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Wahnfried was the name given by to his villa in .

(2025). 9783940768599, ConBrio Verlagsgesellshaft.
The name is a German compound of Wahn (delusion, madness) and Fried(e) (peace, freedom).


History
Financed by King Ludwig II of Bavaria, the house was constructed from 1872 to 1874 under Bayreuth Carl Wölfel's supervision after plans from Berlin architect , the plans being altered according to some ideas of Wagner. He and his family moved in on 28 April 1874,
(1978). 9780002161305, William Collins.
while the house was still under construction. Engraved across the portal is Wagner's motto: Hier wo mein Wähnen Frieden fand – Wahnfried – sei dieses Haus von mir benannt ("Here where my delusions have found peace, let this place be named Wahnfried"), which initially caused some amusement among local townsfolk.
(1979). 046003166X, J. M. Dent. 046003166X

Wagner did not spend the closing days of his life at Wahnfried, leaving Bayreuth on 6 September 1882 for the sixth and final time for Venice, where he resided until his death 13 February 1883 at the Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi. Wagner's body was repatriated to Wahnfried in a public procession through Bayreuth on 18 February,

(1979). 046003166X, J. M. Dent. 046003166X
and his grave lies next to that of his wife, on its grounds.

Leading up to and during World War II, the Bayreuth Festspielhaus and Wahnfried were frequently visited by ,Gibbons, Andrew. (6 May 2017). "Wahnfried, and I cannot rid myself of Hitler" . (Bayreuth, Germany).(29 July 2016). "Rediscovered films show a 'friendly' Hitler in Bayreuth". Music. . (Germany). himself an avid admirer of Wagner, but in 1945 the living room with its rotunda and the guest room located on the side and rear of the house were destroyed by allied bombing, along with two-thirds of the rest of Bayreuth. Books, paintings and archives had been secured beforehand in the basement of the Hospital, however a Gestapo official stopped Winifred from removing historic furnishings such as Wagner's writing desk, accusing her of "defeatism". As a result, these were later destroyed in the bombing.

(1994). 9780300057775, Yale University Press.
Wahnfried reconstruction.

From 1949, after expropriation was lifted on the Festspielhaus, Richard Wagner's grandson , with his wife and their four children, returned to live in the habitable part of the hastily repaired Wahnfried, while lived at her late husband, 's house next door. Upon Wieland's death in 1966, Wahnfried ceased to be a dwelling, after Wieland's brother, , had the house measured and asked his widow, Gertrud (née Reissinger), to pay rent,Kurbjuweit, Dirk. (12 April 2013). "Wagner's Dark Shadow: Can We Separate the Man from His Works?" . (Germany). thereby forcing her to move out with her children. From 1953, Wolfgang had been settled in a house built on the edge of the Festpielhaus, with Winifred remaining in Siegfried's house until her death in 1980.

In 1973, Wolfgang and Winifred gifted Wahnfried to the city of Bayreuth. Over the next three years, the war- and weather-damaged parts of the house were restored to their original state with the recreation of the rotunda, salon and guest room, so that the official inauguration of the Richard Wagner Museum in Bayreuth was able to go ahead as planned on July 24, 1976.

A stylized version of Villa Wahnfried was used for the sets of 's new production of at the Bayreuth Festival in 2008.

The house was closed again in 2010 for extensive restoration and renovation at a cost of 20 million Euros. On 26 July 2015, there was a grand re-opening of the villa, with archive rooms and a new pavilion.Fulker, Rick. (24 July 2015). "Richard Wagner's house reopens to the public". Music. . (Germany).Roddy, Michael. (24 July 2015). "New Bayreuth Wagner museum confronts family Nazi ties head on". . (Bayreuth, Germany).Heilmeyer, Florian. (21 March 2016). "Taking a Staab at Wagner – Extending the Richard Wagner Museum in Bayreuth" . Uncube Magazine.

Along with the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Wahnfried has become a shrine for admirers of Wagner. Visitors can take a walk in the remote Hofgarten, the baroque park of Bayreuth's New Castle, to where a path directly leads.

== Gallery ==


See also
  • List of music museums

  • Wahnfried (film)


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