#Apartment block #Munich (München) #Germany #1928
Otho Orlando Kurz, Eduard Herbert
Anglerstraße 28-32, Ganghoferstraße 50-58, Geroltstraße 35-43, Ridlerstraße 2
80339
Munich (München),
Germany
Public transport: Metro Schwanthaler Höhe
Today's use: Apartment block
Description
The Moll blocks encompass the streets Ganghoferstraße, Anglerstraße, Geroltstraße, and Ridlerstraße 2. Today, they include 42 apartments, 4 commercial units, and 60 garage spaces. A striking feature is the rounded balconies that wrap around the corners of the buildings. Originally, the building was planned by Kurz to include a high-rise (see this image), but the project was ultimately executed without it.
Description
The Moll blocks encompass the streets Ganghoferstraße, Anglerstraße, Geroltstraße, and Ridlerstraße 2. Today, they include 42 apartments, 4 commercial units, and 60 garage spaces. A striking feature is the rounded balconies that wrap around the corners of the buildings. Originally, the building was planned by Kurz to include a high-rise (see this image), but the project was ultimately executed without it.
History
In 1927/1928, two adjacent residential blocks were constructed along Ganghoferstraße and Geroltstraße on behalf of the construction entrepreneur Leonhard Moll. Both featured spacious apartments with modern amenities and large inner courtyards. The “green block” was additionally equipped with an underground garage and elevator systems. The Moll blocks were included as model constructions in the “Home and Technology” exhibition in 1928, along with the residential complex Ganghoferstraße 62–64b, also built by Moll, which took place on the exhibition grounds directly opposite.
The Moll blocks were home to numerous notable individuals at the time, including Erhard Auer, chairman of the Bavarian SPD and a staunch opponent of Hitler, Joseph Zott, involved in the Catholic monarchist resistance, executed 1945, or the writer August Kühn. Also many other Jewish residents of Munich lived here, who faced discrimination and disenfranchisement during the Nazi era. Many of them were deported and murdered, while others took their own lives. Dr. Magdalena Schwarz, a physician, maintained a practice at Geroltstraße 43 until her medical license was revoked in 1938. She avoided deportation by being hidden by a colleague at the Schwabing Hospital.
And it was on the other hand Leonhard Moll who benefited on a large scale from the NS-regime as he carried out numerous prestigious projects for it.
History
In 1927/1928, two adjacent residential blocks were constructed along Ganghoferstraße and Geroltstraße on behalf of the construction entrepreneur Leonhard Moll. Both featured spacious apartments with modern amenities and large inner courtyards. The “green block” was additionally equipped with an underground garage and elevator systems. The Moll blocks were included as model constructions in the “Home and Technology” exhibition in 1928, along with the residential complex Ganghoferstraße 62–64b, also built by Moll, which took place on the exhibition grounds directly opposite.
The Moll blocks were home to numerous notable individuals at the time, including Erhard Auer, chairman of the Bavarian SPD and a staunch opponent of Hitler, Joseph Zott, involved in the Catholic monarchist resistance, executed 1945, or the writer August Kühn. Also many other Jewish residents of Munich lived here, who faced discrimination and disenfranchisement during the Nazi era. Many of them were deported and murdered, while others took their own lives. Dr. Magdalena Schwarz, a physician, maintained a practice at Geroltstraße 43 until her medical license was revoked in 1938. She avoided deportation by being hidden by a colleague at the Schwabing Hospital.
And it was on the other hand Leonhard Moll who benefited on a large scale from the NS-regime as he carried out numerous prestigious projects for it.
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