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It's crumbling with Prince Karl: aging mausoleum needs to be renovated

2020-10-01T09:02:40.915Z


A gem in Söcking needs to be renovated. The mausoleum of Prince Karl shows considerable damage. The preliminary examinations alone cost up to 70,000 euros.


A gem in Söcking needs to be renovated.

The mausoleum of Prince Karl shows considerable damage.

The preliminary examinations alone cost up to 70,000 euros.

Söcking

- It is a lovely spot above Söcking.

Starnberg and the lake lie at your feet, birds are chirping, the wind rushes through the trees.

The mausoleum of Prince Karl (1795-1875) rises in the middle.

The younger brother of King Ludwig I is buried there, as well as his first wife Marie-Anne-Sophie Petin and his second wife Henriette Schoeller von Frankenburg.

Only: in the not too distant future, the last rest will have to be interrupted by construction site noise.

Because the mausoleum is in urgent need of renovation.

An architect has already looked at the rotunda built in 1838 and immediately noticed a whole list of defects.

The base zone shows damage to the facades and in the interior.

Among other things, the stucco marble surface is peeling off the masonry over a large area.

The natural stone entrance stairs are so badly weathered that there is a risk of accidents when entering.

The joints in the natural stone masonry are leaky, so that water enters the masonry and leads to salinization, flaking and the like.

In addition, windows and ventilation grilles have to be restored.

Layers of paint and gilding are loosening in the space shell and on the portal.

The condition of the tin roof and the extent to which major repairs are necessary there is still unclear.

"The loss of substance can already be determined," said Christina Frei from the city building department when she recently presented the situation to the city council's building committee.

And doing nothing is likely to worsen the situation further.

How expensive the renovation will be is still completely in the stars.

For the preliminary investigations alone, the architect expects costs of a good 64,000 euros.

There is a precise assessment of the damage and a cost estimate for the actual renovation work.

After all: the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation has already promised a maximum grant of 32,200 euros.

However, the payment must be requested by May 2021.

For the city, as the owner of the mausoleum, a possible renovation comes at an inopportune time, as all expenses are being scrutinized due to the tight budget situation.

Ludwig Jägerhuber (CSU) nevertheless recommended that the preliminary investigation be commissioned.

"If we don't do anything, the mausoleum will continue to deteriorate and it will be even more expensive," he said.

After the preliminary investigation, the city at least knows what it is about and can then decide how to proceed.

Jägerhuber also recalled Starnberg's moral obligation to preserve the building.

And he already suggested approaching the Wittelsbach Compensation Fund, which should also have an interest in preserving the mausoleum.

"That should be worth something to the compensation fund," said Dr.

Franz Sengl (Greens).

Professor Otto Gaßner (UWG) also recalled the owner's legal obligation to preserve a monument.

The committee unanimously released a maximum of 70,000 euros for the preliminary investigation.

The subsidy from the Monument Office will be deducted from this.

Source: merkur

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