New build - GWG München

of small businesses and residences is
fading away. Old workshops are being
converted into luxury loft apartments,
while dirt, dust and labour are disappearing
from the Au, as more and more
tradespeople move elsewhere. But one
thing has remained constant: the attraction
of the Paulaner monks’ "Starkbieranstich”
Strong Beer Festival on the
Nockherberg above the ice-age slope.
However, over the last couple of
decades, the downside of a prosperous
city like Munich has started to become
apparent. Luxury renovations and gentrification
have begun impacting on the
neighbourhood beyond the Deutsches
Museum. Badly hit during the Second
World War, little more than 20% of the
housing in the Au is older than 100
years. The primary aim of the buildings
erected just after the war was to create
as much housing as possible, as quickly
and cheaply as possible. Cramped apartments
with oil stoves in the rooms were
the rule rather than the exception. The
main requirement: For people to have a
roof over their heads.
But expectations rise. What may have
been tolerable yesterday is no longer accepted
today. It is now virtually impossible
to rent out apartments with neither
central heating nor a bathroom. As the
owner of a large number of properties,
GWG München reacted to this situation
and gradually improved its properties.
Today, the results of these careful modernisation
measures are a wonder to
behold: green oases, residential ensembles
whose quiet courtyards and old
trees are the perfect place to enjoy the
day as it draws to a close. The old and
the new infuse each other, not only
because GWG München made every
effort it could to preserve the longevolved
social structure.
The Au is located to the right of the Isar, stretching from the
Ludwigsbrücke bridge in the north to the Wittelsbacherbrücke
bridge in the south. Below the slope of the Isar’s high bank is
the Lower Au (Untere Au), while the Upper Au (Obere Au) lies
above the slope.
The Au is bordered to the north by the Rosenheimer Strasse,
Hochstrasse, Rablstrasse und Balanstrasse. It is adjoined here
by the neighbourhood of Haidhausen, which is part of the
same district.
The railway lines to the east form the border to Obergiesing,
and the Humboldstrasse in the south separates the Au from
Untergiesing.
Statistics Office of the State Capital of Munich
The following data refers to District 5, Au-Haidhausen, in its
entirety, and is not restricted to the Au neighbourhood (correct
as of 2008, data given without guarantee):
Area
Au-Haidhausen has an area of 422 hectares.
Population
– There are 55,288 people living in District 5.
– The proportion of senior citizens over the age of 65 is
approx. 14%.
– The proportion of children and young people up to the age
of 18 is 10%.
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