What is Feldherrnhalle?
[[File:Feldherrnhalle_München.jpg|thumb|320px|The Feldherrnhalle on the [[Odeonsplatz]]]] [[File:Lions at the Feldherrnhalle in Munich.JPG|thumb|180px|Lions at the Feldherrnhalle by [[Wilhelm von Rümann]]]] [[File:Feldherrenhalle 2.jpg|thumb|180px|upright|Statue commemorating the Franco-Prussian war inside the Feldherrnhalle]] The '''Feldherrnhalle''' (Field Marshals' Hall) is a large [[loggia]] in [[Munich]], [[Germany]]. It was made similar to the [[Loggia dei Lanzi]] in [[Florence]], [[Italy]] The building was commissioned in 1841 by King [[Ludwig I of Bavaria]]. He had it built to [[honour]] the [[tradition]] of the [[Bavarian Army]]. In 1923, it was the site of the brief battle that ended [[Adolph Hitler|Hitler's]] [[Beer Hall Putsch]]. During the [[Nazi ]]era, it was a [[monument]] to members of the [[Nazi party]] who died there. ==Structure== The Feldherrnhalle was built between 1841 and 1844. It was built at the southern end of Munich's [[Ludwigstraße (Munich)|Ludwigstrasse]]. It is next to the [[Palais Preysing]] and east of the [[Hofgarten (München)|Hofgarten]]. Before it was built, the [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] ''Schwabinger Tor'' (gate) was in that place. [[Friedrich von Gärtner]] built the Feldherrnhalle<ref>Friedrich von Gärtner, [[Wikisource:The New International Encyclopædia/Gärtner, Friedrich von|New International Encyclopedia]]</ref>> He was requested to do so by King [[Ludwig I of Bavaria]]. The Feldherrnhalle was a symbol of the honours of the Bavarian Army. It included [[statues]] of two military leaders; [[Johan t'Serclaes, Count of Tilly|Johann Tilly]] and [[Karl Philipp von Wrede]]. Tilly led Bavarians in the [[Thirty Years War]]. Philipp von Wrede led the fight against [[Napoleon]].<ref name = gave>Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, ''Architecture, Monuments, and the Legacy of the Third Reich'', University of California Press, April 2000, pp.110-20.</ref> The statues were created by [[Ludwig Schwanthaler]].<ref name = guid>Joanna Egert-Romanowskiej et al, ''DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: German