A memorial column commemorates the blacksmith Martin Rosenberger, who made building land available for today's Schmiedberg settlement at a very reduced price. In 1972 he was made an honorary citizen of the municipality of Buch. © Markus Ostermaier
Streets in Buch am Buchrain are dedicated to the blacksmith Martin Rosenberger and the master mason Matthäus Mannseicher. They have done a lot for their home community.
Buch am Buchrain – Eschenweg, Rosenstraße, Lärchenweg: Several streets in the municipality of Buch am Buchrain are named after trees and plants. Well-known historical figures are immortalized there only a few. In addition to Martin-Greckl-Straße (we reported), only the Schmiedberg and Mannseicher-Straße commemorate former personalities, which we present today as part of our street name series.
One of them is Martin Rosenberger, born in 1896. He lived right on the main street and worked there as a blacksmith, which also earned him the nickname Blacksmith Martl. The now 82-year-old local historian Walter Hipper knew Rosenberger personally and describes him as a "funny man". Even away from his profession, the blacksmith was in great demand, because he was a landowner. Rosenberger owned a large part of the land of today's Schmiedberg settlement.
At that time, young bookers were urgently looking for building land in order to be able to settle permanently in the municipality. As Mayor Ferdinand Geisberger recalls, there was another interested party for the Schmied-Martl land at the time. However, it was important to him that locals could build and stay in the village. That's why Rosenberger sold to the community with its mayor at the time, Michael Rappold.
At just a few marks per square metre, the price of building land was very low and well below the original value, explains Geisberger: "That was a huge thing for Buch and a great further development."
For blacksmith Martin Rosenberger: Municipality erects memorial column
At the beginning of the 1970s, the first new houses were built and Rosenberger's commitment and his work were immortalized by name. "With the designation Schmiedberg-Siedlung, his status and one of the oldest professions in the village were honored," writes Geisberger in the community chronicle. In 1972, the blacksmith Martl was also made an honorary citizen of the municipality. Six years later, Rosenberger died. A memorial column donated by the municipality in 1981 at his property at Hauptstraße 1, right next to the sidewalk, still commemorates him today.
A newer street, but with an even older personnel history, is Mannseicher-Straße. It runs parallel to Martin-Greckl-Straße near the northern entrance to the village. Both roads were opened in 2003, shortly after the development plan was drawn up. Mannseicher-Straße, which runs along the back of Villa Silence and so far only provides access to one building, refers to master mason Matthäus Mannseicher (1876-1961), who lived in Oberndorf. "That was the master builder of our community center," says Mayor Geisberger. As is well known, the building on the main street was originally built as a schoolhouse. From 1912 onwards, a modern building was built with three school halls, a community room, a teaching materials room and three teachers' apartments. The elementary school, which was closed in 1973, is now used in a variety of ways as a community center and is also a listed building.
Master mason Matthäus Mannseicher: Important work on the gallery
Mannseicher has also made a name for himself in the context of conversion and renovation work in the parish church of St. Martin in the 20th century. The list of deficiencies at that time was large, including moisture seeping from the ceiling. The work to solve the problem of soaked wall surfaces was outsourced to local masons such as Mannseicher. His work on the lower gallery of the church is praised in the parish chronicle as a "true masterpiece". In just five days in 1911, the main gallery was first lowered by 20 centimetres and then advanced by 1.60 metres. However, the stucco work was not damaged during this special construction work, and the changes were not visible at all. Thanks to Mannseicher's efforts, the space available in the church at that time was decisively improved and expanded.
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At the beginning of 2000, the municipality wanted to reward the achievements of the esteemed bricklayer accordingly and therefore decided on the street name Mannseicher-Straße.
