Villa Waldberta

[2] Designed by architect Baierle, Villa Felsenheim was constructed in 1901–2 by Heilmann & Littmann on behalf of banker and writer Bernhard Wilhelm Schuler.

Schuler sold it the following year to Dutch publisher Albertus Willem Sijthoff, who redesigned the 22,000 m2 (5.4-acre) park and renamed it Waldbert, in honor of his wife, Waldina.

[3] Dresden art collector Carl Hugo Smeil purchased the property in 1917; in 1925, it was sold to German-American doctor Franz Koempel and his wife, Bertha, who renamed it Waldberta to reflect her name.

She bequeathed the villa to the city of Munich, in order to "promote art and culture while maintaining the character of the property as a monument to past and present.

The villa contains six furnished apartments and two studios available for two- to three-month residencies, for a variety of artists, including musicians, painters, photographers, poets, sculptors, and filmmakers.