The experience of maintaining of the historical center in Munich

Abstract

Munich is one the European cities, applying a lot efforts for preservation of the appearance of its historical center. The actual look of its streets and squares was greatly formed during the afterwar reconstruction. The budget limits of those times could not permit to reconstruct completely the previously existed buildings in their original form. So, the main intent was the keeping of the space measures of the destroyed buildings in their historical limits. The restoration of the main monuments was lasting for a long time. The new approach was used during the reconstruction of the Old Pinacoteca building: the parts of walls suffered during the bombardment were showed on its renewed facades .The new construction in the city centre denies the historical stylization. The moderation of the architectural forms is often incited running up to minimalism. The town-planning activity is regulated in order not to damage the historical city centre. The modern buildings of the Bavarian capital like the Olympic complex, BMM-Welt, Allianz-arena were constructed out of the historical centre, in the former city suburbs. After the skyscrapers appearance in the peripheral territories and the citizens’ protests, it was decided to limit the height of buildings in Munich at 100m level, as that of Marienkirche bell tower, the ancient city symbol.

Keywords:

historical heritage, city center, afterwar reconstruction, reconstruction