When the Upper Bavarian Monument Prize was awarded for the second time by the district of Upper Bavaria, two awards went to monuments in the west of Munich. Private owners in Lochhausen received one in five awards. In addition, the district has recognized the owners of eight exemplary renovated monuments, including the Catholic parish church of St. Martin in Untermenzing.
The residential building in Lochhausen, which was awarded prize money of 3000 euros, is one of the few architectural monuments that are still preserved in the district of Munich bordering on the community of Gröbenzell. The former teachers’ residence was built in 1909 according to plans by the architect Adolf Fraas. The building with its green window shutters is striking: A polygonal corner bay window characterizes the external appearance, a mansard with a gabled house is integrated into the hipped roof.
The house stood empty for ten years before it was renovated. Today it belongs to a couple who, according to the jury, “renovated it extensively from the ground up and restored it in an exemplary manner”. This is evident in the design of the facade, in which both the coloring and the structuring are based on historical models. Lovingly restored, original box windows and trellis complete the picture.
The district of Upper Bavaria also acknowledged the interior renovation of the Catholic parish church of St. Martin in Untermenzing. The listed church building can largely be attributed to the late 15th century. The building is considered one of the best late Gothic complexes in the Munich area.
District President Josef Mederer presented Markus and Andrea Berger with one of the Upper Bavarian Monument Awards for the repair of a residential building with outbuildings in Munich-Lochhausen (from left).
(Photo: Wolfgang Englmaier)
The three early baroque altars in the church also deserve attention from the point of view of monument protection. They come from the well-known Weilheim artist Hans Dengler. In the course of the interior renovation, another treasure came to light in 2019: when cleaning the right side altar, the signature “GA 1700” was discovered. It quickly became clear to the expert restorers that it had to be the artist Hans Georg Asam, who had not been named before, the father and teacher of the famous Asam brothers Cosmas Damian and Egid Quirin, who are among the most important representatives of the late baroque period. An art historical sensation.
The District of Upper Bavaria has sponsored all of the distinguished monuments, including a historic mill in Unterammergau, a farmhouse in the district of Rosenheim, an inn in the district of Altötting and a chapel in Ruhpolding. He spends around 2.5 million euros a year on his support program for the preservation of monuments. Since 2004, more than 30 million euros have gone to church foundations, municipalities and private individuals.