Erwin Schleich

Erwin Schleich was born on 20 April 1925 in Munich. He graduated from the Wilhelmsgymnasium in 1943, and from 1947 to 1951, he studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich.[1] In 1957, he received his doctorate on the subject The Peterskirche in Munich, its building history and its relationship to the city in the Middle Ages, presented on the basis of the results of the excavations.[2]

Schleich later worked as a freelance architect and was responsible for the restoration and reconstruction of numerous monuments in Munich. In 1973, he was appointed to the Landesdenkmalrat, or State Monument Council. From 1974 to 1991, he was a member of the board of directors of the Bayerischer Landesverein für Heimatpflege, or Bavarian Association for Home Care.[1]

• 1946–1955: Reconstruction of St. Peter's Church in Munich[3]
• 1955: Reconstruction of the Ruffinihaus in Munich[4]
• 1956–1973: Reconstruction of the Ludwigskirche in Munich[5]
• 1956–1959: Reconstruction of the Palais Preysing in Munich[6]
• 1957–1979: Reconstruction of the Damenstiftskirche St. Anna in Munich[7]
• 1960–1962: Reconstruction of the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich[8]
• 1962–1964: Reconstruction of the former Augustinian Church on Neuhauser Straße in Munich; today the German Hunting and Fishing Museum
• 1966–1975: New construction of the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Mother of God and of St. Andrew in Munich[9]
• 1968: Reconstruction of the façade of the Klosterkirche St. Anna im Lehel in Munich[10][11]
• 1971–1974: New construction of the tower at the Old Town Hall for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich[12]
• 1971–1980: Restoration of the Palais Montgelas and expansion into the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich[13]
• 1981–1983: Restoration of the Possenhofen Castle complex in Possenhofen[14]