• The Nymphenburg Schloß (Nymphenburg Palace) was commissioned by the electoral couple Ferdinand Maria and Henriette Adelaide of Savoy to celebrate the birth of their son, Maximilian II Emanuel.
• The first section, the central pavilion, was constructed from 1664 to 1675. Max Emanuel, the son of the electors, began the expansion of the palace adding the north and south pavilions by Enrico Zuccalli and Giovanni Antonio Viscardi from 1702 to 1704. In 1713, Viscardi added a castle chapel inside the northern pavilion.
• Architect Joseph Effner reconstructed the facade of the structure in 1716 according to the French Baroque model of architecture.
• After the treaty of Nymphenburg in 1741, the palace served as the summer residence place Bavarian leaders for many years.
• King Max I Joseph died in the place in 1825, and his great-grandson King Ludwig II was born here in 1845.
• During World War II the castle chapel took a direct hit, but the rest of the palace was spared destruction.
• During the 1972 Olympics, riding competitions were held on the palace grounds.
• After the German Revolution of 1918, the palace came largely under the ownership of the state, though, the House of Wittelsbach still uses it as a home and chancery for the head of the house.
• The first floor of the palace is home to the Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory, established in 1747 by Maximilian III Joseph to get the state finances out of debt.
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