Google translation : As part of the facility was Briennerstrasse under King Ludwig I. also the Wittelsbach court erected . It is located diagonally opposite the Odeon Square . The place of majestic palace is surrounded on three sides and is open only to Briennerstraße out . It was named after the Bavarian noble family the Wittelsbach . The place is the most beautiful neoclassical square in Munich. His design was a concept of Leo Klenze to reason . In the north of the rectangular square is the built in 1825 by the royal architect Leo Krenze Ludwig Ferdinand Palace , the western part of the square is also built from 1820 by Leo Klenze Palais Arco Zinnenberg dominated the eastern part is the Palais Leuchtenberg . In the southwest of the once magnificent block is the Café Luitpold , that after the destruction of the Second World War II was restored only simplified. In the middle of the square an equestrian monument is the image of Elector Maximilian I. The stature was cast by Johann Baptist Stiglmaier designed by the Dane Bertel Thorvalsen in bronze.
