The Villenkolonie Pasing I is a single-family house colony in Munich- Pasing.

History

The Villenkolonie Pasing I was built on the initiative of the architect August Exter, starting in 1892, as "Villenkolonie Neu-Pasing I". Exter acquired a large piece of arable land and connected the area, at his own expense, with its own canal system and water through a water tower on Orthstraße. This settlement with numerous historically protected buildings followed the idea of the Garden city movement. The project was very successful, and nearly all of the 120 sites were sold in 1895. The building styles were based on historical models and, on the other hand, local building traditions. The Villenkolonie is bounded to the south by the railways, in the west and north by the Nymphenburger Kanal and in the east by the Offenbachstraße. In 1897, west of the

Pippinger Straße The Pippinger Straße is a street in the Munich districts of Pasing and Obermenzing, which for centuries runs as the Würmtalstraße on the left bank of the Würm river. The roads full-length runs through rural area, partially with fields on the ...

, the

Villenkolonie Pasing II The Villenkolonie Pasing II is a single-family home colony in Munich- Pasing. It was built according to the model of a garden town. History The idea of the Villenkolonie Pasing II, west of the Würm river, also came from August Exter, but he f ...

was established. In 1973 the ensemble of Villenkolonie Pasing I was protected as historical monument.

Literature

* Pasinger Fabrik GmbH (ed.): Architect August Exter - Villen Colonien Pasing; Publikation zur Ausstellung 2. - 31. Okt. 1993; Buchendorfer Verlag, Munich 1993; * Renate Mayer-Zaky, Reinhard Bauer: ''Pasing. Stadt in der Stadt. Das Stadtteilbuch.'' 1996, . * Michael Petzet, Heinrich Habel, Johannes Hallinger, Timm Weski: ''Denkmäler in Bayern: Landeshauptstadt München Mitte.'' 3 volumes. Edition Lipp, 2009, .

References

{{reflist Buildings and structures in Munich Historicist architecture in Munich Pasing-Obermenzing