Giesinger flounder

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Former train station cinema in Munich-Giesing (demolished in February 2013).

The Giesinger Flounder (Giesinger Bahnhofsplatz 2) was a striking building from the 1950s on the forecourt of the Giesinger Bahnhof in the Munich district of Obergiesing . The building was built in 1952 by the architects Konrad Stierhof and Hanns Fichtl as a cinema theater called Ba-Ki (short for station cinema ) and stood out for its round shape and the sloping, oval flat roof, which was popularly known as flounder .

The 665-seat cinema was opened on August 28, 1953 with the film Kaiserwalzer , and in 1971 the cinema ended. This was followed by a conversion and long-term use as an exhibition building for the Villeroy & Boch company . In 2012, plans by the real estate company Investa became known to demolish the building and to build a seven-storey medical center based on a design by the architectural firm Steidle + Partner , which was completed in early 2015.

Earlier efforts by the local council and the city administration to have the building included in the Bavarian Monument List as an example of post-war architecture had failed because of the structural changes that had been made to the interior in the 1970s. The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation stated in 1989 that the building was "undoubtedly an interesting urban development solution", but that it was only a "torso" and an "architectural shell" because of the renovations.

Despite popular protest, the building was demolished in early February 2013.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ J. Welte / I. Steffens: The flounder has to be saved , tz August 13, 2012
  2. ↑ Harald Hettich: Demolition of the flounder , Münchner Wochenanzeiger, August 7, 2012
  3. ↑ RENTAL EXPOSÉ. Health Center Giesing South Munich, Giesinger Bahnhofplatz 2 - PDF. Retrieved December 26, 2017 .
  4. ↑ State Capital Munich: Resolution from October 2nd, 2002  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 560 kB) of the Committee for Urban Planning and Building Regulations on the development plan 1586@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.ris-muenchen.de  
  5. ↑ The flounder is flat , tz August 13, 2012

Coordinates: 48 ° 6 ′ 36.6 "  N , 11 ° 35 ′ 43.2"  E