General German Industrial Exhibition | |
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Overview | |
BIE-class | Unrecognized exposition |
Name | General German Industrial Exhibition |
Building(s) | Glaspalast |
Area | 15,670 square metres (1.567 ha) |
Visitors | 90,000 on first day |
Organized by | Maximilian II, King of Bavaria (organiser), August von Voit (venue designer) |
Location | |
Country | Kingdom of Bavaria |
City | Munich |
Coordinates | 48°08′32″N 11°33′53″E / 48.14222°N 11.56472°E |
Timeline | |
Opening | 15 July 1854 |
Closure | 15 October 1854 |
The General German Industrial Exhibition was designed to demonstrate German industry to a global audience, but was adversely impacted by a cholera epidemic. [1]
It ran from 15 July 1854 [2] until 15 October. [3] There more than 5,000 visitors a day [2] with more than 90,000 visitors on the first day. [3]
The building, the Glaspalast, followed the architecture of The Crystal Palace three years earlier in London. [4] It was made of glass and cast iron, over two levels inspired. It had two stories and over 234 by 67 m (768 by 220 ft) of floor area, and was 25 m (82 ft) tall. [3]
There had been global cases of cholera (the third cholera pandemic before the festival, but the risk of it was downplayed and the exhibition [2] and a concurrent festival still took place. [1] By August the epidemic hit Munich, 3,000 people eventually died of cholera and some contracting it at the exhibition including a woman from Thaining visiting Munich to see the exhibit. [1]
The medals showed Maximilian II on the obverse and the Glaspalast on reverse. They were designed by Carl Friedrich Voigt . [5]
The Glaspalast had been intended to be used as a botanic garden, but was used for exhibitions which helped establish Munich's reputation, [6] until it burned in 1931. [5] The fountain was moved to the Haidhausen quarter.
General German Industrial Exhibition | |
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![]() | |
Overview | |
BIE-class | Unrecognized exposition |
Name | General German Industrial Exhibition |
Building(s) | Glaspalast |
Area | 15,670 square metres (1.567 ha) |
Visitors | 90,000 on first day |
Organized by | Maximilian II, King of Bavaria (organiser), August von Voit (venue designer) |
Location | |
Country | Kingdom of Bavaria |
City | Munich |
Coordinates | 48°08′32″N 11°33′53″E / 48.14222°N 11.56472°E |
Timeline | |
Opening | 15 July 1854 |
Closure | 15 October 1854 |
The General German Industrial Exhibition was designed to demonstrate German industry to a global audience, but was adversely impacted by a cholera epidemic. [1]
It ran from 15 July 1854 [2] until 15 October. [3] There more than 5,000 visitors a day [2] with more than 90,000 visitors on the first day. [3]
The building, the Glaspalast, followed the architecture of The Crystal Palace three years earlier in London. [4] It was made of glass and cast iron, over two levels inspired. It had two stories and over 234 by 67 m (768 by 220 ft) of floor area, and was 25 m (82 ft) tall. [3]
There had been global cases of cholera (the third cholera pandemic before the festival, but the risk of it was downplayed and the exhibition [2] and a concurrent festival still took place. [1] By August the epidemic hit Munich, 3,000 people eventually died of cholera and some contracting it at the exhibition including a woman from Thaining visiting Munich to see the exhibit. [1]
The medals showed Maximilian II on the obverse and the Glaspalast on reverse. They were designed by Carl Friedrich Voigt . [5]
The Glaspalast had been intended to be used as a botanic garden, but was used for exhibitions which helped establish Munich's reputation, [6] until it burned in 1931. [5] The fountain was moved to the Haidhausen quarter.