Palais Holnstein
Palais Holnstein stands in Munich as a four-winged Rococo palace surrounding an inner courtyard. François de Cuvilliés built it between 1733 and 1737. Its front house served grand receptions, while the rear provided private living quarters.
Sophie Caroline von Ingenheim commissioned the palace, linking its creation to Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor. Since 1818, it has housed the Archbishop of Munich and Freising. Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger lived here from 1977 to 1982 before becoming Pope Benedict XVI. Johann Baptist Zimmermann decorated the interiors with lavish stucco work, although visitors cannot enter them.
The three-storey façade presents nine window bays, a flat central section, a gable, and pilasters across the upper floors. Joseph Effner’s architectural influence appears in this carefully divided exterior. Its preserved Rococo design survived World War II, which destroyed many comparable Munich buildings. The palace remains a rare Munich example of eighteenth-century Rococo architecture.
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