Jesuit College with St. Michael's Church (right) The old Academy rebuilt after the war
The former Jesuit College, now Munich Academy (also known as Wilhelminum), is a 16th century, Renaissance-style building in Munich.
William V of Bavaria invited the Jesuits to Munich and built a building for them to house the new college. The Saint-Michel church was part of the school complex.
After the suppression of the Jesuits and their expulsion (1773), the building became a cantonment for army cadets.
From 1783 to 1826 he housed the Court's library and archives. In the same year, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences also settled in the Wilhelminum, which it shared with other institutions.
Subsequently a school of painting and sculpture was established (hence the name "Academy"). From 1826 to 1840, the premises were used by the University Louis-and-Maximilian of Munich.
The buildings were badly damaged during the bombings of the Second World War. The whole was rebuilt after the war.
The owner of Wilhelminum is the Ministry of Finance of the State of Bavaria. Since the spring of 2007, Bavaria would separate part of the premises by selling them to private companies. In June 2007, articles and reports were broadcast in the media announcing that the building should not be sold because the use would be changed. This situation does not leave indifferent and worries the people of Munich who remain vigilant.
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