MUNDELEIN 



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MUNICH 



ARCHBISHOP MUNDE- 

 LEIN 



Muncie was named after the Munsee Indians. 

 The town was settled about 1833 and became a 

 city in 1865. J.E.F. 



MUNDELEIN, mun'delin, MOST RT. REV. 

 GEORGE W. (1869- ), a prelate of the Roman 

 Catholic Church in America, who bears the dis- 

 tinction of being at various times the young- 

 est monsignor, the youngest bishop and the 

 youngest arch- 

 bishop in the 

 United States. 

 He was born in 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 was graduated at 

 Manhattan Col- 

 lege, New York, 

 when twenty, and 

 went to Rome to 

 study at the 

 College of the 

 P r opaganda . 

 He was ordained 

 a priest in 1895, 

 was appointed 

 monsignor in 1905, 

 and the following 

 year was made a 

 member of the 

 Ancient Academy of the Arcade, the first Ameri- 

 can to receive the honor. In 1908 he received 

 the degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology, was 

 consecrated auxiliary bishop of Brooklyn in 

 1909, and was chosen as archbishop of Chicago 

 November 29, 1915. In the latter city he has 

 the distinction of presiding over the most popu- 

 lous Roman Catholic diocese in the world. 

 An-hbishop Mundelein was the first prelate of 

 German descent chosen to preside over the Chi- 

 cago diocese. 



MUN' GOOSE. See MONGOOSE. 



MUNICH, mu'nik, in German Mvv 

 mun' Ken, is one of the finest cities of Ger- 

 many and perhaps the richest in its treasures 

 of art. It is the capital of Bavaria, and is situ- 

 ated on an extensive plateau about 1,700 

 above sea level, on the southern bank of the 

 Isar River. Munich has become world-famous 

 for its great school of painting, and as a mu- 

 sical center. It was a city of little celebrity 

 until the reign of King Ludwig I (1825-1848), 

 who devoted himself to its beautifying. Now 

 made up of an endless succession of mag- 

 nificent palaces, churches and public buildings, 

 v style of architecture, 

 and each worthy of special description. In 

 dition to its fine university, Munich is richly 



endowed with many special schools and insti- 

 tutes for scientific and literary study. The 

 city is also of commercial importance, and its 

 stained-glass works, iron, brass and bell found- 

 ries, lithographing and engraving works, and 

 factories for the manufacture of optical and 

 mathematical instruments are celebrated. Of 

 equal fame are the enormous breweries of Ba- 

 varian beer, about forty-five in number, all un- 

 der royal control. 



The most imposing structure of the many 

 which house fine collections of art is the Old 

 Pinakothek, containing paintings by old mas- 

 ters, as well as engravings and drawings and a 

 priceless collection of antique vases. The New 

 Pinakothek is celebrated for the great frescoes 

 representing the development of art; and it 

 contains a vast collection of paintings by mod- 

 ern artists. The Glyptothek is devoted to 

 sculpture, ancient and modern. The famous 

 Bavarian National Museum illustrates the his- 

 tory of civilization and art. The Royal and 

 National Library contains over 1,100,000 vol- 

 umes and over 50,000 manuscripts. The Royal 

 Palace, which forms an extensive series of build- 

 ings, has many magnificent apartments and 

 artistic treasures ; its curiosities include crystals, 

 miniatures and a fantastic shell grotto. The 

 festive halls are decorated with paintings from 

 the Odyssey. The Konigsbau, a part of the 

 New Palace, in the style of the Pitti Palace at 

 Florence, is noted for the series of frescoes by 

 Schnorr, illustrating the Nibelungenlied. 



The Temple of Fame is of interest not so 

 much for its busts of illustrious Bavarians as 

 for the wonderful statue of Bavaria, sixty-live 

 feet high, standing at the head of the staircase 

 on the terrace leading to the hall. Connceted 

 with the Royal Palace are the Court Church 

 and the Court and National Theater, one of t he 

 largest theaters in Germany. Adjoining the pal- 

 ace is the Court Garden, having arcades adorned 

 with frescoes. A short distance beyond is the 

 English Garden, a beautiful park covering 600 

 acres. The famous Gastcig promenades are 

 along the right bank of the Isnr. The M 

 types are of especial interest to the thousands 

 itors who throng Munich annually. 



there is much of inten-t in this city of 

 architectural magnificence. Most of the mod- 

 ern buildings have been constructed along 

 lines of famous structures of other countries 

 and eras, so, as one well-known writer has said, 

 "a walk through Munich affords a picture of 

 the architerttiiv and art of 2.000 years." Popu- 

 lation, 1910,596,460. K.D.M 



