Mini Munich
Mini-Munich is a simulation game in the form of a children's city . The big city game took place for the first time under the name Mini-Munich in August 1979 for the International Year of the Child and has since taken place every two years for three weeks from the first week of the summer vacation in Munich. Play towns and children's towns around the world use similar concepts, for example in Austria, Denmark, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Egypt, Italy and Japan.
In play and in a built small town with all the necessary facilities that are needed for a complex city game, the children liven up their town, pursue different professions, negotiate political issues, study, meet, go shopping, eat out or go to the cinema. The game is financed by the state capital, among others. It is considered to be one of the most famous cultural education projects in Germany. In 2014 Mini-Munich took place for the first time on the grounds of the Zenith-Halle (Freimann). In summer 2016, around 32,000 children took part in the project over the 15 days of play.
regulate
Mini Munich is a city for children . Children between the ages of 7 and 15 play there. At the beginning of the game, all players fill out a participation card in which many activities in the play city can be entered. There is an employment office where you can apply for a job after the first hour of play (before that, the application runs directly to the company). There is an extra counter for studying at the university , at which study places are allocated at certain times. Working and studying in the play city are rewarded with MiMüs, the currency in Mini-Munich. A job is only valid for one day, the next day you have to get a new card . An exception is the green work card, with which you can secure a responsible job for the next day. After working or studying, you have to present the job slip to a bank within half an hour in order to have the earned income paid out in the fictitious currency MiMü . If this does not happen within half an hour, the work card “expires”. In the worst case, if you don't follow the rules of the game , you can be expelled from the play town (e.g. in the event of theft).
Experience has shown that the children can quickly find their way around the play city. But there are always parents who do not trust their children to do this and who therefore want to intervene in the game to support their children. To prevent this, there are “parent-free zones” in the play city, e.g. B. in front of the employment office. Since 2012, parents have only been allowed to enter the Spielstadt with a “parents visa”, which is valid for a maximum of one hour. For parents there is a separate area called "Parents Cafe", which they are not allowed to leave without a parent visa.
Full citizenship
Anyone who has studied for four hours and worked for four hours and has successfully completed a "Zoffkurs" can apply for full citizenship and thus take the full citizenship test. As a full citizen you can be elected, get a driver's license and receive other benefits. Since 2018, all citizens have been allowed to vote in order to reduce the power monopoly of full citizens on Mini Munich politics. Full citizenship once acquired will also be recognized in the next few years. In total, over 10,000 children have become full citizens of Mini-Munich since 1979.
MiMü
The currency, the so-called MiMüs, is play money. They are only valid for one season and are redesigned each time. The design of the special season ticket is determined by a competition for children. Since 2006, every note has said honesty lasts the longest .
You earn five MiMü per hour, but one Mimü has to be paid as a tax, so in the end it is four MiMü per hour.
Work and study cards
In Minimünchen there are various cards that have to be handed in to the bank in addition to the paychecks in order to receive your wages. These are:
Work cards
- Red work card: It is used by the employment office to pass on a possibly terminated job to a child as quickly as possible.
- Orange work card, express job: they are issued by the companies themselves when required.
- Green card: Employees who have proven to be particularly successful at their workplace receive a green work card from their supervisor. With this, the workplace is secured and you are authorized to enter the play city 15 minutes before the other children, i.e. at 9:45 a.m.
Study cards
- Blue study card: The university courses are entered on this card. The professor signs it so that you can collect your wages from the bank.
- purple professor card: Professors who teach a course at the Comenius University receive this card. How professors should be paid is one of Mini Munich's eternal debates (only teaching time? Preparation time? How much preparation time?) And it often changes from season to season. When you hand in the card at the bank, you will be paid according to the current rules.
Job card
Express job
Green job card
Front of study card
Back of study card
Front professor card
Back professor card
place
Mini-Munich took place in different buildings in the Olympic Park from 1979 (2008 and 2010: Event Arena) and in 1984 and 1986 in the Moll-Hallen. In 2014 and 2016 the city game took place in the Zenith-Halle, the Spiegelzelt and the Kesselhaus in the Freimann district. In 2018 Mini-Munich returned to the grounds of the Event Arena, which was demolished in 2015. For the first time, no hall was available for the project, which is why a tent city was built for the duration of the game. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the game took place at 40 different locations across Munich.
Establishments
There are the following companies in Mini-Munich (as of 2014):
| business | description | place |
|---|---|---|
| Building yard | The building yard employs construction workers who, among other things, make the houses for property owners. | Outdoor area |
| beekeeping | Here children are given theoretical and practical knowledge about bees. | Outdoor area |
| Bus route | The Mini-Münchner Busgesellschaft operates a regular bus connection through Mini-Munich with several wooden buses, some of which the children have built themselves. | Outdoor area |
| Fun fit | Offers the children the opportunity to engage in a variety of sports. | Zenith Hall, outside area |
| Wood carver | As the name suggests, the wood carvers carve wood. | Outdoor area |
| Fair | offers children the opportunity to earn money through games of skill and games of chance | Outdoor area |
| Registration office, start and main entrance | helps new citizens, offers guided tours of the city and ensures order for the morning entry. In addition, new IDs are issued, lost IDs are kept and newcomers are given the opportunity to explore the city with a city rally and thus earn their first Mimüs. Parents can get their parents visa here. | Outdoor area |
| Parents café | Parents and children can buy coffee here. In addition, z. Some snacks such as sandwiches made by children are sold. The visitor center is connected to the parents' café, a tent with seats for parents who wait there while their children visit the play city. | Outdoor area |
| City information | offers a cloakroom, a lost property office and generally serves as a point of contact for problems (e.g. children are looking for parents) | Zenith hall |
| Town Hall (City Council) | Adopts laws and regulations with citizens at citizens' assemblies and manages grant applications. | Zenith hall |
| Tax office | Responsible for the city treasury, distributes grants to the companies and also controls them | Zenith hall |
| Citizen's Office | issues full citizenships (see full citizenship ), extends them. | Zenith hall |
| Notary | see court | Zenith hall |
| dish | convicts offenders, administers the registry office and runs the notary's office, which u. a. Donations processed. | Zenith hall |
| City Theatre | Mini-Munich theater that puts on stage plays | Zenith hall |
| Zoff Academy | Train judges and take courses that are a prerequisite for becoming a full citizen (exception 2012) | Zenith hall |
| Taxi office | Issues driver's licenses and manages taxis | Zenith hall |
| employment exchange | distributes free jobs to the children who are unemployed | Zenith hall |
| Carpentry | Processes wood and provides e.g. B. cash registers or vendor's shops | Zenith hall |
| Handwerkerhof | Here children do manual work | Zenith hall |
| movie theater | shows films and broadcasts MüTivi | Zenith hall |
| MüTivi | produces a television program that is broadcast daily in the cinema | Zenith hall |
| Gardening | Sells flowers and herbs to the children | Zenith hall |
| Garbage collection | keeps the city clean | Zenith hall |
| post Office | distributes letters in the city, and since 2012 letters to the “real” world too, children should bring German Post stamps with them | Zenith hall |
| Chamber of Crafts | Children can complete their journeyman's certificate here in special workshops | Zenith hall |
| M water bar | Here children who are thirsty can drink water for free | Zenith hall |
| Fat pig | Gasthaus der Stadt Mini-München, with service since 2012 | Coal bunker |
| bakery | Fresh pretzels and rolls are baked and sold here | Coal bunker |
| Organic milk bar | The organic milk bar prepares fresh drinks using organic ingredients. | Coal bunker |
| police | takes care of the security in Mini-Munich | Zenith hall |
| MiMüz | City newspaper, see MiMüZ | Zenith hall |
| architecture office | plans building projects in the city | Zenith hall |
| Embassy | Location of the international guests, e.g. from Austria, Italy or India | Zenith hall |
| Radio micro | Here children create their own radio program, which is then played in the queue on the following day | Zenith hall |
| MiMep | the MiMep (mini Munich shopping paradise) is the department store that sells t-shirts, CDs and other items | Zenith hall |
| Fashion lab | designs fashion | Zenith hall |
| University | Here children can study a variety of topics, the lectures are mostly given by children, but also by adults | Boiler house |
| Research Center | There are laboratories from the fields of chemistry, physics and biology where the children can study. | Boiler house |
| Photo studio | Photos are created and printed here | Zenith hall |
| Advertising agency | This is where posters are designed and printed | Zenith hall |
| Design office | Objects such as B. designed furniture and built models | Zenith hall |
| Bank | the wages can be collected there, savings books can be created and money cards can be applied for. | Coal bunker |
| Art academy | here the children paint their own pictures | Boiler house |
| Comic workshop | a mini Munich comic is being created here | Boiler house |
| Pop Academy | Children are taught to dance and choreograph in courses | Outdoor area |
| Barrierless | This area checks the play city for accessibility and suggests improvements if necessary. The area also runs Cafe Zappenduster, where children get an insight into the lives of the blind. | Boiler house |
| Stock exchange | Shares in various fictitious stock corporations can be traded on the stock exchange. There is also a financial quiz. | Zenith hall |
| Casino | Roulette and poker are played in the casino . | Zenith hall |
| museum | Exhibits from previous years are displayed here | Outdoor area |
| Wellness oasis | Massages and peelings are offered here | Zenith hall |
| Online editing | writes a weblog , which can be found on the Internet at mini-muenchen-web.info . | Zenith hall |
| Internet cafe | Children are given the opportunity to surf the Internet here | Zenith hall |
| Travel agency | offers city tours through Mini-Munich and excursions in the surrounding area | Zenith hall |
| library | Books can be read and written here | Boiler house |
| Fun factory | games are invented, tested and played here | Zenith hall |
MiMüZ
The MiMüZ is a newspaper from Mini-Munich that appears daily. It contains interviews with supervisors, surveys, news and much more. It always appears in the evening and costs four MiMü. The newspaper is created by participants in the game who work as editors.
In 2018, the MiMüZ got into a dispute with the other press facilities in Mini Munich when these guidelines for the press in Mini Munich wanted to come into force.
literature
- Gerd Grüneisl, Wolfgang Zacharias (Ed.): The children's city - a school of life. Handbook for play, culture, environment . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1989, ISBN 3-499-18595-4 .
Web links
- Mini Munich website
- Interactive play city portal from Mini-Munich, contributions from the Mini-Munich web editorial team
- Children in the city. Munich adventure playground on: Süddeutsche.de , July 7, 2006.
Individual evidence
- ↑ VMI: Mini-Munich presents balance sheet. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , No. 195, August 24, 2016, p. R5.
- ↑ a b political-bildung-bayern.net
- ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: br-online.de )
- ↑ olympiapark.de
- ↑ muenchen.de: The mini Munich play city is over. Retrieved February 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Welcome to Mini-Munich Finds STADT! , accessed on July 28, 2020.
- ↑ wochenanzeiger.de