Munich: Fürstenrieder Straße

1929

Architect: Roderich Fick

Fürstenrieder Straße 134-152, Inderstorferstraße 1, Munich

The elongated, four-story row building at Fürstenrieder Straße 134-152, whose only decoration is the raised keystones above the door arches by sculptor Fritz Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth, was completed in 1929 according to plans by architect Roderich Fick.

Housing Estate

The complex was built as a continuation of the Friedenheim housing estate planned by Bruno Biehler, which he shielded from Fürstenrieder Straße.

From 1929 to 1930, a row house settlement of social housing was built between Ammersee-, Fürstenrieder-, Inderstorfer-, Käpfl- and Joergstraße, which was called Neufriedenheim or Siedlung Friedenheim.

With about 400 housing units, the settlement is the smallest of the five large housing estates of the Gemeinnützige Wohnungsfürsorge A.G. (GEWOFAG) that were built in Munich during this period.

It comprised single-family and multi-family houses in a village-like arrangement with plot gardens and local amenities such as restaurants, kindergartens and schools.

Residential Complex Fürstenriederstrasse

The row building with hipped roof by Roderich Fick shields the settlement from Fürstenrieder Straße. At the south end, there is a single-story store building projecting towards the street.

Towards the north, the building ends in a two-story side wing on Inderstorferstraße.

Further south, at Fürstenrieder Straße 150 to 156, there is another row building by the same architect, also built in 1929.

This building is largely identical in design. On the façade facing Fürstenrieder Straße are two monumental figures by Fritz Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth.

Sundial

The southern front is decorated with a sundial by André Kosics.

The row ends in the south with a one-story protruding store porch and towards the west in a narrow three-story wing building with a gateway.