Schrannenhalle (Munich)
The Schrannenhalle in Munich was built by Karl Muffat from 1851 to 1853 as a grain hall on the edge of the old town near the Viktualienmarkt . It was the first iron structure in Munich. The official name was Maximilians-Getreide-Halle , the popular Schranne referred to a grain market at that time.
The hall was dismantled in the early 20th century and rebuilt in 2005 on the old site. After several changes of operator, the first German branch of the Italian delicatessen chain Eataly has been under construction since the end of November 2015 .
location
The hall extends along the former Munich city fortifications , parallel to the old town ring , which is here as a flower street . To the southwest of the building, separated by a small paved and unused square, is the Blumenstrasse bunker . To the west is the Sebastiansplatz and then the Sankt-Jakobs-Platz with the Jewish Center Munich and the City Museum .
history
Until the Schrannenhalle was built, the Munich grain market took place on Marienplatz , which was still called Schrannenplatz until 1854. Since its area was too small for the market with a wholesale and retail function, the new hall was built for it.
The Schrannenhalle was 430 meters long. It consisted of cast iron beams and a roof with attached skylights. At first the sides were open, only in 1871 they were provided with glass. The construction made of glass and iron material was considered a technical masterpiece.
Towards the end of the 19th century, the grain trade in the Schrannenhalle continued to decline. The long distance between the hall and the train station has been criticized since it opened - most of the grain was then transported by train. In 1912, the wholesale business was relocated to the new Großmarkthalle at Südbahnhof . Parts of the hall were dismantled between 1914 and 1927. Another part was lost in a fire in 1932. All that was left was the open bank (the name comes from a cheap meat sale taking place there) called the northern head building.
A section of the Schrannenhalle was retained, however, because a 110-meter-long construction section ended up as a warehouse at the Moosach gasworks of Stadtwerke Munich in Dachauer Strasse, and was forgotten for over 50 years. In 1978 the architect and city historian Volker Hütsch recognized by chance what architectural “treasure” was hidden at the gasworks. In 1980, a report by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) revealed that rebuilding was possible. As a result, the Munich city council decided in the same year to rebuild the Schrannenhalle at the original location, which was previously used as a parking lot.
The implementation of the decision took around 25 years, as no operator of the hall could be found for a long time, there were also protests because of the loss of parking spaces in the city center and later also against the felling of the trees around the parking lot.
reconstruction
The reconstruction was carried out on the basis of a leasehold contract between the city and DBVI GmbH & Co Schrannenhalle KG , a subsidiary of Deutsche Beamtenvorsorge Immobilien Holding AG (DBVI). After long discussions and delays, the Schranne was rebuilt in July 2003. The quality of the architectural design of the reconstruction and the newly erected southern end building was discussed in public. After concepts for the reconstruction or for the reconstruction and expansion of the architects Ackermann und Partner , designs by the Viennese architect Stefan A. Schumer followed , which were classified as non-planning-compliant designs after political disputes between the leaseholder (City of Munich) and the leaseholder (Deutsche Beamtenvorsorge Immobilienholding AG) and so on led to further delays.
The historic head building was rebuilt at the same time and run as a Bavarian eatery by Hacker-Pschorr .
2005
The opening took place on September 5, 2005. Numerous smaller shops, craftsmen and restaurants have moved into the new hall. There were also cultural and entertainment events in the Schrannenhalle. In the basement of the building there are also rooms that were used for events and as a disco.
Due to the public financing of the building project, the events held there were linked to a public cultural mandate. This fact leads, among other things, to conflicts in the use of the basement. In November 2007 the rooms were used for a party organized by the pornography portal YouPorn . These plans met with critical voices, especially from the city administration, as they have an unclear relationship to the cultural mission of the entire institution. On 10 December 2008 which provided local court of Munich , the operating company Munich Schrannenplatz halls GmbH under preliminary insolvency administration and opened on March 1, 2009 on the assets of the insolvency proceedings .
2011
In 2009 Hammer AG took over the leasehold , which averted a foreclosure auction of the Schrannenhalle. The new Schranne was opened in October 2011 as a market hall for a range of premium products.
The new concept envisaged the Schranne as a market hall for fresh specialties. A total of 24 dealers were located on an area of 3800 square meters. Later the concept had to be changed several times, there were snack stands under license from prominent brands in the house and other providers without any reference to food. Well-known traders and companies included Feinkost Käfer , Butlers and Jochen Schweizer . Since March 2012, in the basement of a Schrannenhalle was flagship store of the brand Milka furnished. According to the operators, the new concept of the Schrannenhalle was not in direct competition with the nearby Viktualienmarkt, rather what the market hall had to offer should be a sensible addition for both stand operators and customers. This business model did not work either, so that the Schrannenhalle had to close again.
2015
At the end of November 2015 it was reopened with the Italian delicatessen chain Eataly as the operator. The installations of the previous operators have largely been removed so that the original spatial impression can be experienced again. Since then, the market area has been dominated by mainly small producers from Italy and, on a small scale, from Bavaria. In addition, there is a restaurant on the raised mezzanine, which offers a new concept every two months with specialties from changing Italian provinces. There is a cooking school in the basement . As a non-food provider, Bianchi is represented with the sale of Italian bicycles.
In Munich at the beginning there were many doubts whether the company was financially viable; the company does not publish business figures and denies problems. Since Eataly wanted to go public in 2017, and the branch in Munich is the only one in Germany, a cessation of operations in the Schrannenhalle and withdrawal from the largest European market before the IPO was increasingly considered unlikely.
The northern end of the Schrannenhalle
Schrannenhalle from City Museum seen from
The southern end of the Schrannenhalle
Glass facade of the south building
literature
- Gabriele Jäcklin-Volkert: The Munich Schrannenhalle. Buchendorfer, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-934036-95-3 .
Web links
- Schrannenhalle website
- Sushi, veal sausage and floating people. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. September 5, 2005.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Alfred Dürr: How Eataly wants to revive the Schrannenhalle. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. November 19, 2015, accessed January 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Christian Mayer: lascivious carnival. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . November 8, 2007, accessed on January 12, 2016 : "The Schrannenhalle wants to host a party under the motto" Youporn "."
- ↑ Christian Mayer: "Youporn Party" in the Schrannenclub: We are not a sex temple. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. November 9, 2007, accessed on December 3, 2017 : "The excitement about the" Youporn Party "in the Schrannenclub continues."
- ^ "Hammer AG takes over Schrannenhalle in Munich" - Hammer AG press release of December 10, 2010
- ↑ Milka opens the 1st Milka World in the Schrannenhalle. A shop designed like an alpine hut around the multi-faceted cult brand. (No longer available online.) Kraft Foods Germany Services GmbH & Co. KG, 2012, archived from the original on March 21, 2012 ; accessed on January 12, 2016 (message on Milka's homepage): “For its 111th birthday, Milka has come up with something very special and opens the first Milka adventure world on March 20, 2012 in the Schrannenhalle on Munich's Viktualienmarkt on almost 800 m² Germany."
- ↑ Alle Standl: This is the new Schranne. on: Abendzeitung-muenchen.de , September 21, 2011.
- ↑ Is the Eataly a success or not? In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. May 29, 2017. (sueddeutsche.de)
Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 3 ″ N , 11 ° 34 ′ 28 ″ E