128 - 8 figures from a chandelier from the Murnau Fürstalm, 1930s

8 figures from a chandelier from the Murnau Fürstalm, 1930s

128 - 8 figures from a chandelier from the Murnau Fürstalm, 1930s

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In 1927, the Murnau publisher and editor of the Staffelseeboten Josef Fürst opened a café with a garden at Dünaberg 17, the so-called Fürstalm. Fürst had an outbuilding built next to his house, which was built by Emanuel von Seidl. The Fürstalm became a favorite destination of the brothers Ödön and Lajos von Horváth, among others. In a letter to his friend Lotte Fahr on January 15, 1929, Ödön von Horváth described the Fürstalm as the "most beautiful spot on the northern edge of the Bavarian Alps." In the letter, which he wrote in Berlin, he says: "...I long for the Fürstalm so that I can play chess with you." After the Second World War, the Fürstalm was converted into a residential building and demolished in 1970. Eight colored wooden figures of various sizes have been preserved from the ensemble of a ceiling chandelier. In photographs showing the interior of the Fürstalm, they can be seen standing on a wagon wheel in pairs, alternating with carved trees that have not survived. The four larger and four smaller figures represent different characters and professional groups of a rural population.