Erding's change in pictures

Created: 05/13/2022, 08:00

Excellent winners and gifted helpers (standing, from left): Dietmar Enderlein, Hans Gabler, Katharina Neumaier for Bruno Adelsberger, who was unable to attend, museum director Harald Krause, Marianne Wiggins, Valentin Zeiler, Georg Daimer and Lutz Bierl;

(front, from left) Rita Gabler and BN Managing Director Sabine Lanzner.

Not on the photo: Brigitte Oswald-Limbrunner.

© Peter Bauersachs

A photo exhibition organized by the Bund Naturschutz (Confederation of Nature Conservation) shows how Erding and the urban greenery have changed over the past decades.

Erding – A photo exhibition by the Bund Naturschutz (Confederation of Nature Conservation) shows how the habitat in and around Erding has changed in the 20th century.

(BN).

Pictures from yesteryear can be seen in the city library, which are juxtaposed with current photos.

For example, you can see that peat was once mined in the Erdinger Moos.

In contrast to this is the large airport, whose construction in the former nature reserve and in southern Germany's largest moor landscape was accompanied by unsuccessful resistance for decades.

Fields became commercial areas: the photo example shows the thatched cottage (17th century) with a flock of sheep in Bergham.

In the immediate vicinity you can see the stately domicile of the software group Amadeus in the Aufhausen industrial park.

The organizers' expectations that nature photos from the immediate vicinity, from gardens or from places that are now overbuilt or no longer exist, have not been fulfilled.

"Nevertheless, there was an interesting exhibition about the development of urban green spaces," stated BN Managing Director Sabine Lanzner at the opening.

She finds pictures from the 1960s and 1970s shocking, in which the car dominated the city, even though there were far fewer cars than today.

Despite all structural modernization, Erding's city center has more or less retained its medieval character - clearly visible in aerial photos of Schrannenplatz and Langer Zeile, today the largest shopping street in the district.

For several years, the BN has been trying to promote a more natural design of green spaces in the city.

"For thorough planning, a careful inventory is important, which also includes the inclusion of the history of green and garden areas within the city limits," said Lanzner.

That is why the BN called for a photo competition.

14 participants submitted 120 photos and a silent film.

The most diligent senders were the Erding Museum, the Zeiler family of photographers and the Bruno Adelsperger family.

The museum team headed by Harald Krause put together two series on nature in the city and the surrounding area as well as the Erdinger Moos.

So there are a few real nature pictures to see.

The 30-minute film by Georg Daimer, who was an ambitious amateur nature filmmaker in his youth, provided a remarkable report on the state of nature in the 1970s.

Nature photographer and biologist Alfred Ringler has been documenting nature around Erding for the second generation and giving vivid reports on it.

Lanzner's conclusion: "People have started, but there is still a lot to do for a city that can become a refuge for nature and has to face the challenges of climate change." The managing director addressed words of thanks to photographer Peter Bauersachs , who had created the comparison images for the BN free of charge and had been supported by his son Robin with aerial photographs.  

Further program: On Tuesday, May 17, at 7.30 p.m., Sascha Alexander will speak about natural garden design.

There will be a guided tour of the exhibition at 12 noon on Saturday, May 21st.

At 2:00 p.m., the city tour begins with tower attendant Doris Bauer to some of the places shown in the exhibition.

The photos can be seen in the city library until May 21st.

Opening hours: Tuesday/Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday/Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

PETER BAUERSACHS