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By: Gerti Reichl
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A lot of concrete has so far been used for the “Bauerhof-Gut Tegernsee”, which the Kitzbühel investor is promoting.
The front residential part is a listed building and must be preserved.
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The “Weber in der Wies” property, once a farm and later the residence of the portrait painter Paul Mathias Padua, is being converted into a luxury property.
It's not just the neighborhood that is complaining about the development.
The Tegernsee Valley Protection Association speaks of a frightening precedent.
Gmund
– What is currently happening in the Eck district of Gmund with a former farmhouse, some of which is a listed building, is not only making local heritage protectors, but also neighbors, angry.
“The Tegernsee Valley can no longer be saved,” is the resigned message from the neighborhood of the property with the former name “Weber in der Wies”.
“Bauernhof-Gut Tegernsee” is now the name that the Prime Properties Group from Kitzbühel advertises on its homepage.
Exclusively luxury properties “from the Kitzbühel Alps to the beaches of the Mediterranean to the untouched nature of the Atlantic” are part of the portfolio.
This now also includes the “farm estate”, which is being built on a meadow slope.
Whoever purchases the property can look forward to a whopping 120,000 square meters of land, 1,266 square meters of living space, seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms as well as amenities with a “high-end luxury standard”.
“Price on request” is stated on the homepage, but there are rumors of 20 million euros.
Enough advertising, they don't need luxury properties of this kind anyway.
Idyllic, but with an inappropriate extension: the former “Weber in der Wies” farm from 2019. © Private
Residence of the painter Paul Mathias Padua
Construction has been going on here since 2022, reports the attentive neighborhood.
First, for weeks there was just excavation and the excavation was transported away again, then the concrete arrived, and “tons of it,” say observers.
No wonder, as it goes far into the depths to create the luxury empire.
Anyone who lives or has lived in the area will look back with nostalgia for days gone by when they see the construction site.
At times when a farmer named Lorenz Eckl sold the property to the portrait painter Paul Mathias Padua (1903-1981).
In 1950 Padua, who was also assigned to the Wehrmacht's propaganda company as a war painter, left the farm on the corner and settled in a stately riverside property in Rottach-Egern.
The motorcycle manufacturer Zündapp is then mentioned as the owner.
Not the typical Miesbach Simmental cattle, but a gray breed of cattle and sheep were also part of the property; a caretaker with a motorized bicycle looked after the cattle, neighbors remember.
Then the name of the Munich clothing company Hirmer appears in the list of owners; as is well known, Hirmer Immobilien GmbH & Co. KG is currently busy with the former Hotel Bachmair am See in Rottach-Egern.
There is then talk of a Miesbach building contractor and now of the Kitzbühel company.
Monument protection authority sees improvement
How was the farm able to develop this way and change from a predominantly pretty farmhouse to a concrete colossus?
When asked, district office spokeswoman Sophie Stadler explains that the development of the property was closely monitored by the Lower Monument Protection Authority.
“In the middle and second half of the last century, parts were added to the original building worthy of protection, which meant that it lost its original character worthy of protection as Einfirsthof,” says Stadler, who is referring to the attached Padua studio.
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The monument as a whole will now be restored or improved by demolishing the added parts and restoring the original character of the house, says the authority spokeswoman.
“In terms of monument protection, this is a major improvement,” says Stadler.
Due to the monument protection status, the project is “partially privileged” so that, despite the outdoor area, it can be partially converted and expanded, “of course in close coordination with the monument protection authority” - as provided for by the building code.
Stadler: “The community gave its consent, the state building authority approved it, and now construction is underway.” Period.
The project was controversial in the building committee
When asked, the Gmund building authority manager Christine Wild explains that the now planned project was quite controversial.
The members of the building committee had dealt with this several times and discussed structures that were rejected because of the large proportion of glass and with reference to their incompatibility with the design regulations.
In the end there was agreement.
And on the corner you have to get used to a luxurious farm property and a clientele that can afford it.
The protection community speaks of a scandal
For Angela Brogsitter-Finck, chairwoman of the Tegernsee Valley Protection Association (SGT), the case is regrettable and clear: “It is a scandal, a frightening precedent.
In order to 'preserve' an old listed farm, a falsification of its historical structure, its uniqueness, its character, its history and its surrounding nature by a wealthy foreign investor is accepted and approved!” The SGT demands a visit from the building inspectorate from the district office.