House for sale • 304 m² without real estateTannenweg 3, , Baden-Württemberg

A unique property with great potential in the idyllic Limbach in the Odenwald. Here, the advantages of a quiet residential area combine with proximity to important facilities and leisure opportunities—a place for everyone who values good infrastructure.

Limbach is located in the north of Baden-Württemberg, in the southern (i.e., Baden) part of the Odenwald, in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region, in the UNESCO GEO-PARK Bergstraße-Odenwald, in the Neckar Valley-Odenwald Nature Park, at an altitude between 273 and 548 meters above sea level in the Buntsandstein area.

The two-story house with a basement was planned in 1938 by architect Otto Ackermann from Walldürn (father of architect Rolf Ackermann from Mosbach) and was constructed in 1939/40. The client was the merchant Robert Messer from Frankfurt, who lived in the building with his family until the late 1950s. Robert Messer was the brother-in-law of Limbach manufacturer Richard Bopp (of the Badenia lamp shade factory, builder of “Villa Bopp”). Mr. Bopp provided his brother-in-law with part of the “Villa Bopp” property for the construction.

The hip-roof house was built roughly at the same time as “Villa Bopp” in the same architectural style. The style—with two fully visible floors and a horizontal roof edge—set it apart from the typical pitched roof buildings in Limbach, giving the building the colloquial addition “Villa.”

In 1959, the house was purchased by dentist Heinrich Busch, from whose name “Villa Busch” is derived, and it was occupied by his family until the mid-1990s. In 1960, a single-story, non-basement flat structure was added to the house, and in 1964, a single garage was constructed. In the flat structure—which blends architecturally with the original building due to its southern flat roof addition from 1939/40—Mr. Busch established his dental practice, which he continued to operate until the 1990s.

The current owners initially intended to completely renovate the building and create 3 apartments. The plan was to divide the main house into 2 apartments and convert as well as repurpose the dental practice into an apartment.

The “Villa Busch” building shares its property boundary directly with the Limbach senior center.