#St Quirin Platz

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29 - 31 May 1998 - checking into the apartment - Whitsun Monday weekend in Munich

29 - 31 May 1998

Hi everyone, Twenty years ago today was a long holiday weekend, namely Pfingstenmontag and Fronleichnam, both of which are legal holidays in Bavaria.  In 1998, Pfingstenmontag was on 1st June and Fronleichnam was 11th June.  Due to the 1st being a holiday, I had an extra long weekend.  So with that in mind, I think it's time for a cheap S-Bahn, U-Bahn and bus tour of Munich.  This may sort of blend in the events on 30th, 31st May and 1st June.  In reality the journey may take actually three days and not one.

We start at Knapperbuschgasse, take the bus not to Arabellapark, but through Johanniskirchen, through Oberföhring at the north end of Englischer Garten and change to the U-Bahn at Studentenstadt.  To get to the big-box stores, will require riding a complimentary shuttle.  After that, we take the U-2 from Am Hart.  I wanted to go to see where I lived in Summer 1997 at St Quirin Platz, so I had to change at Kolumbusplatz.  In Summer 1997 I could not use the U-1 extension to commute to work as it was not ready for use, but since December 1997, the work was complete and in late May 1998 I can take the U-1 as far south as Mangfallplatz.  St Quirin Platz station looks like a deep hole with a Spanish Conquistator helmet skylight design.

Returning through downtown Munich on the U-1, I then ride as far as Nordwestfriedhof, to change to a Line 21 tram to Leonrodplatz along the Dachauer Straße, and again to a Line 12 to Romanplatz and walk the rest of the way to Schloß Nymphenburg.  Along the way I see some interesting cars, one with a Luxembourg license plate, another a Renault 25 with dozens of music band stickers, you probably already saw a photo of it.  When I get to Schloß Nymphenburg, as a rule, I just remain on the castle grounds but don't go inside as I would be charged a high admission which I wanted to use at the BMW Museum instead.  

To get to the Olympiapark from Schloß Nymphenburg, I need to take the tram 12 to Rotkreuzplatz, take the U-1 and change at Hauptbahnhof to the U-2, and change at Scheidplatz to the U-3 and exit at the then-end.  The U-Bahn was particularly crowded that weekend, standing room only.  At Olympiapark I took about half an hour to look around and see some of the venues from the 1972 Summer Olympics, particularly the swimming pool area that looks like a big tent.  Then I went inside the BMW Museum, the admission was reduced that day.  They had a large assortment of BMW vehicles, particularly the Z1 roadster, the Isetta, and even a partially cut-away of the 1997 7-Series.  I would later get to see the BMW Z-Series M-Coupé on Friday 26 June 1998 at Josefsthal near the Tegernsee south of the Brecherspitz.  But that`s for a later time.   Once I am done with that, I go back to downtown Munich, and walk along the Neuhauser Straße pedestrian walkway that becomes Kaufinger Straße and leads to Marienplatz, the toy museum, the Opera House and even the famous Hofbräuhaus and Planet Hollywood, with the handprints of both Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone.  And there is also the Viktualienmarkt that I mentioned earlier.  One thing I cannot explain, what I saw in the Kaufinger Straße is, why there were people trying to walk with a six-person plank pair.  It is kind of like being on a tandem bicycle but with no wheels and room for six people.  It was just for that weekend I guess.

After seeing the Hofbräuhaus, I want to visit the Englischer Garten.  After saving money, I think it would be appropriate for a small snack at the Chinesischer Turm (Chinese Tower).  I would take the Tram line 19 from Opernhaus to Maxmonument, transfer to the line 16 and alight at Nationalmuseum / Haus der Kunst.  Englischer Garten was nice and shady so I thought why not walk the rest of the way to Chinesischer Turm?  When I arrive there, the snack bar is open for business, there is a band playing in the tower (Roll out the barrel and similar polka music).  For beer, there is a DM 6 deposit for the 1-Liter Mass glass.  The light beer could not be any better.  I think I had a pretzel along with it, not very much though.  I think i had a second beer, sat and relaxed along to the live music.

It was starting to get late so I headed back home via Arabellapark.  Tuesday the 2nd June I would have to go to work.  But it was a fun weekend in Munich

On checking into my apartment (written 31.05.2023): I only remember going to the HomeExchange company to sign the papers for the apartment that I agreed to rent from 29th May to 15th August 1998.  About 4:30 PM I went to the actual apartment and met the landlady-resident.  I would have a roommate in addition, making the rent just 400 Mark, about the same as what I had paid last year.  It was a three bedroom apartment in Englschalking, on the third (in the USA it's the 4th) floor and no elevator, with kitchen and shower.  I had to worry about "Kalk" or the hard water residue, and had to be sure I rubbed down the walls with a squeegee every day.  There was only a washer in the unit but no dryer.  I was expected to care for my own food.  Most of the time it worked out fine.  I had to be careful about my radio not being too loud but that's for another time.  The closest U Bahn station was Arabellapark and the bus connection was in general good.  There were a couple of grocery stores in the neighborhood.  It was also possible to walk or take the bus to Johanniskirchen, about a half mile north of the apartment.

From 31.05.1998:

Here is the plan for today and tomorrow.  Today I'll describe my apartment and responsibilities for Summer 1998.  Yes it is long, so please bear this in mind before reading.  Tomorrow I will take you on the tour of my frugal walkthroughs of Munich.  From 29th May to 15th August 1998 I lived in a 3-bed apartment in Englschalking, particularly along the Freischützstraße.  It was in the 4th floor where there were no elevators.  It had a kitchen, bath, toilet in a separate room, a living room that I seldom ever used, and the respective three bedrooms.  Mine was facing a pedestrian path westward so it would be quiet at night for the most part.  There was no air conditioning but it was seldom so hot that it was even an issue.  And for just DM 400.00 / a little more than € 200.00 a month back in 1998.

The apartment was near the Knapperbuschstraße bus stop, which I would go to every day to the nearest U-Bahn station at Arabellapark.  To get to the S-Bahn at Englschalking, would take a long time, about half an hour.  Why do that when the bus is just five minutes away?  So, my general route from home to work, would be the Knapperbuschstraße bus stop, to Arabellapark, by U-Bahn to Böhmerwaldplatz, and bus the rest of the way to Karl Preis Platz via Leuchtenbergring along the Ampfingstraße, then walk towards Balanstraße and - there I was.  After work, it's time to go shopping for food for the next few days or so.For the grocery stores, I had to go south of the Robert Heger Straße intersection.  I think there was a Penny Markt, they had fairly good groceries there.  Penny Markt is similar to Aldi.  The Penny Markt has since been turned into a REWE.  There were other places like Grosso, Tengelmann, HL Markt, MiniMal, and Kaufland at the Neuperlach Zentrum, it was so conveniently located so close to work I would often go in the late afternoons.

For laundry, I found someplace at a shopping center on the corner of Freischützstraße and Johanniskirchener Straße, close to the Johanniskirchen S-Bahn station, a twenty minute walk from the apartment.  They had laundry for DM 8.00 including washing and drying, probably would take about an hour and a half per load, every seven to eight days on average.  And interesting reading materials *auf Deutsch*.As for the city bus and rail pass, so what is the complication for buying a bus pass in Munich?  Why is there no single price?  At the time, Munich had a zonal system for week and month and annual fares, not compatible with the simpler tourist passes.  There are people in Munich who might not make full use of public transit, maybe they will go mainly to one side of the city, and hardly see anything else, that way they can save money.  Those who want full access to Munich, would have to pay for eight ring zones.  The MVV München website has details on this, as I am already going off one tangent after another.  For my part, I had to buy a one-time photo booth color photo about 2x2, and then MVV München at the Ostbahnhof pass center, would issue a ticket in a holder, valid for the entire month.  Both the ticket and the holder, with photo, was mandatory for validity.  And if you wanted to buy a ticket, you would have to be in line by 6:30 PM nightly Monday to Friday, once a month luckily.  As you might guess, even the eight-zone month ticket was cheaper than a four-zone day pass times thirty.  And with that, I was ready to go to work and explore Munich in the evenings.

What responsibilities did I have in June 1998, moreso than July 1998 and August 1998?  They were mainly financial.   I had an allowance for the basic things, maybe a little extra for travel and snacks if I managed to save money.  Otherwise I could not buy frivolous things, go fancy places.  I like buying music CDs but until I received my first paycheck on 26 June, I could only record onto a blank C-90 whatever I could receive off the AM/FM airwaves, provided I did not run out of C-90s beforehand.  Even the Hofbräuhaus was out of the question unless I just stood outside.  If it cannot be bought at the grocery store, it is not worth buying anyway.  I had to pretend that I had a budget of around $ 1,200 for the entire month, it is tough.  I managed to save money for Prague and Salzburg, even then it was rough going - I found bargains, you will likely find out about them in the next few weeks or so.  I had to take the stopping trains and stay in multibed hostel rooms, not particularly fun.  Oh, I could not wait until Friday 26 June 1998!  And of course - clean your room, do the dishes if they are used, always make sure that cans and bottles are separated from trash - know what a "Mehrwegflasche" and "Pfand" are, keep the fridge free of moldy food, do not use the shower after 8 PM, the main renter (not I) gets first pick of when to shower in the morning, and very important, wipe the nasty chalky stuff off the shower tiles - it was so gritty!   Ah, such is life with two other strangers....So anyway thats how May 1998 ended and June 1998 began.  Tomorrow I will take you on the "long weekend" tour of Munich, trust me you will enjoy.  Have a nice night, and happy rest of the week.

I probably will not have another update until Saturday the 2nd, by then it will be a Tuesday in 1998.  Then I can tell you with a brief overview what I did for almost three months, and kind of explain the difference between a Praktikum and Werkstudenttätigkeit.  Both are similar but they are different in many ways too. Have a nice 1st June.

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St-Quirin-Platz, Munich

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Münchener Untergrund - Munich subway

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I am bringing this guitar, my human bones, and some electronic extensions to Munich on sunday. FRICTIONS event series, St. Quirin Platz, 4pm.

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Die rätselhafte Kunst der Asam Brüder

Ganz versteckt in der Sendlingerstraße, im Herzen des geschäftigen Einkaufsviertels von München, befindet sich die wunderschön gestaltete Kirche St. Johannes Nepomuk, die Asamkirche. Hier sieht man vielleicht das beste Beispiel für die Kunst der Asam-Brüder. Die Kirche, die in der Ladenzeile fast fehl am Platz zu sein scheint, ist ein spätbarockes Werk, das von den beiden Brüdern gestaltet wurde.

Biographischer Hintergrund

Cosmas Damian und Egid Quirin Asam entstammen einer bekannten Künstlerfamilie. Ihr Vater Hans Georg Asam war Maler von Kirchenfresken. Cosmas Damian wurde Maler, sein Bruder Egid Quirin Bildhauer (geb. 1686 und 1692). Die Brüder reisten nach Rom, um dort ihre Kunst weiter zu verfeinern. Später im Jahre 1713 erhielt Cosmas in Anwesenheit des Papstes den 1. Preis der Academia di San Luca. Zurück nach Bayern Nach der Rückkehr nach Bayern war ihre Arbeit sehr gefragt und sie erhielten viele Aufträge. Die Brüder arbeiteten bei fast allen Aufträgen gemeinsam, da sie sehr aufeinander abgestimmt waren. 1727 zogen beide nach München, nachdem sie an der Heilig-Geist-Kirche am Viktuallienmarkt gearbeitet hatten. Anschließend kauften sie Grundstücke in der Maria-Einsiedel-Straße, um auf dem Gelände ein mit Fresken geschmücktes Gebäude, einem Schlossgarten und einer kleinen Barockkapelle zu errichten. Heute ist es ein traditionelles Restaurant namens "Asam-Schlössl". Später bauten sie ihr bekanntestes Werk, die Kirche St. Johannes Nepomuk, heute als die sehr geschätzte Asamkirche bekannt. Erbaut in den Jahren zwischen 1723-1746 als private Kapelle für die Brüder, diente sie neben der Ehre Gottes auch ihrer eigenen Rettung. Ab diesem Zeitpunkt bauten die Brüder nicht mehr in Auftragsarbeit sondern nur nach eigenen Vorstellungen. Egid konnte sogar den Altar aus einem Fenster in seiner eigenen Wohnung sehen, die günstig neben der Kirche lag. Die Asamkirche Die Asamkirche wurde als Beichtkirche für die Jugend gebaut. Mit ihren 22 Metern, gemessen an ihrer Breite von nur 8 Metern, ist die Kirche sehr hoch. Das Innenarchitektur wird in drei Abschnitten gemessen, deren Helligkeit vom Boden mit der Höhe zunimmt. Untere Teil mit den Bänken für die Kirchenbesucher ist dunkel und symbolisiert das Leid in der Welt. Im Mittelteil, für den Kaiser gedacht ist meist weiß und blau. Der obere Teil, die beleuchtete Decke mit dem Fresko „Das Leben des Heiligen Nepomuk“, ist Gott und der Ewigkeit gewidmet. Der Altar hat 4 Säulen, die auf das Petersgrab in Rom verweisen, wo die Brüder ihre Kunstfertigkeiten studierten und verfeinerten. Cosmas starb vor der Fertigstellung der Kirche im Jahre 1746. Aufgrund des Widerstandes der Residenz gegen die Privatsphäre der Kirche, wurde sie später der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht.

Kriegszeiten

Bei einer Bombadierung 1944, im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde in der Kirche der Chorraum beschädigt. Die Restaurierung begann erst 1975 und es dauerte 8 Jahre, bis die Basis fertiggestellt war.

Besuch der Asamkirche

Die Asamkirche ist eines der schönsten Dinge, die man in München unternehmen kann - ein Muss für jeden, der die Stadt besucht. Ich bin der Meinung, dass Sie mehr über die Wunder Münchens erfahren, wenn Sie einen professionellen Reiseleiter beauftragen. Wenn Sie einen Besuch planen, sollten Sie unbedingt die Stadtführer konsultieren.

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Subway Station St.-Quirin Platz by T_Weiler // In terms of architecture, the subway station St.-Quirin-Platz is one of the most interesting and beautiful subway stations of Munich - please click on the image for a better view!!;))

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Neuss – Die Bauarbeiten zur Neugestaltung des westlichen Freithofs haben jetzt begonnen. Nachdem 1999 der östliche Teil des Freithofs vor dem Zeughaus umgebaut worden war, entsteht nun auch auf dem westlichen Areal an der Südseite des Münsters ein bürgerfreundlicher Aufenthaltsbereich, der eine Blickachse von der Basilika bis zur Hymgasse eröffnet.

Damit erhält der gesamte Platzbereich zwischen Münster und Zeughaus ein einheitliches niveaugleiches Erscheinungsbild. 2014 hatte das Sturmtief „Ela“ vier große, platzbestimmende Platanen auf dem Freithof derart geschädigt, dass sie gefällt werden mussten. Diese grundsätzliche Veränderung nahm der Planungsausschuss 2015 zum Anlass, eine Überplanung des ganzen westlichen Freithofs anzustoßen.

Am 26. Februar 2016 gab der Rat grünes Licht für die Umbaumaßnahme. Mit dem Gastronomen, der kurz vor dem Jahrhundertsturm das Areal als Biergarten gepachtet hatte und der nun weichen sollte, wurde ein Vergleich geschlossen. Bürgermeister Reiner Breuer hatte erfolgreich interveniert, als die juristische Auseinandersetzung vor dem Landgericht den Beginn der Umgestaltung auf unabsehbare Zeit zu verzögern drohte.

Die umzubauende Fläche hat eine Größe von rund 2.600 Quadratmetern. Das zentrale Element des neuen Platzes bildet die innere Platzfläche. Gestaltet wird sie nach dem Prinzip der bereits vorhandenen östlichen Fläche. Dabei wird die große Platane in die rechtwinklige Bänderung aus Grauwackeplatten und Natursteinpflaster einbezogen. Nach Westen hin wird der Platz durch eine Grünfläche abgeschirmt. Dahinter entstehen acht Anwohnerparkplätze, davon ein Behindertenparkplatz. In die Grünfläche werden drei neue Straßenbäume integriert.

v.l.n.r.: Michael Kloppenburg, Leiter Presseamt, Bauleiterin Sylvia Steins, Johannes Steinhauer InfraStruktur Neuss, Karin Striewe und Hermann Loosen von der Bodendenkmalpflege.

Die Fahrfläche für den Anliegerverkehr wird mit Natursteinpflaster in Segmentbögen verlegt. Die Fahrbahn verläuft zunächst von der Quirinusstraße parallel zum Münster, knickt dann im 90-Grad-Winkel in Richtung Süden ab und endet auf Höhe des Hauses Freithof Nr. 20. Dabei wird die 90-GradKurve so ausgeweitet, dass Fahrzeuge dort wenden können.

Die Fußgängerfläche rund um den Platz erhält zur Barrierefreiheit einen Leitstreifen (helles Granitpflaster mit Rippen) für sehbehinderte Personen. Richtungswechsel werden durch sogenannte Aufmerksamkeitsfelder (helles Granitpflaster mit Noppen) verdeutlicht.

Massive Sitzblöcke aus Grauwacke, wie sie bereits am Romaneum verwendet wurden, rahmen die Platzfläche ein. Sie sollen auch verhindern, dass der Platz widerrechtlich befahren wird. 22 Fahrradanlehnbügel sorgen dafür, dass Fahrräder sicher abgestellt werden können. Beleuchtet wird der neugestaltete Teil des Freithofs durch elf moderne Leuchten. Die 3.50 Meter hohen LED-Leuchtkörper entsprechen denen auf dem östlichen Teil des Freithofs. Die dort vorhandenen Leuchten werden ebenfalls mit LED-Technik umgerüstet, um eine einheitliche Lichtfarbe auf dem gesamten Freithof zu erhalten.

Zwei Zufahrten zur inneren Platzfläche, die zu bestimmten Zeiten durch Lieferverkehre befahren werden darf, werden durch hydraulisch versenkbare Hubpoller geregelt.

Im Vorfeld der Straßenbaumaßnahmen hat das Tiefbaumanagement Neuss (TMN) die marode unterirdische Toilettenanlage abgerissen, um den Freithof niveaugleich ausbauen zu können. Zudem wurde durch die Infrastruktur Neuss (ISN) das Kanalsystem vor Ort saniert, inklusive der Hausanschlüsse und Versorgungsleitungen. Die Kosten für den Umbau des westlichen Freithofs betragen rund 1.140.000 Euro. Davon entfallen 80.000 Euro auf den Abriss der Toilettenanlage, 1.000.000 Euro auf den Straßenbau, 40.000 Euro auf die Errichtung der Beleuchtung und 20.000 Euro auf die Anlegung und Bepflanzung der Grünbeete.

Die Arbeiten dauern voraussichtlich sechs Monate; sie werden von der städtischen Bodendenkmalpflege begleitet.

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Historisches zum Freithof

Der heutige Freithof war bis Anfang des 19. Jh. Teil des Benediktinerinnenklosters und Damenstifts von St. Quirin. Dieses, im Umfeld der heutigen Quirinus-Basilika gelegen, war über 800 Jahre lang der bedeutendste Neusser Konvent. Die Existenz dieses ältesten Neusser Klosters ist ab dem ausgehenden 10. Jahrhundert sicher belegt. In dieser Zeit wird im Totenbuch der Abtei Gladbach eine Äbtissin von St. Quirin mit dem Namen Oda erwähnt.

Karte: Stadt

Der Konvent bestand bis zur Säkularisation während der französischen Zeit und wurde 1802 aufgehoben. Ein Plan im Stadtarchiv Neuss zeigt den Grundriss der Klostergebäude und der Klosterimmunität zu der Zeit. Zum Aussehen des Stiftes am Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts kann die bekannte Ansicht im 1588 erschienenen Städtebuch von Georg Braun und Franz Hogenberg herangezogen werden: ungefähr halbkreisförmig erstreckt sich dort die Klosterimmunität nördlich, östlich und südlich von St. Quirin, dessen Bau auf älteren Vorgängerbauten fußend im Jahr 1209 begonnen wurde. Auf diesem Plan ist die Klosterimmunität besonders im Randbereich mit kleinen Häusern und einer Mauer umgeben. Zum Markt hin ist die wohl im Jahr 1586 zerstörte Marienkirche dargestellt, von der noch Fundamentreste unter Häusern an der Krämerstraße erhalten sind, die von der Abt. Bodendenkmalpflege untersucht wurden.

Der Name Freithof bezeichnet auf dem Plan von Braun und Hogenberg den heutigen Münsterplatz. „Freithof“ meint hier nicht Friedhof, sondern „Freihof“. So wurden in vielen Altstädten und Bischofssitzen Sammelstellen freier, bewaffneter Bürger bezeichnet. Die Bezeichnung „Freithof“ wurde ganz ahistorisch und falsch auf die Südseite von St. Quirin übertragen, wohl weil sich dort bis zur französischen Zeit der Friedhof befand.

Aber auch aus römischer Zeit sind vom Umfeld des heutigen Freithofes Bestattungen bekannt. So kann auch bei der nun anstehenden, von der Abt. Bodendenkmalpflege archäologisch begleiteten Pflasterung des Platzes nicht ausgeschlossen werden, dass Reste von Bestattungen aufgefunden werden. Diese werden nach den Regeln der archäologischen Wissenschaft dokumentiert und geborgen.

Neuss: Zwischen Quirinus-Münster und Zeughaus entsteht ein weiträumiger Platz Neuss – Die Bauarbeiten zur Neugestaltung des westlichen Freithofs haben jetzt begonnen. Nachdem 1999 der östliche Teil des Freithofs vor dem Zeughaus umgebaut worden war,

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29 May 1997 - the long train ride from Paris to Munich and first few days

Bonjour!  Guten Tag!

I hope you are enjoying my visit to France so far.  I would have not yet started up my job assignment in Munich.

Thursday the 29th May 1997 was the day I would go from Paris to Munich.  At 6 AM I was ready to leave the hostel for the Gare de l'Est rail station.  I had breakfast and checked out about 7:10 AM.  I bought a single ticket, and remembered to transfer at République and not at Bastille.  It was just a two stop ride on the M5.  At Gare de l'Est, I found the train to Munich, which was a Eurocity train called "Mozart" as it would terminate in Salzburg, Austria.  I was in the second class compartment.  The car number was towards the front.  The train would change directions only at Stuttgart Hbf as the station was known as a "Kopfbahnhof", and back then, no one would have thought to rebuild the station as a through station.

At 7:50 AM, the train closed its doors, and travelled through Pantin, Bondy, Chellese Gournay and Meaux.  After Meaux, the train increased speed to about 150 mph or 240 km/h.  The train would not stop until at least Nancy.  By then, the train would have reached the Alsace.  About 45 minutes later, the train was at its last stop in France in Strasbourg.  There were no formal border controls between France and Germany.  The train left about 10:45 AM and crossed the Rhine a few minutes later, to cross into Kehl in Germany.  The train did not stop until Baden Baden.  From there I could see the S Bahn trains used in Karlsruhe.  The train did not need to reverse just yet.  The train stopped at Pforzheim before arriving at Stuttgart Hbf.  Stuttgart Hbf was where the train had to switch direction and continue east.  

The train left Stuttgart, went past Bad Cannstatt where the Cannstatter Wasen takes place, the Untertürkheim district where the main Mercedes Benz factory is located, Esslingen, Göppingen, Geislingen and Ulm.  After Esslingen, the train goes through a nice valley.  The latest I went through there was 15th February 2022.  The train did not stop for long at Ulm Hbf.  It went on to Günzburg on the Danube, Augsburg and Munich Hbf.  For that day, Munich Hbf would be my last stop.  It arrived just prior to 4 PM.  Since Germany and France did not use the Euro in 1997, I had to change Francs to Marks, at a rate of 3.40 Francs to the Mark.  I also had some travellers checks in US dollar.

I did not have a hotel planned, so I went somewhere on Schillerstraße and tried my luck.  I found a place that had a room available.  The Helvetia had an unrefurbished room for quite cheap.  I took it and left my luggage in the room.  The room had only a sink, and the toilet and shower were shared.  

I cannot remember so well what all I did the first few days, though the next morning, Friday the 30th May 1997, I locked up my belongings in a locker in München Hbf after breakfast in the hotel and checking out.  I think that I spent the next day or so, at the apartment leasing office in Giesing.  I was given one room in a 3-room apartment in Giesing on the Tegernseer Landstraße, close to the St. Quirin Platz U Bahn station and bus stop.  I moved into my room.  It was lightly furnished, with a desk, chair and a bed.  I had a sheet that I brought so that was good enough for summer.  My window was facing the St Quirin Platz U Bahn station so it would be somewhat noisy due to the traffic.

One thing I found quite exciting about Munich, was that I would be riding the U Bahn extensively as if I were an extra in the 1985 Percy Adlon film “Sugarbaby”.  The U6 from Marienplatz to Kieferngarten was used as the backdrop.  Many times I had to resist the urge to break into that familiar song by Peter Kraus.

I had to think of a place where I could find food.  Also I had to find out where Karl Preis Platz was located.  That would have been where my work office was located.  I found the V Markt along the Balanstraße near St Martin Straße.  At some point, before the bank closed, I found a Stadtsparkasse location, where I could open an account.  I opened that account with a checking amount to cover the first month's expenses, plus a savings account.  

The only thing I can remember so far from 31st May to 1st June 1997, was walking from my home to Chiemgaustraße and the Rosenheimer Straße intersection.  Along the way I noticed an Opel Omega sedan with six doors.  I could not believe it when I saw it.

I hope you will join me again, when I will start up my work assignment and go on my first rail adventure around Munich.

Auf wiedersehen!  Au revoir!

[greenbagjosh]

Preview to Summer 1997 in Munich

Spring 1997 Hi everyone!  Since it has been almost 25 years when I first worked in Munich, I wanted to write as much about the time I lived and worked there as a Praktikant.  A Praktikant is basically an "intern".  At the place where I worked, it was paid at least enough to make living and working worthwhile.  I learned what it was like to work in a computer programming and support capacity.  I also was able to visit places around Munich as well.  

What I can do, is to write at least one or two stories from the 14 weeks that I was in Europe.  I may not be able to remember everything from Summer 1997, but hopefully I can let you know what life was like back then.  The Munich of 2021 as I visited in July last year, is different than the Munich of 1997 in many ways.  The old buildings for the most part are still standing.

To give an overview, I worked at an office next door to the St. Martin Strasse S-Bahn station in Munich.  There was a V-Markt down the street where I could go grocery shopping, though I preferred the predecessor to the Kaufland store at Neuperlach-Zentrum.  I found a student living arrangement at the former US Army barracks in the Giesing district close to the site of the future St. Quirin Strasse U Bahn station, I arranged to buy monthly rail passes at the "Ausbildungstarif II" rate, which was less than half of the regular rate.  At the time I was not yet 25 years old, so I qualified for such cheap rates.  The rent was also just 400 D-Mark, and it was deducted monthly by bank account.  There was a bus that went from the St Quirin Platz construction site to the Silberhornstrasse U Bahn station, and I could take it to the Giesing S Bahn station and make it to St. Martin Strasse.  I worked and lived there from about 29th May to 17th August 1997.  I flew from San Francisco, to New York JFK and farther on to Charles de Gaulle T1, so I started and ended the summer in Paris.  

Anyway I will do my best to show what happened in Summer 1997.  You might have already seen my stories from Summer 1998.  I will put those stories in the Tumblr archives as well.  Hope you will enjoy.

au revoir auf Wiedersehen

[greenbagjosh]

4 July 1997 - Zürich after 20+ years - Züri Fäscht - Polybahn - Spätzle and Hürlimann for supper

Friday 4 July 1997

Hi everyone, Grüezi mitenand e buon giorno! Welcome to my second international journey which takes maybe two and a half days.  I would go from München Hbf to Zürich HB without changing trains, on Saturday 5th July take a train in the morning from Zürich HB to Milano Centrale, and in the afternoon on Sunday the 6th July I would take the train from Milano Centrale to München Hbf, changing direction at Verona Porta Nuova, going through Trentino Alto-Adige / Südtirol past Brenner, Innsbruck, Kufstein, Rosenheim and exiting at München Ostbahnhof.  I stayed at hostels, sharing bedrooms with strangers.  I had my youth hostel membership card with me so I would not have to pay extra.

On Thursday 3rd July I made sure that I had all my train tickets with me, including the sections between Lindau Hbf and St. Margrethen SG, as well as Brenner to Kufstein.  I know of the station Lochau-Hörbranz, just right across the border past the future station Lindau Reutin (in operation since December 2020), but the EuroCity train did not stop there, nor did it stop at Lustenau, the final S-Bahn stop along the Bregenz S-Bahn line S3, before crossing into Switzerland.  It would make little to no difference anyway.  I listened to the radio the night before, listening to "Lonely" by Nana, an ad for an upcoming Michael Jackson concert somewhere near Kieferngarten/Freimann, "A girl like you" by Edwyn Collins, "Sultans of swing" by Dire Straits, and in the morning when I woke up about 5:45 AM, I tuned in Bayern 3.  There was a contest to win a ticket to the Michael Jackson concert for Sunday evening the 6th July 1997.  The song that was garbled was "Billie Jean", and the contestant had to play about ten seconds of it on their own radio or tape player - I could not play along because I did not have a copy of "Thriller" with me, either tape or CD.  Oh well.

It was Friday morning 4th of July.  I was already awake by 6 AM.  I took a shower, made some sandwiches and coffee in one bottle and soda mix in another, and then left for the St. Quirin Platz bus stop.  I took the bus 99 to Silberhornstraße, the U Bahn to Hauptbahnhof and I was on the 8:05 AM train from München Hbf to Zürich HB.  I made sure that I had marked 04 07 in my Eurail Pass, so that the conductor could see it and cancel it for the rest of the day.  I was in second class, so I was towards the front part of the train past the dining car.  The second class car was okay, not exactly spacious.  The train did not stop at München-Pasing at all.  It did not stop until Buchloe.  Back in 1997, there was no electrification of any kind between Geltendorf and Lindau Hbf.  I did not know this until the train passed Geltendorf and was wondering, where is the catenary?  It has been a long time since a mast had been spotted.  It turned out that the locomotives were DB-218 diesel.  The train would stop in Buchloe, Memmingen and Lindau Hbf.  Only Lindau Hbf had electrification that came from Lochau-Hörbranz in Austria, and Lindau Reutin as a passenger station had not been built yet.  For that reason, the train had to not only change direction, but because of the non-electrified section between Lindau Hbf and Geltendorf, the train had to switch from a diesel locomotive to an electric locomotive in order to continue to Zürich HB.  The weather was not particularly friendly, being a rainy day and temperatures in the mid 60s / about 17 to 19 C, yet it was fair enough for the train to make its stops on time in Germany.

After the train left Lindau Hbf, I turned on the radio and tried to listen to Bayern 3 and Radio Vorarlberg as well as the DRS (which has since become SRF).  My analog radio had its difficulties receiving stations, as it was not the digitally tuned HS-JS 475 model that I would buy about a year later.  I was able to pick up songs like "I don't want to be alone" by the Bee-Gees and "Down by the schoolyard" by Paul Simon.  I even was able to hear "Lazy Sunday afternoon" by the Small Faces (prior to Rod Stewart joining) and "Ruby Tuesday" by Rod Stewart, originally by the Rolling Stones.

The train from Lindau Hbf to Zürich HB was using a SBB class 421 electric locomotive for the remainder of the journey.  Between Lindau and Bregenz, border checks were already conducted.  The first stop after Lindau was Bregenz Hbf. It was a six track through-station with an overpass, one to the park and Seebühne venue, the other way to the taxi stand and Möhrenbräu restaurant and pub.  I stepped out for about a minute or so, and was able to take a photo before boarding the train before it left for St. Margrethen via Lustenau.  I could clearly notice that the clouds to the north of Bregenz were gathering.  The train made a southward and then a westward journey past Lustenau.  It crossed a bridge over the Rhine.  A minute later the train arrived in St. Margrethen.  The train had to stop for about ten minutes to perform passport checks.  Back then, neither Austria nor Switzerland were part of the Schengen Agreement, and passport checks until mid-spring 2009 were mandatory between the EU countries and Switzerland.  EU membership had little to no bearing before or after.

The train continued between St. Margrethen, St. Gallen, Winterthur without a stop in the canton of Thurgau (connection to Frauenfeld TG were available at Winterthur and points in between), Zürich Airport which was the only underground long-distance rail station, and past Oerlikon, Zürich HB.  The train arrived around 12:25 PM.  I had been to Zürich HB as early as 1976 with both of my parents, so returning 21 years by myself seemed a bit daunting at first.

It should be noted, that in Swiss written German, that place names generally do not start with Ä, Ö or Ü.  And they never contain the ß letter.  Instead, place names start as Ae for Ä, Oe for Ö and Ue for Ü.  Anywhere that in Germany or Austria that would contain an ß, would have instead “ss”.  In July 1998 when I returned, I would visit Uetliberg, and again in August 1998 the day after the Street Parade before going back to München.

I needed to withdraw some money, maybe 100 CHF at the time.  The ATM at Zürich HB was not working correctly, so I took my ATM card, bought a day pass for the Zürich tram system, at that time just 7.20 CHF and valid for 24 hours after purchase, then took the tram to Paradeplatz where there was an ATM.  I successfully withdrew 100 CHF from my bank account.  Then I needed to find a place to put my luggage.  I thought I would remember the location of the youth hostel, and that it would be on Mutschellenstrasse towards the tram stop Morgental.  Sadly I had forgotten that detail since I left the Youth Hostel guide at my home and back then I did not even have a cellphone, so using Google would have been out of the question.  I did however find a hostel, and it was called the City Backpacker, located at the Schweizerhofgasse, upstairs on top of a Spaghetti Factory with a solid black German Shepherd logo.  The reception was open and the shared room price was around 27 Francs per bed, quite a bargain considering that Zürich is an expensive city to visit and live in.  The Youth Hostel in Morgental was asking a similar price.  Breakfast was not included in the overnight price.  At least here there was no "curfew", no lockout time in particular, but quiet time was 10 PM to 6 AM.

I took the tram from Helmhaus to Central, and rode the Polybahn up only, not down.  The Polybahn accepts short trip tickets, and a VBZ day pass would definitely be accepted.  At the top of the Polybahn, was the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, or Confederate Technical University of Zürich.  I remember a year later returning to make a selfie with a different camera, not the Konica that I had at the time.  

I walked to the Universitätsspital Zürich tram stop and took a tram to Seilbahn Rigiblick.  I did not know at the time that there was a secret U Bahn in Zürich, with only lines 7 and 9 between Milchbuck to Schwamendinger Platz, and I was not interested in that at the time, in fact, I did not visit it until September 2000, probably two visits hence.  I boarded the cable car and found that there was no driver.  Instead there was a set of buttons, up to the top station Rigiblick with a bus connection.  I picked the top station.  At Rigiblick, I boarded the bus line 39.  At the time this line was operated with a Renault Trafic minivan, with manual transmission.  The driver announced all the stops from Rigiblick to Klösterli.  I stayed on the bus until I arrived at Klösterli next to the zoo.  We had passed the Zoo tram stop, so I could have returned by tram lines 5 or 6, but I chose to explore Klösterli before taking the bus back.  I looked at the menu for the Klösterli restaurant but found the prices to be too high for my liking.  I took the bus back to Rigiblick and then the cable car back to the bottom.

One bit of trivia for the Fluntern - Zoo district, author James Joyce was buried in the Fluntern cemetery.  He had lived in Zürich for a while, despite having also lived in Dublin where “Ulysses” had taken place.

I took a tram from Seilbahn Rigiblick Talstation through Unterstrass and on to Oerlikon.  I decided to take an S-Bahn to Stettbach, hoping to exit there.  However I boarded a S-5 train to Uster, outside of Zürich.  The train stopped at Hardbrücke, went underground to the tracks 21 to 24, and since the Löwenstrasse station had opened in the 2010s, it is now called tracks 41 to 44, then on to an open cut at Stadelhofen, and did not stop until Uster.  The train went right through Stettbach.  I had heard about Stettbach S Bahn station through the Zürich Marco Polo guide, which I should have bought but felt a bit too frugal to buy it until Summer 1998 when I returned.  I walked around the Uster S Bahn station and boarded the next train to Zürich.  My Eurail pass would have been valid for the entire S-Bahn network in second class, as far as Schaffhausen if I were so bold to want to go there that day.

When I returned to Zürich, I exited at Stadelhofen.  Between Bellevueplatz, the Opernhaus and Bürkliplatz, there was the Züri Fäscht going on.  The majority of the music played there, was New Orleans jazz and some rapping.  I remember even going to one stage where there was a singer singing his own version of "Amazing Grace" which included a rap.  I had recorded his singing and it was pretty good.  For food, some places were selling Cajun cuisine, even jambalaya.  Since I did not go to Switzerland to have Cajun food, I had to take a pass on it, sadly.  

I had walked along the Bahnhofstrasse, hoping to find the Neue Schweizerische Börse, which at the time I did not know, was actually at the southwest end of the Selnau rail station.  I did not find anything at the time, that I wanted to particularly buy, nor did I find anything to eat just yet.  So I went back to the hostel to rest up a bit.  

About 9 PM I left the hostel and took a line 32 trolleybus to Farbhof.  I wanted to just ride along, to see if there was anywhere to eat for cheap.  I was a bit disappointed.  So I went back to Central and the Niederdorferstrasse.  I found one place called the Brasserie Johanniter which was still serving warm meals.  At the time, it was serving Spätzle with ham, cheese and onions.  I ordered a half liter of Hürlimann lager to go with that.  It did not cost too much, maybe under 30 CHF.  I used my debit card to pay.  I turned on my radio and recorded something from Radio Z or some similar FM station.  Some songs I recorded included "Samba de Janeiro", "Firestarter" and "Insomnia".  Those were songs that in 1997 were in the top charts.  

I walked back to the Spaghetti Factory and went upstairs to my room.  I think four others were in the same room.  I went to sleep and made a note to wake up by 6:30 AM to leave the next morning for Milan.

I hope you will join me for tomorrow's adventure crossing the Alps through the Gotthard Pass between Göschenen and Airolo, and going up the Ceneri grade.  Even with the bad weather, it should be an enjoyable journey all the same.  

bis morgen, a domani!

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“St.-Quirin-Platz”

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