Befreiungshalle

Befreiungshalle
Befreiungshalle Kelheim
Befreiungshalle is located in Bavaria
Befreiungshalle
Befreiungshalle
Location in Germany
Befreiungshalle is located in Germany
Befreiungshalle
Befreiungshalle
Befreiungshalle (Germany)
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General information
Architectural styleNeoclassical
Town or cityKelheim
CountryGermany
Coordinates48°55′06″N 11°51′38″E / 48.91833°N 11.86056°E / 48.91833; 11.86056
ClientKing Ludwig I of Bavaria
OwnerBavarian Administration of State-Owned Palaces, Gardens and Lakes
Design and construction
Architect(s)Friedrich von Gärtner,
Leo von Klenze
DesignationsBaudenkmal (listed monument)

The Befreiungshalle ("Hall of Liberation", German: [bəˈfʀaɪ̯ʊŋsˌhalə]) is a neoclassical monument on the Michelsberg hill above the town of Kelheim in Bavaria, Germany. It stands upstream of Regensburg on the river Danube at the confluence of the Danube and the Altmühl, i.e. the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal. It is just downstream of the Danube Gorge, towering above its lower end. It was commissioned by King Ludwig I of Bavaria to commemorate the victory over Napoleon in the Befreiungskriege of 1813–1815.