One World House (Munich)

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The entrance to the One World House from Schwanthalerstraße.

The EineWeltHaus Munich is a culture and event center that is mainly dedicated to north-south dialogue. It was opened in July 2001 and is located at Schwanthalerstraße 80 not far from Munich Central Station in the Ludwigsvorstadt district . The carrier is the carrier group EineWeltHaus München eV This emerged from a "Third World Café". The property of the house belongs to the City of Munich, which also finances the sponsoring association of the house with around 300,000 euros per year. At the end of June 2016, the city council of Munich approved, with the votes of the CSU parliamentary group, a renovation of the house for around 1.5 million euros.

Facilities in the house

The entrance of the One World House (inner courtyard)

About 280 groups use the house regularly. Around 4,500 events take place every year and are attended by around 90,000 people. The North-South Forum Munich, the Intercultural Forum, the Migration Service of the initiative group and the legal assistance for foreigners are permanent users. In the house there is a small library, a book corner to swap, a distribution point for food from foodsharing.de , a world shop and the restaurant Weltwirtschaft with beer garden. This opened after the in-house restaurant went into bankruptcy in 2004 .

Regular events include the fresh-air cinema in the summer months, the clothing exchange market, the community breakfast, the concert series “tone sequences: Concerts in the EineWeltHaus” and exhibitions in the foyer of the house.

The EineWeltHaus provides impetus for a wide range of activities and networks projects in the areas of migration, international and intercultural solidarity, development education, culture, politics, ecology and social issues. It is an international and intercultural meeting center with information and advice as well as a contact point for refugees in Munich.

criticism

graffiti

The house is controversial in Munich's local politics: While the then Green Mayor Josef Monatzeder sent his congratulations to the house on its tenth anniversary, the CSU and FDP parliamentary groups requested the house to be closed in Munich City Hall in October 2010. However, the application failed because of the red-green majority in the city council.
According to a report in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the reason for the CSU's application are groups and events such as the opponents of the security conference, opponents of globalization and the “Palestine Days”, which the CSU believes provide a platform for radical left organizations.

The house was also criticized by the Green Youth in May 2013, saying that the house should leave its reputation as a “One World Without Israel House” behind it as quickly as possible.

In 2006 there was a police operation in the One World House after plainclothes police officers wanted to attend an event but were evicted from the room. The police operation was subsequently classified as unlawful by the Bavarian Administrative Court. The Munich CSU also called for the house to be closed at the time.

At the beginning of 2017, the city administration criticized the participation of the “Salam Shalom Working Group Palestine-Israel eV”, which met in the One World House, in the anti-Israel BDS campaign and asked the house not to provide any more premises to the initiative. The advisory board of the house complied with the request in March 2017, but the general assembly overturned the resolution. The city council groups of the CSU and SPD then submitted a joint application in July 2017, according to which urban spaces (which also includes the EWH) may not be made available for the BDS campaign or events supporting BDS goals.

The EineWeltHaus sees itself as a place where controversial socio-political debates are held. Examples include: sustainability , ecology , free trade agreements , war and the armaments industry , the political situation in Israel / Palestine, as well as human rights violations in other countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. In view of the complexity of the Middle East conflict , a unilateral group-specific perpetrator-victim role allocation or role assignment is prohibited. Rather, this conflict must also be measured against the overarching aspects of universal democracy and the equality of all people. Violations of human rights and international law should be named and criticized, regardless of who is perpetrating them.

The dignity of the other must be respected and respected in this criticism.

Web links

Commons : Eine-Welt-Haus (Munich)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History of the ›EineWeltHaus München. Accessed November 5, 2019 (German).
  2. ↑ see One World House is being renovated - City Council unanimously approves spending of 1.5 million euros, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung June 30, 2016
  3. ↑ Groups in the house ›EineWeltHaus München. Accessed November 5, 2019 (German).
  4. ↑ Sven Loerzer: United Nations , SZ of July 10, 2011
  5. ↑ Concept and focus ›EineWeltHaus München. Accessed November 5, 2019 (German).
  6. ↑ Green Youth Munich (ed.): Against the anti-Zionist normal state in the one-world house . Munich May 14, 2013 ( online [accessed June 19, 2013] press release).
  7. ↑ CSU demands: Close one world house . In: Münchner Merkur . Munich July 24, 2006 ( online [accessed June 19, 2013]).
  8. ^ Evening newspaper : Accusation of anti-Semitism: One world house reacts. March 28, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Jakob Wetzel: "City opposes events that support a boycott of Israel" , Süddeutsche Zeitung of July 11, 2017
  10. ↑ Concept and focus ›EineWeltHaus München. Accessed November 5, 2019 (German).

Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 16.4 ″  N , 11 ° 33 ′ 10.4 ″  E