"Poli" is the abbreviation for the playground behind the police in Poing.
After a three-year break, it is now open again - with new attractions and books.
Poing - For more than three years Poing-Süd was without its biggest playground: the "Poli".
This is what it has been called for decades because it is right next to and behind the police station.
The playground has been open again since Wednesday, 4 p.m.
Refurbished and with new equipment such as a cable car and a bird's nest tree for climbing.
And with three bookcases, which form “the second literature house only for children in Poing”, as Mayor Thomas Stark said at the opening.
A year ago, three bookcases were opened on the pirate playground in Seewinkel, on the other side of Poing.
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With the help of children, Mayor Thomas Stark opened the bookcases.
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The playground was closed because the temporary accommodation of the Catholic kindergarten on Endbach was set up right next to it.
The kindergarten was housed in containers, while the old building on Endbachweg was demolished and a new one was built.
That is now open and operational.
During the transition period, the “Poli” playground was used for the kindergarten.
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Renate Schlögl and Yvonne Pirzer from the community library read at the opening.
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Now it's open to all children again - many of them came to the opening with their parents and grandparents (some of whom played here when they were kids).
Due to Corona including data collection at the entrance and currently applicable hygiene rules.
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The neighbors from the police also came by.
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The children took possession of the playground equipment, the parents and grandparents were happy too and took souvenir photos.
The motifs even show police vehicles made of wood, as well as a real police car and motorcycle.
The neighbors of the playground also came to the opening.
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Children were allowed to sit on the police motorcycle.
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The wooden vehicles serve as bookcases.
They were designed and built by Hubert Lechner and Rudi Kollmannsberger from the construction depot - “produced locally and not by any toy manufacturer,” praised Mayor Stark.
Children's books can be placed in the bookcases and taken with you.
The same exchange principle as at the pirate playground in Poing-Nord and at the market square, where the large literary house stands as a wooden hut.
The children's literature houses are looked after by committed parents who received a small gift from Stark as a thank you: Christa Majer, Susann Elsner, Jeaninne Brummer, Sophie Brenner, Katja Hohenstein, Tom Jenssen, Karin Keegan, Verena Wagner and Anna Loher.
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Books can be placed in this safe if there is no more space in the bookcases.
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In keeping with the topic of literature, Yvonne Pirzer and Renate Schlögl from the community library read to the children at the opening - the stage for the two women was a vehicle from the building yard, where they stayed dry during the brief rain shower.
The children didn't mind the rain.
Playground works in any weather.
As Mayor Thomas Stark reported, there are currently 2,641 children up to the age of six in the municipality of Poing.
There are 30 public playgrounds (including the two skate parks) - and now two literature houses for children.
The construction depot takes care of the maintenance of the playgrounds.