The Villa Wahnfried in Bayreuth
Saturday, 28 November 2015 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General , Museums, Exhibitions , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Wahnfried was the name given by
Richard Wagner to his villa in
Bayreuth . The name is a German compound of
Wahn (delusion, madness) and
Fried(e) , (peace, freedom). According to Richard Wagner’s wife
Cosima the name came to mind after visiting the picturesque town of
Wahnfried in Hesse.
The house was constructed from 1872 to 1874 under Carl Wölfel’s supervision after plans from Berlin architect Wilhelm Neumann, the plans being altered according to some ideas of Wagner. The front of the house shows Wagner’s motto “Hier wo mein Wähnen Frieden fand – Wahnfried – sei dieses Haus von mir benannt. ” (“Here where my delusions have found peace, let this place be named Wahnfried. “)neo-Renaissance style for his own house, which was expanded by a low-rise building on the north side in 1932 by Hans Reissinger and was joined by a connecting wing on the southwest side of Wahnfried. After Siegfried Wagner’s death on 4 August 1930, it served his widow Winifred as a guest house for, among others, Arturo Toscanini (1931) and Richard Strauss (1933-34). In 1957 Winifred Wagner moved to Siegfried Wagner House and lived there until her death in 1980. Today, it houses the administrative offices of Richard Wagner Archives and Library.
Richard Wagner's Steinway grand piano © JosefLehmkuhl/cc-by-sa-3.0
The grave of Richard Wagner and his wife Cosima lies on the grounds of Wahnfried. The house has been a museum since 1976. Visitors can take a walk in the remote
Hofgarten , the baroque park of Bayreuth’s New Castle, to where a path directly leads. From 2012, the museum was expanded and remodeled, reopened in July 2015 after a three-year closure. It includes the Villa Wahnfried, the Siegfried Wagner House and a new built building by the Berlin architect Volker Staab.
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