Raft land in Munich
There were several raft lands (landing stages for rafts) in Munich . Today, the last remaining Floßlände that is central Floßlände or central border at the end of the raft channel in Thalkirchen , also commonly simply as "Floßlände" means. In the course of history, however, there were other rafts on the Isar or the Munich city streams for the Isar rafting company in Munich .
Lower lands
The Untere Lände was located downstream of the Ludwigsbrücke in Lehel at about the point where the Ländstrasse meets the Steinsdorfstrasse ( geographic coordinates ). For centuries it was Munich's main landing stage for rafting . With the rafts the rafters brought goods to Munich such as B. grain, cheese and animals, on the other hand, the rafts were in turn reused and served as construction timber. Firewood, on the other hand, was thrown one by one into the river (one speaks of trift ) and caught with a catching gate called " Abrechen ", which stretched across the Isar downstream of the land.
The “Grüner Baum” raftsman's business was located near the land. For the straightening of the left bank of the Isar between Ludwigsbrücke and Maximiliansbrücke carried out in 1891–1898 and the construction of a quay wall, the lower raft landing was abandoned. The Holztrift had already been closed in 1870.
Obere Lände on the Isar
When the lower land was overcrowded or from the closure of the lower land to expand the Isarkai to the completion of the central land, the raftsmen also switched to berths on the left bank of the Isar above the Ludwigsbrücke in the area of today's Erhardtstrasse ( geographic coordinates ). These berths were also known as Obere Lände .
Obere Lände on Westermühlbach
A mooring in the Isarvorstadt on Westermühlbach in the area of today's Geyerstrasse and Holzstrasse was also referred to as Obere Lände (geographic coordinates ). It was supplied via the Great Stadtbach . That is why there were no mills on this and the Westermühlbach up to the raft landing , as otherwise their wheels would have been in constant danger of being damaged by the rafts.
The Obere Lände was a "head land", a further journey back to the Isar and further down the Isar was not possible from here. The rafts were therefore dismantled and the wood stored near the land until further use. The result was a large wood storage yard, which gave the Holzstraße its name. Next to the raft landing was a well house, in which groundwater was pumped from the depths for drinking water supply using hydropower.
Central site
The central area is in Thalkirchen at the end of the raft canal ( geographic coordinates ). It was built in 1899 as a replacement for the closed land on the Isar and because the Obere Land on the Westermühlbach was too narrowed by the expansion of the city to the south. It was built near the emergency land that existed from 1857 to 1892 and had temporarily relieved the land in Munich.
However, due to the railroad as a means of transport, the raft as a means of transport became increasingly less important for transporting wood as well as for the movement of goods, so that the use of the central area declined and the costs of building it were not worthwhile.
Today the 400 m long central area is used by tourist rafting . 500–600 of the large rafts that travel down the Isar from Wolfratshausen dock here every year . In addition, a wave at the entry of the raft channel into the raft land attracts river surfers and canoeists.
At the end of the central area, the water is drained through a weir, with the help of which the water level of the raft area is controlled, and from here on the canal is called Mühlbach . At this point is the restaurant Zentrallände , a villa from the 19th century that was expanded during the construction of the Zentrallände and converted into a restaurant. Between the central area and the Isar-Werkkanal , the club area of the Cowboy Club Munich, founded in 1913, has been located since 1961 .
literature
- Christine Rädlinger : History of the Munich city streams . Ed .: City Archives Munich. Verlag Franz Schiermeier, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-9809147-2-0 .
- Christine Rädlinger: History of the Munich bridges . Ed .: City of Munich, Construction Department. Verlag Franz Schiermeier, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-9811425-2-5 .
- Franz Schiermeier: Munich city streams . Travel guide to the lifelines of a city. Verlag Franz Schiermeier, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-9813190-9-5 .
- Peter Klimesch: Isar lust. Discoveries in Munich . MünchenVerlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-937090-47-4 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Josef Bogner: Thalkirchen and Maria Einsiedel . In: Oberbayerisches Archiv , Volume 107 1982, pp. 235–288, p. 287
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