Angel of Peace, Bronze monument in Bogenhausen district, Munich, Germany

The Angel of Peace is a 38-metre monument above the Luitpoldterrasse in the Maximiliansanlagen. An open square temple, 8 by 8 metres and 9 metres high, rests on a two-step base reached by two flights of stairs; eight caryatids and four corner piers carry its roof. On the roof stands a 23-metre Corinthian column bearing a gilded bronze Nike, 6 metres tall with a 5-metre wingspan, modelled on the Nike of Paeonius.

A competition for the memorial was announced in 1895 by the Prinzregent-Luitpold-Stiftung, originally intended for the Franzosenviertel in Haidhausen. The foundation stone was laid on 10 May 1896, the 25th anniversary of the Treaty of Frankfurt, and the monument was unveiled on 16 July 1899, the 28th anniversary of the Bavarian troops' return to Munich. Sculptors Heinrich Düll, Max Heilmaier and Georg Pezold designed it.

The name Friedensengel (Angel of Peace) is popularly used for the gilded Nike, a replica of the Nike of Paeonius. Each July, a weekend around the 16th, the anniversary of the 1899 unveiling, is marked by the Friedensengelfest. Inside the temple hall, gold mosaics show allegories of war and peace, victory and blessing for culture.

Two staircases flank the terrace and lead up to the observation deck beside the column; the monument rises above the Luitpoldterrasse, which is reached from the Luitpoldbrücke at the western end of Prinzregentenstraße. The Prinzregentenstraße splits around the rondell here and rejoins at Europaplatz to the east.

The gilded bronze figure is a replica of the Nike of Paeonius, a statue found at Olympia. In 1981 it was taken down because it threatened to fall from the column; during removal it was damaged. Reinstalled in 1983, it received a new leg and both wings, whose angle is now steeper than originally.