Munich: Königsplatz

This postcard shows a watercolor by Richard Wagner (1878-1947) from circa 1937/38. The Königsplatz, renamed "Königlicher Platz" by the National Socialists, was redesigned from 1934 onwards according to designs by Paul Ludwig Troost. The visual axis runs from the Propyläen to the obelisk on Karolinenplatz. The twin buildings "Führerbau" and Verwaltungsbau of the NSDAP as well as the two temples of honor can be seen at the eastern end of Königsplatz, which is paved with granite slabs.
Richard Wagner, a native of Wolfratshausen, often made watercolors that became postcard motifs. The subtitle of this card "Hauptstadt der Bewegung" ("Capital of the Movement") indicates its propagandistic function. That slogan, coined in 1935, refers to the fact that Munich played a key role for the rise of National Socialism in the 1920s.