The Traubingen cemetery wall is largely finished.
The work is expected to be completed by mid-August and Weilheimer Strasse will be open to traffic again - four years after the collapse.
Traubing - It was almost exactly four years ago. On July 15, 2017, it was a Saturday, the listed cemetery wall in Traubing collapsed. The graves above threatened to slide - thanks to the rapid intervention of the fire brigade and the citizens of Traubingen, the wall could be temporarily stabilized with gravel and later sandbags. This was followed by a long decision-making process on how to renovate the wall. Now the good news: The wall is expected to be finished in mid-August. According to Pastor Leander Mikschl, traffic will flow again sooner.
Two thirds of the wall is already there. According to Mikschl, it was poured in several sections. "First the old wall was removed, so the ground was exposed - and if something had slipped, it would have been manageable." After all the negotiations about the way of the renovation and finally a breakdown at the beginning of the work in the However, this did not happen in the spring. In the spring, the specialist company finally came to Traubing to discover that there wasn't enough space in the ground for the micropiles on which the new wall was to be built. The natural gas pipeline was in the way and had to be on the other side of the street, like other branches in the past.
When the gas pipeline was laid and the specialist company moved in again, according to Pastor Mikschl, things basically went pretty well. The foundation was poured, as was the wall in several sections. A structural engineer checked the iron reinforcement every time. "It is only through the iron that the concrete gets its strength," explains Mikschl. "The iron parts have to be welded and braided at certain angles so that they can absorb the tensile forces of the wall."
The result is smooth and gray and almost looks a bit unadorned. The old, listed, but unfortunately not renovable wall had an uneven texture due to the many small stones that were put together to form a wall. The new one, on the other hand, seems almost sterile. "The concrete wall is being embellished by a stonemason," says Mikschl. “This is called stucco. And there is a railing on top. ”The 15 tombstones that were removed to be on the safe side then have to be put back in place. The road no longer needs to be closed for this work.
Weilheimer Strasse has been partially or completely closed for four years. All these years the sandbags that supported the remains of the old wall were part of the townscape. At first it was unclear how the wall would be rehabilitated. As reported, it turned out that it had to be re-poured. It was a long way for the church administration and the ordinariate. The costs were estimated at 600,000 euros.