Kinderheim, Orphanage and architectural heritage monument in Neuhausen district, Munich, Germany.

The St. Marien-Ludwig-Ferdinand-Kinderheim is a three-winged, neo-baroque building complex between Roman, Lachner, Renata and Winthir streets. Its north wing is dominated by a tower-like gatehouse with a hipped roof, and above the main portal stands a large Madonna in the style of the Weilheim school of sculpture. A 27-metre-long single-storey south building with a hipped roof and mezzanine connects to the central former chapel, which rises on a two-storey base with a tall roof turret.

The building was designed between 1885 and 1892 by architect Emanuel von Seidl and founded as St. Marien-Ludwig-Ferdinand-Kinderheim for orphaned children. The institution maintained its original purpose for over a century and later received protection as a heritage monument.

The name links two protectors: Princess María de la Paz of Bavaria, won as patron in 1885, and her husband Prince Ludwig Ferdinand, who took on the boys' home in 1890. Their daughter Princess Pilar continued the role after their deaths in 1946 and 1949. The former chapel was deconsecrated and given a false ceiling to train parents.

The complex sits in the block bounded by Roman-, Lachner-, Renata- and Winthirstraße in Neuhausen; the main portal with its Madonna relief faces the street on the north wing. It is a working children's home and boarding school run by the Blindeninstitutsstiftung, so the buildings and grounds are not open to tourists. View the façades and the gate building from the public street.

The main portal is topped by a large Madonna in the style of the Weilheim school of sculpture. The complex also included its own laundry, ironing room, cobbler's shop and bakery, so the children's home largely supplied itself.