Hochbunker Sonnwendjochstraße

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Hochbunker Sonnwendjochstraße

The Hochbunker Sonnwendjochstraße is a freestanding high bunker built by Karl Meitinger , which was built in 1941 according to plans by the municipal building department as air raid shelter No. 7 in the Munich district of Berg am Laim . The building belongs to the state capital Munich and has been a listed building since 1994 .

description

The four-storey tower building at Sonnwendjochstraße 54c in Berg am Laim has an octagonal floor plan , a tent roof and a monumental staircase. The architect was the city planner Karl Meitinger. There used to be an anti-aircraft gun on the roof , while the tiled roof was added later. There is an oven in the basement of the bunker. Inside the building there are signposts. Instead of windows there are small ventilation gaps that go around the corner at a right angle within a two meter thick reinforced concrete masonry. This construction was intended to break pressure waves from bombs.

history

The bunker was designed as a shelter in the event of a bomb alarm in World War II and was designed for 300 people. However, on nights of bombing, the bunker was used by up to 1000 people. The building has been a listed building since 1994, as it documents the preparatory and legitimation efforts of the National Socialists in the run-up to the planned air war .

In 1995 the building was to be refurbished for residential purposes. While the Munich city council was in favor of a corresponding renovation, the Berg am Laim district committee was against it. Instead, the district parliament pleaded for the raised bunker to be made available for cultural or civic use, as a raised bunker with its thick walls and narrow windows is unsuitable for living. As a result of the Open Monument Day in 2013, which attracted an unexpectedly high number of around 1,000 visitors, efforts were made to open the bunker to the public more frequently.

In 2016, the municipal department planned to rent the unused building to a company that wanted to grow medicinal plants in the rooms with the help of artificial light . Criticism came from the mountain on the Laimer district committee, which saw the future access to the public denied in the commercial rental. He preferred leasing to cave explorers. The municipal department rejected this, however, on the grounds that urban real estate should not be rented below its own value. This means that public access to the bunker is no longer possible.

Web links

Commons : Hochbunker (Berg am Laim)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bunker . In: stadt-muenchen.net, accessed on October 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b c greenhouse made of concrete , SZ of October 21, 2016, p. R8 (Munich West).
  3. ↑ "Sparrow's Nest" or doctor's office? , SZ of November 3, 1994, p. 2 (Department Munich).
  4. ↑ Living in a bunker? , SZ of September 7, 1995, p. 1 (Department Munich).
  5. ↑ Attractive high bunker , SZ of October 30, 2013, p. R9 (Munich South).

Coordinates: 48 ° 7 ′ 15.3 "  N , 11 ° 38 ′ 43.4"  E