Ignaz Günther House
The Ignaz-Günther-Haus is an old Munich town house at Sankt-Jakobs-Platz 20 in the Angerviertel in the old town of Munich . From 1761 to 1775 it was the studio and home of the Rococo sculptor Ignaz Günther . Today the protected monument is the seat of the administration of the Munich City Museum .
history
The core of the building dates from the late Middle Ages, but it was created in the middle of the 18th century by merging two houses. A plaque on the Oberanger, i.e. on the back of the building, records the following about the purchase of the house by the artist Ignaz Günther:
On October 2, 1761, the sculptor IGNAZ GÜNTHER, b. November 22, 1725 the double property Oberanger 11 and Unteren Anger 30 for 3,978 guilders and 23 cruisers. The artist lived and worked here until his death on June 20, 1775
A small inner courtyard with a fountain, a steep staircase - a so-called "heavenly ladder" - a room with a beamed ceiling and dormers called "Ohrwaschl" are still reminiscent of the original appearance.
The building was renovated in the middle of the 19th century. After severe damage from the Second World War, it was restored from 1975 to 1977.
It has belonged to the Munich City Museum since 1977 and is now the headquarters of the Munich City Museum's administration.
monument
The Altmünchner Bürgerhaus is a protected architectural monument with the monument number D-1-62-000-6083.
It is described as a "four-story narrow saddle roof building with a central bay, connected by side wings with a four-story saddle roof back building with Ohrwaschlgaube and house Madonna (copy) on the Oberanger, the core is late medieval, renewed in the middle of the 19th century, restored 1975–1977”.
Web links
- List of monuments for Munich (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
- Website of the Munich City Museum
Individual evidence
- ^ Muenchen.de: Ignaz Günther House. Retrieved March 23, 2020 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 6 ″ N , 11 ° 34 ′ 19.2 ″ E