Big day for the little ones in Aßling

Created: 05/22/2022, 02:00 p.m

By: Michael Seeholzer

The new house for children in Aßling was officially inaugurated on Saturday with a big party, which of course focused on the little ones.

© Stefan Rossmann

Everyone had brought something to celebrate the day: the parents were in a good mood, the children had rehearsed plays, Mayor Hans Fent gave a short greeting and thanked the kindergarten management, and carpenter Georg Anderl brought the popular figure Timmy, a wooden figure.

Aßling - The inauguration ceremony on the occasion of the expansion of the house for children in Aßling on Saturday, May 21, was as successful as the conversion itself gladly in the children's home”: The children themselves explained to the participants of the inauguration ceremony what they valued so much about their children's home.

"That was a little insight into our everyday life," explained teacher Theresa Hauser to the visitors.

Pastor Christoph Nobs then held a service in which the children accompanied the prayer with a dance.

Reconstruction started under difficult conditions

The conversion measures to expand the St. Georg children’s home at Mitterweg 38 began under difficult conditions, namely “right on schedule with the start of the pandemic”, as Hans Fent recalled.

He gave special thanks to the kindergarten management, Angelika Fischer and her team, for their proven talent for improvisation.

Fischer, on the other hand, thanked carpenter Georg Anderl, who and his team were practically the calm ones during the conversion phase of the three-group kindergarten built in wood.

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The mayor briefly outlined the development of the renovation measures.

A feasibility study for the creation of new childcare places at the existing location was already carried out in 2016.

In 2018, a working group was set up consisting of members of the municipal council, the kindergarten management, a planning office and the mayor himself.

The result was inexpensive: "The addition of a floor with 438 square meters of floor space was the more economical alternative to a new building," reported Fent.

Also: No additional building land was used.

The upper floor now includes three large group rooms for a total of 75 additional children.

Each group also has an adjoining room.

Also two sanitary rooms, a workroom, as well as cloakrooms,

there was still space for an additional staff room with a kitchenette and a separate staff toilet.

"It was also important to us to install a passenger elevator for barrier-free use of the building," said Fent.

Aßling has invested more than two million euros

The municipality of Aßling has invested 2.1 million euros in the expansion.

"Thank God we don't have to do it alone." The mayor informed that 713,600 euros have already been paid in grants.

However, carpenter Georg Anderl from Gollenshausen confirmed to the municipality from his practice that they had "have a lucky hand in terms of spending money".

Representing all 13 companies involved in the conversion, Anderl praised the good cooperation with the municipality of Aßling, which contributed significantly to the success of the construction.

Fent also expressed his special thanks to the Catholic parish.

Through their willingness to temporarily accommodate a kindergarten group in the rectory for part of the conversion period, it was possible to "avoid a container solution".

After the official part, the head of the children's home led small groups through the new rooms before everyone finally settled down at the covered beer benches in the garden.

"The weather will hold out until evening, I'm quite sure of that",

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