Vue perspective du pont de Munic et du casino y projette / 116.

Title

Vue perspective du pont de Munic et du casino y projette / 116.

Hydrographic map showing 13 views/depictions of the Isar bridges near Munich. Figure I shows the Isar from the Casino with the bridge up to the Frauenkirche. From Carl Friedrich von Wiebeking "Allgemeine auf Geschichte und Erfahrung gegründete Theoretisch-Practische Wasserbaukunst", (Darmstadt 1798-1807).

ca. 1800

Artist

Bollinger (1777-1825)

Friedrich Wilhelm Bollinger ( 1777 -1825 ) was a German engraver and professor in Berlin. Bollinger studied at the Royal Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin and later became a professor there. He engraved about 150 portraits of famous personalities, often using models by other artists. Among his most famous works are engraved portraits of Martin Luther, Johannes Bugenhagen, the King of Saxony and Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni. The latter appeared as the title page of his work Akustik, 1802.

Historical Description

Munich- Munchen, the name of the city is derived from the Old/Middle High German term Munichen, meaning "by the monks". It derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who ran a monastery at the place that was later to become the Old Town of Munich; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat of arms. Munich was first mentioned in 1158. From 1255 the city was seat of the Bavarian Dukes. Black and gold — the colours of the Holy Roman Empire — have been the city's official colours since the time of Ludwig the Bavarian, when it was an imperial residence. Following a final reunification of the Wittelsbachian Duchy of Bavaria, previously divided and sub-divided for more than 200 years, the town became the country's sole capital in 1506. Catholic Munich was a cultural stronghold of the Counter-Reformation and a political point of divergence during the resulting Thirty Years' War, but remained physically untouched despite an occupation by the Protestant Swedes; as the townsfolk would rather open the gates of their town than risk siege and almost inevitable destruction. Like wide parts of the Holy Roman Empire, the area recovered slowly economically. Having evolved from a duchy's capital into that of an electorate (1623), and later a sovereign kingdom (1806), Munich has been a centre of arts, culture and science since the early 19th century.