Ludwigsfeld settlement
The Ludwigsfeld settlement is the eponymous district in the north of the Ludwigsfeld district in the Feldmoching-Hasenbergl district in Munich . The Ludwigsfeld settlement is located east of Dachauer Strasse opposite the MAN site and south of Karlsfelder Strasse .
history
On December 1, 1938, the Ludwigsfeld community became part of Munich and its 33rd district.
The settlement Ludwig field was originally called Allach subcamp part of a widespread system of satellite camps of Dachau concentration camp . On the almost 14 hectare site, prisoners of war and forced laborers were also housed for the war-important production (including aircraft engines at BMW).
The Dachau concentration camp was liberated by advancing US soldiers on April 29, 1945 , and one day later they reached the subcamp near Allach. After the end of the war, the Allies used the camp to accommodate displaced persons , i.e. people who were far from their homeland due to the chaos of the war and who were to be gradually returned there. However, with the beginning of the East-West confrontation, this quickly turned out to be increasingly difficult, as many people could no longer or did not want to return to their now communist countries of origin.
Therefore, from 1952, a permanent settlement for around 3800 residents was built in the eastern part of the camp with funds from the Marshall Plan . The streets were named after gemstones, which gave the settlement the nickname crystal or diamond settlement. The development consisted of 1-2-storey apartment blocks, as they are typical for the 50s and 60s. More than 3,000 expellees, former forced laborers and prisoners of war from 22 nations found a new home in the apartments, which were quite comfortable for the time, but without heating and bathroom. The apartments were by far not enough for everyone, so that some of the 3-room apartments had to be sublet. The rest of the emigrants were housed in the barracks on the edge of the settlement. Since the settlement was on the outskirts of the village of Ludwigsfeld, its population shot up from around 400 to 4,000 in a short time.
When in 1996 a former resident of the settlement proposed to the 24th Munich district of Feldmoching-Hasenbergl to designate Rubinstrasse as a one-way street, it was discovered that the district committee had completely forgotten the settlement. The then SPD employee in the district committee, Katharina Adam, made sure that the settlement was reassigned to the 24th district of Munich.
On the west facade of the only building left from the concentration camp in Granatstrasse 8 (today the clubhouse of TSV Ludwigsfeld), a memorial plaque was inaugurated in May 1997 on the initiative of the Ludwigsfeld interest group.
In 1952, at the same time as the settlement was built, the Ukrainian Orthodox St. Michael Church was founded, the members of which were mainly former prisoners of the Allach-Karlsfeld satellite camp. The interior is decorated with many icons that were handcrafted by the former forced laborers from Ukraine . Today the church is visited by many tourists, but also by interested Munich residents.
The settlement today
Around 20 nationalities still live together in the settlement today, including 140 former forced laborers and many of their descendants. The Ludwigsfeld estate is an example of successful integration beyond Munich. In 2015, around 3,400 people lived in Ludwigsfeld.
In 1990 the landscape lake Allacher Lohe was created as a service and fire water lake for the Munich North marshalling yard .
On July 22, 2007, the then Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko visited Ludwigsfeld when he was housed as a slave laborer and sought a conversation with former Ukrainian slave laborers. At the same time, Joseph Ratzinger, who later became Pope Benedict XVI. deployed there as a 16-year-old flak helper .
The church is located at Granatstrasse 1. At Rubinstrasse 14 is the Tibetan Buddhist Kalmuck Temple .
privatization
Since January 1, 2005, the Ludwigsfeld estate has been owned by the Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks (BImA). In the opinion of the BImA, the low monthly rents (on average 2.61 EUR / m² living space and month) were not sufficient for the economic operation of the total of 680 residential units. The apartments are also considered unsuitable for federal housing welfare purposes. For these reasons, the decision was made to sell them in the bidding process in accordance with Section 1 (1) of the BImA Establishment Act.
The sales negotiations initially conducted with the city of Munich failed. The reason for this was ultimately the unwillingness of the city to pay the market value for the property (full value in the sense of the Federal Budget Code). Details of the negotiations with other potential buyers were not disclosed for reasons of confidentiality in order to protect internal company information. On June 1, 2007, the sale of the estate for € 10.5 million to Patrizia AG from Augsburg was announced. During the contract negotiations, emphasis was placed on protecting the residents: In return, Patrizia AG had to provide lifelong protection against dismissal for the current tenants.
The news of the sale was received with mixed feelings by the residents: On the one hand, there was relief that the years of discussion about the sale and the associated uncertainty had come to an end. On the other hand, the contractually agreed measures to protect tenants are viewed with skepticism.
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 601 .
- ↑ Forgotten Crime. In: sueddeutsche.de. September 24, 2015, accessed June 21, 2018 .
- ↑ https://www.citypopulation.de/php/germany-munchen_d.php
- ^ Christian Ude: Citizens' questions: Why do you fear real estate sharks? Archived from the original on October 19, 2007 ; Retrieved October 22, 2007 .
- ^ Ludwigsfeld settlement: Tenant protection for life - Finance Minister Steinbrück keeps his word. Press release from the City of Munich. In: City of Munich: Rathaus-Umschau 103/2007. June 1, 2007, accessed February 1, 2013 .
Web links
- http://www.siedlung-ludwigsfeld.de/
- The united peoples of Ludwigsfeld , Friday, Die Ost-West Wochenzeitung (November 17, 2000)
literature
- Rozalija Sokola (editor): April 30, 1945 - end and beginning: From the Allach subcamp to the Munich-Ludwigsfeld settlement (born) , Neuhausen history workshop (2005), ISBN 3931231151
Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ' N , 11 ° 29' E