Bavarian homeland security
Bayerischer Heimatschutz was the abbreviation for an association ("Bayerischer Landesverein für Heimatschutz - Verein für Volkskunst und Volkskunde") in Munich , which was founded in 1902 and dissolved in 1945. From 1945 it was re-established as the Bavarian State Association for Homeland Care . It is not to be confused with the Wehrverband Bayerischer Heimatschutz under the direction of Georg Escherich , which existed from 1928 to 1933.
history
The association, based in Munich, Damenstiftstrasse 5, later at Ludwigstrasse 14, was founded in late autumn 1902 as the "Association for Folk Art and Folklore". In 1904 it was renamed the “Bavarian Association for Folk Art and Folklore”, which from 1912 published the “Bayerischer Heimatschutz” magazine as a monthly. Since 1916 the association was called "Bavarian State Association for Heritage Protection - Association for Folk Art and Folklore".
The general meeting took place at the beginning of each year in the card room of the Hofbräuhaus . The judgment of the art historians Philipp Maria Halm, Hans Karlinger and the art collector Ernst Ebenböck in the museum committee had weight on state purchases. The architect and construction officer Carl Hocheder worked in the committee “for domestic building methods and for building lines.” A building advice center under the direction of government master builder Richard Rattinger had influence on official building permits. Significant donations and wills were received. The Committee for Monument Preservation stood up for Christian art, cemetery and tomb art. Active people gathered in the Hofbräuhaus twice a month . In the Künstlerhaus on Lenbachplatz , slide shows on Bavarian art history, nativity scenes and sociable men's evenings were held.
- "As a loyal friend and helper, the Heimatschutz wants the good spirit of the homeland, as it has ruled in it since the beginning to work by nature and human hands, its undisturbed organic development secured, it wants it from foreign pests, from the fornication of taste and keep feeling. "
Members were the architects Hermann Buchert , Theodor Fischer , Julius Maria Göschel, Hans Grässel and August von Thiersch . Prelate Michael Hartig represented the church's art. Since 1927, the district president of Upper Bavaria and president of the Bavarian administrative court Gustav von Kahr acted as honorary president .
The association dealt with landscape protection when inspecting power lines. He represented nature conservation in the construction of the railway line from Gasseldorf to Behringersmühle and the freight road through the English Garden. He maintained good relations with the Isar Valley Association and the Munich Federation. Saving the Wiesent valley was an important concern for him. He tried to restore Schwindegg Castle , as well as the repair of Neuburg am Inn . The "Heimatschutz" also supports the state film censorship . "Our association is also represented in the working committee of the film and photography office newly established here at the royal police headquarters through the cooperation of its manager."
In the course of the coordination of the associations under National Socialism , the association was renamed in 1938 in "Bayerischer Heimatbund - Landesstelle für Volkskunde". The association was dissolved at the end of the war in 1945. It was re-established at the end of 1945 as the Bavarian State Association for Home Care .
literature
- Bavarian Architects and Engineers Association (Hrsg.): Munich and its buildings. Bruckmann, Munich 1912, p. 805 ff. (Register) Weblink
- Bavarian homeland security. A promotional brochure for its tasks and goals. Munich 1912.
- Wolfgang Pledl: Documentation on the history of the Bavarian State Office for Folklore (1938–1961). 2002. ( online as PDF at www.heimat-bayern.de )