The ghost train station in the Olympiapark had a use - it was a paradise for skaters.
Now the city has demolished the skater park without notice.
The reactions are violent.
The skate park in the abandoned Olympiapark underground station in Munich has been demolished.
The skaters are mad at the city - there was no announcement.
Now a replacement is to be found.
Munich - It was once supposed to bring the streams of visitors to the 1972 Olympic Games - but today the
Olympiastadion train station is
a deserted place, just
concrete, gravel and graffiti
.
But now there is trouble about the ghost train station: Young people had built a skate park there on their own - this has now been removed from the city.
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For years, people from Munich had met for skateboarding at the ghost train station, Celina Lucas, chairwoman of the Skateboarding Munich association, told
tz
.
“
This spot has been tolerated by the city up to now
.” Skaters had recently built ramps there themselves.
On Thursday last week there was a sudden shock: the ramps had been "destroyed".
Allegedly without informing the skaters.
"We as a club and mouthpiece of the Munich skate scene were never contacted about this."
Reactions to the demolition of the skate park in Munich: "Angry and sad"
Pictures of the demolition spread on social networks.
A woman from Munich wrote to tz that she was "angry and sad"
: "I think this behavior does not show that Munich is a
city of culture
in which the various scenes are supported."
However, a spokeswoman for the Munich municipal department emphasizes: The
ghost train station
is simply too dangerous to be there.
“The building is potentially at
risk of collapse and polluted
.
The building fabric is therefore currently being examined.
Since danger to life and limb cannot be ruled out, the site must not be entered, ”says the municipal department.
The state capital is responsible for the traffic safety obligation for the train station.
The ramp was located in an area cordoned off with construction fences with “no entry” signs.
And further: "The construction fences were apparently broken open."
Munich: Skaters have been demanding their own skate hall for years
The problem: Munich's skaters have been asking for their own skate hall for years, says Lucas.
"Since Euro Skate closed in 2006,
there is no longer any possibility of skateboarding in winter or when it rains
- even though skateboarding is now an Olympic sport and there are over 3000 active skaters in Munich." Often the skaters stayed in the city only parking spaces or underpasses - or self-built “spots” in remote places.
Now help comes from city politics.
According to Melanie Staudinger, spokeswoman for the SPD / Volt city council group, representatives of the group are in close contact with the skater scene.
“We're trying
to find
a
replacement location
as
soon as possible
.” Kathrin Abele, SPD spokeswoman for sport policy: “Munich isn't just for high culture.
The subcultures that make our city so diverse are also important to us. "
And it could go fast: The city council groups SPD / Volt and Die Grünen-Rosa Liste applied on Friday to provide
the Munich skateboarders with a covered, non-spatially closed location for this winter
.
They want to develop the suitable area together with the scene.
A message that the Munich skaters will surely receive positively.
- Andrea Stinglwagner - * tz.de is part of the Ippen network.
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