If you travel down the Danube you will discover a Greek temple of marble, about 10 kilometers / 6 miles after Regensburg. Leo von Klenze took his design orientation from the Parthenon of Athens when he was commissioned to erect a hall of fame. The building got its name “Walhalla” from the residence of the Germanic gods, “Valhalla”. 26 years after starting the work, King Ludwig I was able to declare on the 18th of October 1842, “May “Walhalla” promote the strengthening and increase of German mind! May the Germans, regardless of their tribe always feel that they have a common Fatherland”. In the notable architecture of the hall today stand 126 busts of significant personalities, who for the most part come from German speaking areas, including Johann Sebastian Bach, and Ludwig van Beethoven, Otto von Guericke and Johann Gregor Mendel, Johannes Gutenberg and Jakob Fugger, August II from Saxony and Friedrich II from Prussia, Immanuel Kant and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, as well as Sophie Scholl and Ulrich von Hutten. In addition, there are 64 panels commemorating great personalities such as Hildegard von Bingen, Albertus Magnus, Roswitha from Gandersheim, and Walther von der Vogelweide, Heinrich III, and Hermann the Defender, as well as Peter Henlein, and Gerhard, Master Builder of Cathedrals. Some visitors may note that many prominent persons are missing, for instance Friedrich List. However this does nothing to diminish this unusual memorial. A complete listing of those honored in the “Walhalla” can be found on the Internet at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walhalla.

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