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Obelisk at Karolinenplatz
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Bernd 🌲🦌🍄🥾
June 17, 2025
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Karolinenplatz is a circular square in the Museum Quarter, created at the beginning of the 19th century as part of neoclassical urban planning. At its center stands the 29-meter-high obelisk, erected in 1833 at the request of King Ludwig I. It commemorates the 30,000 Bavarian soldiers who died in Napoleon's Russian campaign of 1812. The cast-iron obelisk is an important memorial to Bavarian history and lends Karolinenplatz its distinctive appearance as a historical memorial and transportation hub in Munich's city center.
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Gabi 🌺
May 24, 2023
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The obelisk on Karolinenplatz is a memorial in Munich. It was erected in 1833 by King Ludwig I. from the architect Leo von Klenze for the 30,000 Bavarian soldiers who had fallen in Napoleon's Russian campaign of 1812.
Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obelisk_am_Karolinenplatz
Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obelisk_am_Karolinenplatz
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Bernd
April 16, 2018
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Karolinenplatz lies between the royal square and Odeonsplatz, in the middle of which a black obelisk juts out from a green area decorated with flowers. The obelisk was erected in 1833 on the order of Louis I and commemorates the Bavarian soldiers who fell during Napoleon's 1812 Russian campaign. Here at the square is also the stock exchange Munich.
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