Galeria Kaufhof Marienplatz

Since 1972, the Kaufhof Marienplatz has been located at Kaufinger Strasse 1-5, opposite the town hall. Hardly any other building in the old town moved people's minds as much as this one. At the beginning of the 1970s, the prominent façade led to a public discussion, to which architect Josef Wiedemann took a stand in a "justification paper". How modern can Munich be in order to still remain Munich? Wiedemann, a native of Munich and a key pioneer in the reconstruction after the war, wanted to combine the old with the new. What for some represents a break in the ensemble of the old town, for others is a monument of its time.