Vacant lots, tenants in fear: Türkenstrasse, once a lively residential area, has become a plaything for investors.
In just five years, 323 tenants have disappeared within 500 meters.
Munich
- These figures were collected by the "German Real Estate Party" (DIP).
Not an elected party, but an art campaign by the Young Forum and Who Ruled the City?
of the Munich Forum.
Stefan Sasse is a co-initiator of the protest and a former resident of Türkenstrasse.
The displacement in the Maxvorstadt - an outline:
Türkenstrasse in Munich: This is how people were driven from their apartments
Stefan Sasse was the last tenant in a house with 62 apartments - he moved out in May 2021.
In May 2020, the owner changed, says the 59-year-old.
“It was said that the house would be demolished in April of this year.” The house is still standing.
"A lot of it was just fiction to get people out." Apparently with success.
According to Sasse's knowledge, a building application was submitted on May 31st.
The project developer has already announced the start of sales for luxury condominiums on the Internet.
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Long-time residents of Türkenstrasse: Stefan Sasse moved out in May.
Marianne Ott-Meimberg is still fighting for her home.
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Munich: 323 tenants have disappeared to 500 meters in five years
Of the ensemble, which was arranged in a horseshoe shape around an inner courtyard with a bell tower, only the front building remains today.
Marianne Ott-Meimberg lives there with her husband as one of four remaining parties.
“Six apartments were renovated and have been vacant since then,” says the 70-year-old.
The residents reported the vacancy to the city.
Nothing happened.
“The investor should have credibly assured that the construction noise is unreasonable for new, potential tenants.
That's cynical! "
The owner's plan is obvious: "He wants to wear us down, but we'll stay!"
Türkenstrasse in Munich: The renting out
In order to get tenants out of their apartments *, investors come up with a lot.
“Strange incidents are piling up in the neighborhood,” the DIP activists have observed.
In one building, for example, an old wooden staircase with a wrought-iron railing was torn out and replaced by a makeshift staircase shortly before the monument office came to visit.
This house is no longer worthy of protection.
The pressure on many tenants is growing.
Not just on Türkenstrasse.
The tenants' association Munich * is concerned: “It cannot be that apartment buildings will be de-rented for years due to pressure on tenants, more and more vacancies and the payment of high severance payments - only to be converted into property, modernized and sold apartment for apartment very expensively “, Says tenant association manager Volker Rastätter.
Munich: The Millionaire Game
Sasse paid 500 euros for his 30 square meter rental apartment.
Prices that seem to have fallen out of time.
“The purchase prices will be between 17,000 and 22,000 euros per square meter,” says Sasse.
According to DIP, the Wilhelminian style ensemble, of which only the front building is still standing and where Ott-Meimberg lives, was sold to an investment company in 2007 for 30 million euros.
The new owner achieved the lifting of the monument protection.
New value: 80 million euros.
The DIP's conclusion: “64 rental apartments were destroyed.
In the years from the first sale in 2007 to 2020, the land value of the property has increased by 370 percent. "
The tenants' association calls for land law reform.
"Constantly rising land prices make the residential sector very interesting for speculation," said Rastätter.
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Tradition in the Türkenstrasse
Despite the change, Türkenstrasse is still one of the busiest streets in Maxvorstadt.
More than 120,000 students at the two universities shape the quarter - and the street.
Some traditional places still exist today.
The Alter Simpl restaurant, once a legendary artists' pub, has been around for over 100 years.
Every Munich student is sure to be familiar with the Türkenhof.
Cozy oases of calm such as Café Puck, which has been in Maxvorstadt for over 30 years, or Café Huber, which has been bringing tasty craftsmanship to Munich residents in its cellar bakery since 1886, are part of the inventory of the district.
Customers have been loyal to the household and hardware store Suckfüll for 90 years.
And the Hammerstein antiquarian bookshop has been around since 1968. * tz.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA