The Villa Maund was a hunting lodge built on a spur of the Alps by the English banker and mountaineer Sir John Oakley Maund, one of the first to climb the east summit of the 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) high Les Droites in the Mont Blanc massif. After his death in 1902, it passed into the possession of his daughter Zoe Désirée Maund throughout the whole property, against the will of her mother Zoe Gertraud Maund, and was sold on 17 November 1931 to the Englishman Martin Holt for 750 pounds.[3]
The architect of Villa Maund was William Morris, the English painter, architect, poet, artisan, engineer and printer. In 1888 he had built two similar-looking houses for John Oakley Maund in the Anglo-Scottish cottage style in Weggis on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland.[citation needed] His pattern books (plans, elevations, etc.) can still be seen in the Kunsthaus Zurich.
Master carpenter Johann Anton Strolz from Schröcken was responsible for the construction. Also instrumental in the building was master carpenter Bishop Pius, of Schiffwirt in Au, Vorarlberg. The topping-out ceremony was held in 1892; the villa in the English country style was completed in 1895. The interior of the villa was built entirely by Bregenzerwald craftsmen.
The widow Zoe Gertraud Maund built a small power plant with a dam in 1923, the generator of which delivered direct current to the villa for 47 years.
The veranda of Villa Maund with the Mohnenfluh seen in the distance (2009)
Another view of the veranda of Villa Maund (2009)
Interior of Villa Maund (2008)
Hunting
Bears and mountain goats lived in Bregenzerwald in the 14th century. The original Maund hunting ground covered the area of Schoppernau, Hopfreben and Schröcken. Today the former territory is divided into many different parcels.
Hunting parties
After the first hunt in 1895 (Alexander Kennedy, James Fairholm, B. Montgomery, Zoe Gertraud Maund and Lady Carolina Hamilton), Crown Princess Cecilie regularly leased Villa Maund with her husband, Crown Prince Wilhelm, for hunting from 1908 until the end of World War II.
During Cecilie's stay in 1943 she confided to the chief hunter, Theodore Hammerle, that there were "ordentlich viel Schmuck bei sich, welcher hier versteckt werden sollte" ("tidy lots of jewelry with them, which should be hidden here").[6]
References
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^Sandmayr, Hans (1997). 100 Jahre Villa Maund, ein geschichtsträchtiges Haus im Bregenzerwald (100 Years Villa Maund, a historical hotel in the Bregenzerwald) (in German). Bezau. pp. 17 ff.
^Sources: K.K. Bezirksgericht Bezau, Abt.I 26 February 1904; purchase agreement dated 17 November 1931. Cited in Sandmayr, p. 15.
^Fritsch, Julius (n.d.). Die Entwicklung des Straßenwesens in Vorarlberg von den Uranfängen bis zum Jahre 1937. Flüchtige Gedenkblätter anlässlich der 25-jährigen Dienstzeitdes Verfassers beim Lande Vorarlberg (The development of the road system in Vorarlberg from the beginnings until 1937) (in German). Manuscript, Bregenz.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link) Note: automobile driving on the roads in the Bregenzerwald was forbidden until 1920.
^Bertolini, Rita (2009). Bodengut. Vom Zauber Vorarlberger Gärten (Bodengut. Magic Gardens of Vorarlberg) (in German). Bregenz. p. 40. ISBN978-3-200-01282-0.
