such as tiled roofs.

North east of BMW works

South east of BMW works

Shelter and Flak tower south of BMW works

Blumenstrasse

Mullerstrasse

Hotterstrasse

Stienerstrasse

Allach

Quellenstrasse

Claudelorranestrasse

Boschelsnederstrasse

Lohnrösslerveg

Crailsheimstrasse

Himmler – A local man.

Himmler owned a chicken farm before he took over the SS in 1929. I rode past it the other day – It looks like there is a petrol station on the spot now. He was born in Munich just off Maximillian Strasse and also went to the school opposite. He eventually had a large house in Bogenhausen like many senior Nazis. His brother lived just off Dachauer Strasse after the war. My family connection to this is that my grandfather, who was in the British army, was present in the house where Himmler committed suicide in 1945 after he was captured.

Himmler's House 1941 -1945

Himmler's School

The unremarkable location of Himmler's chicken farm taken from the petrol station

Himmler's Birth Place

Prototype Third Reich Housing Developemnt

After the death of Ludwig Troost  – Hermann Geisler became the key architect for the Munich area in 1938. Albert Speer never really gained a foothold in Munich and consequently Speer and Geisler became competitive enemies. The plans/models for the rebuilding of Munich were completed by 1940. The war was in full swing and like the plans for many other German cities they were never realised. However one huge ‘test’ residential building was constructed in the vicinity of Hitler’s residence. Here are the pictures of how it looks today – note the air raid bunkers built onto each corner.

Bunkers on the River Isar

Selection of Bunker shots taken down by the river Isar that runs through Munich. The round one man bunkers are known as Moll bunkers and were to guard sentries and the like from air raids. You can also find these on the Obersalzberg guarding the approaches. For example one is situated in the woods near the route Hitler and his entourage took on their walk to the tea house. ( I will post up a pic of this example at a later date)