page_title: Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo taken on 2014-08-20 02:19:09. Sculptor of this monument: Franz Bernauer (1861 Munich - 1916 München, Bavaria)
context_page_description: Luitpold Karl Joseph Wilhelm Ludwig, Prince Regent of Bavaria, was the de facto ruler of Bavaria from 1886 to 1912, due to the incapacity of his nephews, King Ludwig II for three days and King Otto for 26 years.
context_section_description: Tutored as a child by Domenico Quaglio the Younger, Luitpold had a great feeling for the arts. Luitpold's years as regent were marked by tremendous artistic and cultural activity in Bavaria where they are known as the Prinzregentenjahre ("The Prince Regent Years") or the Prinzregentenzeit.  Bavaria prospered under a liberal government and Munich became a cultural centre of Europe. Thomas Mann wrote about this period "Munich shone" (1902 Gladius Dei). Schwabing became an important artists' quarter in Munich.
  There are numerous streets in Bavarian cities and towns called Prinzregentenstrasse or Luitpoldstrasse.  Many institutions are named in Luitpold's honour including the Prinzregententheater in Munich and the Luitpoldarena and the Luitpoldhalle in Nürnberg.  In 1891 Luitpold established the Luitpold Gymnasium in Munich.  Prinzregententorte is a multi-layered cake with chocolate butter cream named in his honour. The vessel SMS Prinzregent Luitpold of the Imperial German Navy and the Luitpold Coast were named for Luitpold.
  Luitpold's great passion next to the arts was hunting, and his legendary hunts took place throughout Bavaria.
caption: Augsburg monument by the sculptor Franz Bernauer on top of the fountain Prinzregentenbrunnen.
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