Bavaria
Upper Bavaria
Munich

Bavaria statue

Bavaria is the name given to a monumental, bronze sand-cast 19th-century statue in , southern Germany. It is a female personification of the homeland, and by extension its strength and glory.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Statue of Bavaria in Munich, Germany
  • Also known as: “Bavaria”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hall of Fame and Theresienwiese.

Photo: Hvezd, Public domain.
The Ruhmeshalle is a Doric colonnade with a main range and two wings, designed by Leo von Klenze for Ludwig I of Bavaria. Built in 1853, it is situated on an ancient ledge above the in and was built as part of a complex which also includes the Bavariapark and the Bavaria statue.

Recreation area
Photo: Usien, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an open space in the Munich borough of . It serves as the official ground of the Oktoberfest. A space of 420,000 square metres, it is bordered in the west by the and the Bavaria statue, symbolizing the , and in the east by Esperantoplatz, a square named for the international language Esperanto. is situated 260 metres east of Bavaria statue.

Park
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is situated 210 metres west of Bavaria statue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Theresienhöhe and Schwanthalerhöhe.

Quarter
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is a newly created quarter of . It is part of and .

Suburb
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, also called Westend, is a borough of . It is located west of the city center and with a population of about 30,000 on just two square kilometers is one of Munich's most densely populated boroughs.

Munich is an area of the city of roughly bounded by the railway tracks north, A99 west, the River Isar east, and the tract of land along A96 south.

Bavaria statue

Latitude
48.13069° or 48° 7′ 51″ north
Longitude
11.54594° or 11° 32′ 45″ east
Height
27 metres (90 feet)
Open location code
8FWH4GJW+79
Open­Street­Map ID
way 96753009
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q707669
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Bavaria statue” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوارية”
  • Arabic: “تمثال بافاريا”
  • Arabic: “تمثال بوارية”
  • Bavarian: “Bavaria”
  • Belarusian: “Статуя Баварыі”
  • Bengali: “বাভারিয়া মূর্তি”
  • Bulgarian: “Бавария”
  • Catalan: “Bavaria”
  • Catalan: “Estàtua de la Bavaria”
  • Chinese: “巴伐利亚雕像”
  • Czech: “Bavaria”
  • Czech: “Socha Bavarie”
  • Estonian: “Bavaria”
  • French: “Bavaria”
  • German: “Bavaria-Statue”
  • Hebrew: “בוואריה”
  • Indonesian: “Patung Bavaria”
  • Italian: “Baviera”
  • Italian: “Statua della Bavaria”
  • Japanese: “バヴァリア (擬人化)”
  • Latin: “Bavaria”
  • Russian: “Бавария”
  • Russian: “Статуя Баварии”
  • Slovenian: “Bavaria”
  • Spanish: “Bavaria”
  • Swedish: “Bavaria”
  • Ukrainian: “Баварія (статуя)”
  • Ukrainian: “Баварія”
  • Uzbek: “Bavariya haykal”
  • Vietnamese: “Bavaria”
  • Western Panjabi: “باویرین”
  • Wu Chinese: “巴伐利亚雕像”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bavaria and Wiesn-Wache.

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