Taxi park

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Former swimming pool as part of the taxi park (2018)

The Taxispark (formerly: Recreation Park for War and Physically Disabled ) is a 13-hectare area in the Gern district of Munich , which has been dedicated to recreational opportunities for disabled people since the time after the First World War . It is owned by the Free State of Bavaria . The Taxisgarten , a Munich beer garden that opened in 1924 , is located on a part of the original area that has since been separated off. The lease of this garden financed the recreational facilities run by the Munich Recreation Park Association. The remaining part with the recreational facilities has not been used since the termination of the lease agreement by the Bavarian Administration of State Palaces, Gardens and Lakes in 2007. From July 2016 to April 2017, the garden will be temporarily open to the public. This will be followed by a comprehensive redesign in order to be able to reopen in autumn 2017.

prehistory

The area in the Neuhausen-Nymphenburg district to the west of Landshuter Allee was originally part of a wooded area popularly known as "Ludwig catching" and came into the possession of the civil list of the Bavarian King Ludwig I in 1834. A pheasant enclosure was established there until the 20th century Hunts held. When this use was given up due to increasing construction activity in the area, the fenced area was initially fallow. From 1908 it was temporarily left to the Munich police, who trained sniffer dogs there.

The park as a result of self-help for disabled people

In 1919, the 2.6 hectare western part of the former Ludwig catchment area was leased by the Crown Property Administration to the Reich Association of War Disabled and War Participants , Neuhausen district, who wanted to set up a place to stay for war disabled persons there. With the help of private individuals and authorities, it was possible to open a community center on May 9, 1920. In the end, however, the Neuhausen district of the Reichsbund was unable to pursue the project in view of the accumulated debts of 75,000 marks.

In September 1920, 45 severely injured survivors of the World War therefore founded the "Association Recreation Park for War Disabled Munich", the aim of which, as set out in the statutes, was "... a recreation facility with loungers, swimming pools and sunbathing for all war victims, regardless of person or status, To build playgrounds etc. ”. In order to reduce the still existing debt burden, the association was approved in autumn 1920 to hold a house collection. This project was supported by a committee made up of leading personalities from society and industry. Its members included u. a. Professor Ferdinand Sauerbruch , who worked at the University of Munich at the time , the doctor and city councilor Mieczysław Epstein (1868–1931; husband of Elisabeth Iwanowna Epstein ), the city councilor and chairman of the land and house owners' association Josef Humar and Munich's first mayor Eduard Schmid . Of the income of 283,000 marks, 153,000 marks remained after deduction of all expenses and settlement of debts. The collection income therefore initially fell short of the estimated building and construction costs of 260,000 marks.

Thanks to further donations, the association finally succeeded in completing the construction work, so that the recreation park could be opened on June 12, 1921. The area comprised a community center with a tavern garden and the actual recreation park with a large lounge area and a swimming pool. A division of the association into an economic and a recreation department made it possible to achieve economic profit without losing the public benefit. On September 21, 1924, the restaurant building with hall and adjoining room, which still exists today, was opened, at the opening ceremony of which the Jesuit Father Rupert Mayer, himself severely damaged in the war , expressed the hope that the house would be and remain a house of peace. The lines specially written by Eugen Roth , which can be read above the entrance to the building, underline the original dedication of the park to the disabled during the war that had just ended.

time of the nationalsocialism

Immediately after the National Socialists came to power, the association , which had meanwhile grown to more than 1000 members, was "brought into line" and the new board was filled with members of the NSDAP . The park itself has been renamed "National Front Park".

Post-war and present

The recreation park was badly damaged by the air raids in World War II . On 21 December 1946, the restaurant was a first in the hall cinema under the name Park opened cinema, which was operated until the 1,971th At the beginning of the 1950s, the reconstruction of the destroyed buildings began, which was subsequently followed by continuous improvements, in particular the swimming pool that was still in operation.

Originally only male disabled people and their guests had access to the recreation park, the association opened the park to women from 1979 onwards. However, underage visitors were denied entry.

Taxisgarten (entrance)

The association obtained the funds necessary for the operation and maintenance of the park through the management or leasing of the beer garden belonging to the site . The Taxisgarten grew over time into one of the largest beer gardens of the district approach and pulls like before visitors from all over the city and the surrounding region of Munich.

Since the "Recreation Park Association for War Disabled Munich" initially refused to open the park to young physically handicapped visitors, the Bavarian Palace and Lake Administration terminated the existing lease agreement with the association on November 30, 2007.

After that, the swimming pool and the associated facilities were no longer used. The beer garden, however, has been preserved to this day. However, since then the Free State of Bavaria has retained the income generated by leasing it. The combination of offers for the physically handicapped and beer garden operation, which is characteristic of the recreation park for war and physically handicapped people, to generate the financial means necessary for the operation of the site is no longer given.

After the Free State of Bavaria had won an eviction suit against the association in a first proceeding, in a second proceeding in 2010 a fee of 950,000 euros was awarded for the houses, changing rooms, the swimming pool and the restaurant building of the beer garden, after having originally paid four million euros Had asked for euros.

The part of the park previously used for recreational purposes was put out to tender again by the Palace and Lake Administration. For this area (commonly called “Taxispark”), which is no longer supposed to benefit from the income from the beer garden, a new provider was sought for use in the sense of providing for the disabled. However, these efforts were unsuccessful.

On October 6, 2014, a license agreement was signed between the state capital of Munich and the Free State of Bavaria. According to the city council resolution, the aim is to open the park unrestrictedly as a recreational area that can be used free of charge. The preliminary planning concept developed since then is intended to enable the use of the green area by people of different abilities. The city is investing € 2.14 million in this - the opening of the park is planned for 2017.

literature

  • Franz Schröther: The recreation park for war and physical injuries. In: Neuhauser Werkstatt-Nachrichten . Issue 17, Winter 2006.
  • Günther Baumann: The "Recreation Park for War Disabled" and the so-called "Taxis Garden" in "Nymphenburg - 100 Years of Munich's Excursion Place and Entertainment District". Publishing History Workshop Neuhausen , Munich 1998th

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ muenchen.de: This is how the taxi park should look in the future. Retrieved March 10, 2017 .
  2. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Taxisgarten opens - but only for a short time from July 26, 2016
  3. ↑ Schröther: The recreation park for war and physical injuries. 2006, p. 29
  4. ↑ Schröther: The recreation park for war and physical injuries. 2006, p. 29 f.
  5. ↑ Birgit Poppe: The women of the Blue Rider. Dumont Buchverlag, p. 105
  6. ↑ a b c Schröther: The recreation park for war and physical injuries. 2006, p. 31.
  7. ↑ a b Baumann: The "Recreation Park for War Disabled" and the so-called "Taxis Garden". In: Nymphenburg - 100 years of Munich's excursion destination and entertainment district. 1988, p. 159 f.
  8. ↑ a b Schröther: The recreation park for war and physical injuries. 2006, p. 32.
  9. ↑ a b Free State cancels lease for recreation park . Article by Claudia Schuh in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on November 30, 2006.
  10. ↑ Uncertain future - residents reject plans for the recreation area in Taxisstraße - Münchner Wochenanzeiger from December 12, 2012
  11. ^ Munich: Free State reaches an agreement with the Erholungspark-Verein ( Memento from September 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) - news ticker from the Süddeutsche Zeitung from April 22, 2010.
  12. ↑ http://www.wochenanzeiger.de/article/187861.html
  13. ↑ Question No. 14-20 / F 00238 by StRin Kristina Frank, StR Dr. Reinhold Babor on February 26, 2015

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