THE GARDEN SUBURB AT MUNCHEN-PERLACH
The two contiguous settlements at Minchen-Perlach have been design
ed by Professor Berlepsch-Valendas to form garden suburbs to the south
They are situated in the Perlach forest, a municipal pro-
of Munich.
perty in the valley of the Isar.
It is proposed to connect them by a
loop line with two of the south-going railway lines; this loop will
skirt their southern sides.
The two willages already planned out are
called the West and Central Settlements, and they are separated by
strips of the forest which are to be left standing.
Eventually an
eastern settlement may be added.
An existing tram route forms the
boundary of the Western Settlement.
Only a small portion of each set
tlement has been planned in detail; the rest is blocked out for the
main stree ts only.
The are typical examples of German planning; in the
Western Settlemont the houses are in groups surround ing three sides of
The predilection of the German design
courts, in the Central in rows.
for this irre gular planning is all the more marked in this instance,
