Palais Preysing
Palais Preysing is Munich’s first Rococo palace, built as the city residence of the Counts of Preysing and set directly opposite the Residenz. Joseph Effner received a commission in 1723 to create a four‑story urban palace, and construction ran from 1723 to 1728—complete with a chapel, a ballroom, and an impressive staircase. Its façade shows the hallmark of the style: stucco decoration, arranged over a front width that fits nine window bays. After decades of aristocratic use, the palace took on a new role when the Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank began operations there on 15 October 1835, starting with 11 employees. The Second World War destroyed the original building, and the structure was reconstructed in the 1950s; the ground floor was redesigned for shops. …
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