Munich - Main Post Office

(Local Name: Hauptpost) The Palais Törring-Jettenbach, now occupied by the Munich Main Post Office, was built in 1747-54 by Ignaz Anton Gunetzrhainer. The decoration of the interior was the work of his brother Johann Baptist; the stucco-work was by Johann Baptist Zimmermann. Nine figures in the staircase hall, now in the Nationalmuseum, were carved by Johann Baptist Straub (1744).

The palace was acquired by the Post Office in 1834 for 180,000 florins. King Ludwig I had pressed strongly for the purchase, since, in accordance with the plans of his architect Leo von Klenze, he wanted to have a suitably imposing building with a proper colonnaded front in Max-Joseph-Platz opposite the Königsbau wing of the Residenz. Between 1836 and 1839 Klenze modified the palace by adding two additional windows at each end and an open portico in front. The cost of the project was the cause of considerable outcry. Klenze had estimated the cost of the alterations at 85,000 florins, and Ludwig had repeatedly stressed that this was to be the absolute maximum; however, as a result of changes regarded as "highly necessary and advantageous", the final total turned out to be more than twice the estimated sum.