Allerheiligen-Hofkirche [SEP] named after
Allerheiligen-Hofkirche
The Allerheiligen-Hofkirche (Court Church of All Saints) is a church in the Munich Residenz (the royal palace of the Bavarian monarchs) designed by Leo von Klenze and built between 1826 and 1837. The church was badly damaged from bombing during World War II and for decades remained a ruin before undergoing partial restoration and secularization. It is now used for concerts and events.
History.
The "Allerheiligen-Hofkirche" was commissioned in 1825 by Ludwig I of Bavaria, inspired by the Cappella
the Residenz Theatre, next to the church, was constructed already under Elector Maximilian III (1745–1777) from 1751. Before World War II, it housed the Old Residenz Theatre. The decoration of the old theatre, carefully dismantled and removed, was moved into the south-eastern wing of the Festsaalbau next to the Allerheiligen-Hofkirche after the war. Here it was reopened as "Cuvilliés Theatre". In 2008, the courtyard before the theatre was also redesigned and covered with a new glass roof. It was then named