22/10/2026
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Borstei – Munich
The Borstei housing complex is far off the beaten tourist tracks and yet it is well worth paying a visit to the district located to the west of Munich, given its unique status in the city – and perhaps even throughout Germany. This is because architect and building contractor Bernhard Borst, who had the residential estate built on Dachauer Strasse between 1924 and 1929, also designed Germany’s first central heating system. The apartments therefore not only had a high degree of comfort thanks to central heating, but also running hot water and even heated garages.
The architect’s vision at that time: Offer relief to housewives and afford them more time to be spent together with others in the neighbourhood. Therefore, Borst also provided a grocery service, a vacuum cleaner and domestic staff hiring service, rooms dedicated to carpet dust removal, a laundry service where tenants would see their items of clothing returned clean to them within a day, and a canteen where whole meals could be ordered.
text from munich.travel / München Tourismus
