''Bayerische Staatskanzlei'' (Bavarian State Chancellery) is the name of a state agency of the

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and also of the appendant building.

The office

The Bavarian State Chancellery is serving as the executive office of the

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. The agency's primary function is to assist the Minister-President in coordinating the activities of the Bavarian State Government, similar to the

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on federal level. The State Chancellery is represented by Bavarian missions in the German capital

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and to the

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Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

The building

''Bayerische Staatskanzlei'' is also the name of the building in

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that houses the personal offices of the chancellery staff. It was erected from 1989 to 1993 around the central dome of the former

Bavarian Army The Bavarian Army was the army of the Electorate (1682–1806) and then Kingdom (1806–1919) of Bavaria. It existed from 1682 as the standing army of Bavaria until the merger of the military sovereignty (''Wehrhoheit'') of Bavaria into that of ...

Museum, which had been built in 1905 at the site of the Hofgartenkaserne barracks and was demolished in

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. The museum then was moved to the New Castle in

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. With reference to

Leo von Klenze Leo von Klenze (Franz Karl Leopold von Klenze; 29 February 1784, Buchladen (Bockelah / Bocla) near Schladen – 26 January 1864, Munich) was a German neoclassicist architect, painter and writer. Court architect of Bavarian King Ludwig I, Le ...

's neighbouring Festsaalbau of the Munich Residenz, the new building of the Bavarian Army Museum was also influenced by the Italian

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architecture, but shows the monumentalization of the late

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. The architect was Ludwig Mellinger. The west side of the central building with six columns completes a three-part entablature with limestone figures in the center and four trophies. The east facade, originally facing no road, was made comparatively restrained. Under the dome was a central room, a "Hall of Fame". This space takes the two upper floors with a height of 32 meters. After its destruction in World War II, the two side wings were torn off, the central building was for a ruin for decades. By 1982, however, the dome with its copper coverage was restored. The remnants of some

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arcades of the Hofgarten in the north were integrated to the building. The two new wings are covered in full length with glazed stairs in the style of Jacob's Ladders, giving the impression of ship stairs. At the request of then-Prime Minister Max Streibl an intimate space with wood paneling and furnishings, ("Zirbelstube") was inserted after the reception room of the Prime Minister, who caused a stir because of high costs. The building comprises about 8,800 m². To the east of the building the stream Köglmühlbach flows past above ground. Before the west side of the courtyard is the war memorial and the equestrian statue for Duke Otto I Wittelsbach.

The office

The building

See also