Postversuchssiedlung, denkmalgeschützte Wohnsiedlung im Münchner Stadtteil Neuhausen
Postversuchssiedlung is a housing settlement with 326 apartments in Munich's Neuhausen district built between 1928 and 1929 as a test project for new building methods. The four-story buildings with flat or gently sloping roofs are arranged around a large central courtyard filled with trees and green spaces, with apartments designed in two standard sizes of approximately 57 and 70 square meters.
Postversuchssiedlung was built in 1928 and 1929 by architects Robert Vorhoelzer and Walther Schmidt for the Munich postal workers' housing cooperative and was designed to test new building methods and materials in practice. After damage during World War Two, the settlement was rebuilt but kept its original layout and central courtyard with its original trees, making it a protected monument today as an example of early modernist architecture.
The settlement takes its name from its original purpose as housing for postal workers. Today residents use the central courtyard for relaxation, children play there, and some garden areas are now used for vegetable growing, showing how the plain functional design supports active community life.
The area is freely accessible and can be explored on foot with its central courtyard, pathways, and green spaces. The settlement sits in a residential neighborhood with good public transport connections and nearby shops and services along Arnulfstraße.
The settlement was a testing ground for different heating systems, with some houses having central heating, others heating on each floor, and others using individual stoves to discover which was easiest and cheapest to operate. The kitchen design was based on the Frankfurt model with a partial glass wall and was adapted by Hanna Löv specifically for Munich to simplify housework and keep family members connected.
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