Munich/Nuremberg – melancholy over the fine Herzogpark.
Excavators flattened Margot Hielscher’s († 97) bungalow with pool and Kneipp foot bath, which is steeped in history.
The angular villa, which was not a listed building, has been the home of the world-famous film and pop star and her husband, the composer and conductor Friedrich Meyer (who created the music for the film “The Tin Drum” in 1979, died in 1993) since 1954.
They bought the property at the time for 25,000 Deutschmarks and welcomed film legend Curd Jürgens († 66) to appetizers by the fireplace in the villa. Star conductor Leonard Bernstein († 72) even sat down on the grand piano in the living room.
Now the historic gem has been demolished.
The angular Hielscher villa in Herzogpark shortly before demolition. The house was built in 1953-1954.
“The sight hurts a lot. A piece of history and part of my youth is dying for me,” says Hielscher’s nephew Peter Graf von Schall-Riaucour (55) to BILD.
He holds on to the site fence, looks at the excavator, tears roll down his face. “Here I romped through the garden, swam in the pool, went for a walk with my aunty and her dogs on the banks of the Isar.”
He hopes the new owner will create a visible memento of “my auntie.” A commemorative plaque or a park bench dedicated to her in the Isar meadows that she loved so much. “So that auntie is not forgotten. I would also like to contribute financially,” Graf von Schall-Riaucour told BILD.
World star Margot Hielscher, born in Berlin, lived and loved in Munich-Bogenhausen from 1954 to 2017
According to BILD information, a weapons manufacturer from the Nuremberg area bought the property. And is building a classic-modern, two-story single-family house that should be ready for occupancy in about two years.
The architect is the famous Munich city planner Michael Biedermann (“biedermann und partner”), who, among other things, already renovated the Hotel Schloß Elmau after a fire and also built the retreat for the G7 summit there.
The house has been empty since Hielscher died in the bedroom of her bungalow in 2017.
The penultimate owner’s original plan to develop a magnificent villa (22 rooms, several luxury apartments and a spa area, value: 38 million euros) on the property caused severe criticism.
And as a result – fortunately – for abandonment of the plan and resale.
