Introduction
The house where Blyb. lives and breathes today has a long history. Parts of this history are vibrant and beautiful, others horrific and painful. We are currently going through the history in detail and will make it visible in our online presence and on site.
Here you will find a historical overview of the site and its buildings:
1892
The story begins in 1892 when a building was erected in Gmund on a plot of land of over 20,000 square metres, which has since been named “Lindenfycht”. In its basic structure, this building corresponds to the northern part of today’s hotel villa.
1897
In 1897, the artist couple Hanfstaengl acquired the house. Marie Schröder-Hanfstaengl is an opera and stage singer, Erwin Hanfstaengl a photographer and son of the lithographer Franz Hanfstaengl.
1904 – 1914
Between 1904 and 1914, the house was first occupied by merchants from Munich and later by a private individual from Wiesbaden.
1914
In 1914, the world-famous Kammersänger Alois Burgstaller moved into the villa with his wife.
1933
In 1933, when the Nazis seize power, several high-ranking Nazi officials move to Tegernsee Valley. The following year Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer of the SS, buys the house and makes it a domicile above all for his wife and daughter. Himmler has various alterations and extensions carried out. In the last year of the war, a bunker is built on the premises, in which a forced labourer is killed. The bunker is still there, but is neither used nor entered.
The open fireplace was built as part of Himmler’s expansion measures. We decided to let it visually merge with the wall to take away its monumentality and significance.
1945
In the first weeks of May 1945, soldiers of the 3rd US Army reach Gmund. The Lindenfycht site becomes the headquarters of the US allies.
After the end of the war, the house returns to public ownership, where it remains today and is leased by the Free State of Bavaria.
1945 – 1957
Today’s villa first becomes a clinic, then the “Sanatorium Diätkurhaus Walter Thiele” – a pioneer of raw food and nutritional medicine. Later it became a hotel with a beauty farm.
1982
In 1982, the consulting and coaching company “ComTeam” moves into the place and uses it as a seminar hotel and office.
2023
After the renovation, during which many layers were removed, old ones brought back to light and new ones added, the Blyb will open in early summer 2023.
The history of this house brings with it great responsibility. We remember the victims of the Second World War and all those who are still affected by the atrocities of the Nazis today. We make our place available as a platform for associations and foundations that stand up for a democratic culture with the strengthening of tolerance in our society, are committed to combating racism and anti-Semitism and are committed to the protection of minorities.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to write to us. We will do our best to answer them.
Find out more about us and our attitude at We.
Would you like to find out more about the history of the Tegernsee Valley?
Join the Tegernsee local guides on their tour “Life between idyll and ideology”.
