Did you know that the Gartenstadt Bogenhausen-Priel is often called the Richard-Wagner-Viertel? This charming area has a story that goes back further than you might think. The Gartenstadt Bogenhausen-Priel is located in the Bogenhausen-Priel district. It isn’t the same as the Am Priel-Hof villa colony.
Let’s explore its origins. The building of the Gartenstadt Bogenhausen-Priel started in 1934. It features single-family and duplex houses. The streets have names like Telramundstrasse, Gralstrasse, and Elsastrasse. These names come from Richard Wagner operas. This is why locals call it the Richard-Wagner-Viertel.
The land once belonged to Josef Grimmeisen’s family. Grimmeisen was one of the “Loambarone” in northeast Munich. He bought a brick factory at Oberföhringer Strasse 103 in 1879. The brickmaking business thrived for a while.
However, World War I and its aftermath caused the decline of clay mining and brick factories. Grimmeisen’s brick factory was torn down in 1922. The land was divided into plots for the Gartenstadt Bogenhausen-Priel. The location of the Gartenstadt Bogenhausen-Priel is between Cosimastrasse and Oberföhringer Strasse. It sits on both sides of Effnerstrasse, Lohengrinstrasse and Wahnfriedallee.
Newspapers covered the development of the Gartenstadt in the 1930s. The Völkischer Beobachter reported on it August 16, 1934. The Münchner Neueste Nachrichten also wrote about it April 17, 1935. The Gartenstadt Bogenhausen-Priel may be on Oberföhring land. Yet it was named Gartenstadt Bogenhausen-Priel. This name was more appealing for sales. Another name for it was Gartenstadt Bogenhausen-Nord. So remember the Gartenstadt Bogenhausen-Priel. It is a place where Wagnerian echoes meet the story of a former brickyard.