The Collection “Vorherr plans”

The collection of the so-called "Vorherr plans" consists of 30 large-format, mostly coloured sheets. The plans were commissioned around 1810 by the "königlichen Kreisbauinspektor" (royal building inspector) for the Isar district (today Upper Bavaria) Johann Michael Christoph Gustav Vorherr (1778-1847) and made by local masters of various building trades. The plans drawn around 1812 show measurements of farmhouses with views, sections and ground plans as well as site plans, often supplemented by detailed legends. The drawings convey a vivid impression of the diversity of rural building and living culture. With his collection of rural buildings, Vorherr wanted to develop ideal plans for agricultural buildings. He believed he had found the models for this in buildings in the Isar district.

• The objects of the collection "Vorherr" available on bavarikon
  

The other part collections of the "Archiv für Hausforschung" available on bavarikon

• Brandversicherungs-Pläne (fire insurance plans)
• Building Research in Bavaria before 1935
• Building Research in Bavaria after 1945
• Farmhouse Research in Bavaria between 1935 and 1945

>> This collection is part of the holdings of the "Archiv für Hausforschung" (Archive for Building Research) of the Institut für Volkskunde (Ethnological Institute).