Alter Hof
In Alter Hof—“Old Court” in German—Munich once held an early imperial seat of the Wittelsbach dynasty, and this is where the city’s court story turns from fortress to residence. Archaeological excavations show a castle here already in the 12th century, and in 1253 the site becomes tied to Duke Louis II of Bavaria after the first partition of Bavaria in 1255. The Alter Hof was the first permanent imperial residence in the Holy Roman Empire under Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, and it later housed the regalia of the House of Wittelsbach in the St. Lorenz Chapel on the north side. The complex you find remembered in its five wings—Burgstock, Zwingerstock, Lorenzistock, Pfisterstock, and Brunnenstock—develops over time: the Burgstock’s late Gothic elements date to around 1460/70, while the Zwingerstock’s core is from the 14th century. …
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