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Architectural plans
for Munich: the eastern
portion of the
east-west axis, view
from the “Monument
to the Movement” to
the new main railway
station (model, 1940)
Munich was one of the five “Führer
Cities” in the planned Greater German
Reich, whose urban fabric was to be
radically transformed. The monumental
plans, which were drawn up in
close consultation with Hitler himself,
involved the construction of a grand
avenue, the Great Axis, which was to
be 2.5 kilometres long and 120 metres
wide and lined with overdimensioned
cultural and prestige buildings, as well
as a six-kilometre east-west axis. The
city was to be visually dominated by a
huge dome structure for the new main
railway station and a 200-metre-high
“Monument to the Movement”. The
Recruits being sworn
in at the Feldherrn -
halle, November
1935
planned completion date for the building
work was 1950, but in fact only a
few of these projects were ever actually
built. Those that were include the
redevelopment of Königsplatz with the
nearby Nazi Party buildings and the
widening of Von-der-Tann-Straße 16 to
create a connection between the Haus
der Kunst and the party headquarters
on Königsplatz.
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