Munich is the capital city of the state of Bavaria in southern Germany. The city is located on the Isar river. The city was the center of the German counter reformation in the sixteenth century in response to the Protestant Reformation. During an outbreak of the Bubonic Plague in 1634–35, nearly one-third of Munich’s population died. Munich was also the site of Adolf Hitler and his supporters’ 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, an attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic. As a significant cultural city, Munich has hosted Mozart, Wagner, and Strauss. Today, Munich is a center of technology, culture, and finance.