From 1919 to 1952 Waldemar Bonsels lived and worked in Ambach on the quiet eastern shore of Lake Starnberg, where he also wanted to be buried. The villa, built in 1885/86 with its gate that can be seen from afar, is now a listed building.
The colorful, folkloric gate at the driveway still reminds of Bonsel's cosmopolitanism and wanderlust, although it was not built especially for him. The Hungarian director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Julius v. Benczur, the previous owner of the property, set a striking symbol in the landscape with the “Székler Gate”.

waldemar-bonsels-stiftung.de/11-0-Villa-in-Ambach.html

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September 11, 2023

Wikipedia (Szekler, 2023-09-11):
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szekler
“…One of the typical wooden carved Szekler gates…”
Wikipedia (Gyula Benczúr, 2023-09-11):
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyula_Benczúr
“... After Caroline's death in 1890, he married Piroska Ürmössy Boldizsár, for whom he had the Hungarian Gate built in front of his villa in Ambach (Münsing). ... In 1918 he sold the villa in Ambach to Waldemar Bonsels. ”
Wikipedia (list of architectural monuments in Münsing, 2023-09-11):
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Baudenkmäler_in_Münsing#D-1-73-137-16
“Villa built for Gyula Benczúr, then Bonsels House ... country house, two-story plastered hipped roof building with hipped roof projection and veranda, 1885; Garden house, timber-clad post-plank construction, after 1885; both by Béla Benczúr. Grave of Waldemar Bonsel, tuff stone tumba, 1952. … D-1-73-137-16”
Wikipedia (Waldemar Bonsels, 2023-09-11):
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldemar_Bonsels
Wikipedia (Maya the Bee, 2023-09-11):
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biene_Maja

Waldemar Bonsels Foundation (Villa in Ambach, 2023-09-11):
waldemar-bonsels-stiftung.de/villa-in-ambach

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Martin Schreiner

January 8, 2023

Wonderful wooden gate belonging to the old villa behind.

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