A steel plate lies flat against the pavement of Kardinal-Faulhaber-Straße. It does not stand tall or loom; instead, it waits beneath the feet of those walking toward the Palais Montgelas. The surface captures a forensic detail: the outlines of Kurt Eisner as marked by the police with chalk when they found his body.
Kurt Eisner was the first Bavarian Minister-President. He declared the Bavarian Republic on November 8, 1918, and served as the Minister-President of the People's State of Bavaria. He was coming from the Foreign Ministry when he was shot on February 21, 1919.
Lieutenant Anton Graf von Arco killed Eisner at this specific location. He fired two shots from close range, striking Eisner in the back and the head.
Erika Maria Lankes designed the memorial, which was inaugurated in 1989 on the 70th anniversary of Eisner's death. Today, the inscription identifies him as the former Minister-President and states that he was murdered at this site on February 21, 1919.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
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