The Befreiungshalle is a historical, classical monument upon the Mount Michelsberg upove the city of Kelheim in Bavaria, Germany. It stands upstream of Regensburg on the river Danube at the confluence of Danube and Altmühl, i.e. the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal. Kelheim is a town in Bavaria, capital of the district Kelheim. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Regensburg (English formerly Ratisbon, Latin Ratisbona, Czech Řezno) is a city (population 150,212 in 2004) in Bavaria, south-east Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. ... The Danube (German: Donau, Slovak: Dunaj, Hungarian: Duna, Slovenian: Donava, Croatian: Dunav, Serbian: Дунав/Dunav, Bulgarian: Дунав, Romanian: Dunăre, Ukrainian: , Latin: Danuvius, Turkish: Tuna) is Europes second-longest river (after the Volga). ... The Altmühl is a river in Bavaria, Germany. ... the Rhine-Main Danube Canal (in the foreground) near Nuremberg The Rhine-Main-Danube Canal (also called Main-Danube Canal, RMD Canal or Europa Canal) connects the Main and Danube from Bamberg by Nuremberg to Regensburg. ...

History

Befreiungshalle Kelheim

Befreiungshalle Kelheim (interior)

Befreiungshalle Kelheim (floor inscription)

King Louis I of Bavaria ordered the Befreiungshalle to be built in order to commemorate the victories against Napoleon during the Wars of Liberation that lasted from 1813 bis 1815. Image File history File links Befreiungshalle-kelheim-aussen. ... Image File history File links Befreiungshalle-kelheim-aussen. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Befreiungshalle-kelheim-innen. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Befreiungshalle-kelheim-innen. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Befreiungshalle-kelheim-boden. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Befreiungshalle-kelheim-boden. ... Ludwig I (or Louis I, which is the French form of his name) (August 25, 1786 – February 29, 1868) was king of Bavaria from 1825 until 1848. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... Combatants Allies: • United Kingdom, • Prussia, • Austria, • Russia France Casualties Full list Full list The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars fought during Napoleon Bonapartes rule over France. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

The construction was started in 1842 by Friedrich von Gärtner in a mixture of antique and christian style. At the behest of the King, Leo von Klenze altered the plans and completed the building in veränderte 1863. The ceremonial opening took place on October 18, 1863 - the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Nations (Völkerschlacht) near Leipzig. 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Friedrich von Gärtner (born December 10, 1791 in Koblenz; died April 21, 1847 in Munich) was a German architect. ... Ruhmeshalle in Munich Leo von Klenze (Franz Karl Leopold von Klenze, February 29, 1784 - January 27, 1864) - German neoclassicist architect, painter and writer. ... 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ... Map of battle by 18 October 1813, from Meyers Encyclopaedia The Battle of Leipzig (October 16-19, 1813), also called the Battle of the Nations, was the largest conflict in the Napoleonic Wars and one of the worst defeats suffered by Napoleon Bonaparte. ... (help· info) [] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the Federal State (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ...

The following dictum by King Louis I., embedded into the marble floor, commemorates the occasion of the construction of the Befreiungshalle:

MOECHTEN

DIE TEUTSCHEN

NIE VERGESSEN WAS

DEN BEFREIUNGSKAMPF

NOTHWENDIG MACHTE

UND WODURCH SIE

GESIEGT.

(May

the Germans

never forget what

made necessary

the Struggle for Freedom

and whereby they

won.)

This inscription of dedication is to be found above the ornamented door frame of the entrance portal:

DEN TEUTSCHEN

BEFREIUNGSKAEMPFERN

LUDWIG I

KOENIG VON BAYERN

(To the German

Liberation Fighters

Louis I.

King of Bavaria)

External links

• pictures of the Befreiungshalle