Fürstenrieder Straße 257 is a small residential and commercial building in

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. It is registered as a

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in the ''Bayerische Denkmalliste''.

Description

The house is located in the Munich district

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opposite the Waldfriedhof, slightly south of the intersection

Fürstenrieder Straße The Fürstenrieder Straße is an almost five-kilometer-long important inner-city connecting road in Munich. It is named after the Fürstenried Palace, which lies near its southern end. Route The Fürstenrieder Straße leads through the distric ...

/ Waldfriedhofstraße. It was built in 1927 by Wilhelm Born and served as a workshop and office for the Munich gravestone sculptor Georg Halbich, who also owned the neighbouring property at Fürstenrieder Straße 255. The building is an elongated one-storey building with a flat

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. The central part is raised like a pavilion and carries a tent roof. The narrow side on Fürstenrieder Straße has a classifying façade with a wide triangular gable. The entrance door is flanked by two Doric columns.

References

{{coord, 48.1117, 11.5027, type:landmark_region:DE, display=title Buildings and structures in Munich Historicist architecture in Munich Buildings and structures completed in 1919