Radspielerhaus, City palace in the Hackenviertel, Munich, Germany
The Radspielerhaus is a city palace in Munich's old town featuring a balanced facade, strong columns, and refined decorative details in the neoclassical style. The overall structure shows the kind of elegance that wealthy merchants and nobility could afford in the 17th century.
The palace grew from two houses bought in 1678 by electoral revision councillor Johann Rudolf Wämpl, who replaced them with a new building. In 1688 Freiherr Gaudentius von Rechberg received the property as a gift for his services. Jean Baptiste Métivier altered it after 1817, Heinrich Heine lived here in 1827/28, and Josef Radspieler acquired it in 1848.
The house is named after Josef Radspieler, a royal Bavarian court supplier who bought it in 1848 and furnished King Ludwig II's castles with furniture from his own workshops. He also hosted Marija Antonowna Naryschkina, a former mistress of Tsar Alexander I. The building is still called Radspielerhaus after him.
The palace sits on Hackenstraße 7 in the Altstadt-Lehel district and is easily reached on foot from Munich's city center. The exterior can be admired from the street at any time without needing to access the interior.
Behind the palace survives the last private garden in Munich's old town, with a fountain carved by Roman Anton Boos. When a garage was dug there from 2014, excavators found Bronze and Iron Age shards and a historic cellar whose rubble may come from the nearby Asamhof.
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