Moosach: Wedding next to the buffer stop – Ebersberg

Certainly most of the 1507 Moosachers know it, the wooden house idyllically bordering meadows and small groves, whose strong brown harmonises with the turquoise of the roof, doors and window reveals. Those unfamiliar with the area, on the other hand, are told by the sign “Moosach bei Grafing” on the gable end with the characteristic, somewhat antiquated typeface that this is an old train station. Its “Güterschuppen” is now becoming the starting point for a new life for future married couples due to the recent approval by the Glonn administrative community as a wedding room.

Two of them came to the on-site visit with Mayor Michael Eisenschmid and the archive officer Robert Bauer. In July, Andre Geittner and Anette Gorges, who have lived in Moosach for seven years, want to tie the knot here. When asked who applied to whom, the native of Aachen smiles: “We’ve been together for 19 years, we have a son together and a house.” His partner, who tames a cute four-legged new roommate on a leash, adds: “The issue was always there, now family and friends have nailed us.”

The secretary found out about the possibility of getting married in this “special location” instead of in the town hall through her commitment to the “Women for Moosach”. Because like the Kulturkreis, the Hammerwerfer, the Motorradfreunde or the Maibaumverein, this non-partisan association of politically interested women also has access to the rooms, which were renovated by the local associations and institutions themselves and can therefore be used for readings, exhibitions and other events .

There was a rail connection here until 1971

It is not known whether everyone is aware of the historical significance of the only “right” stop on the route from Grafing station to Glonn. What is certain, however, is that there is certainly little that municipal councilor Robert Bauer does not have in mind about the “agency building” installed by the Royal Bavarian State Railways in 1894.

The 51-year-old, who works as a reliability engineer in the semiconductor industry, has been dealing with the local history for decades. For his contributions to the local chronicle relating to the railway connection that existed between 1894 and 1971, he researched the Federal Railways Directorate, delved into articles on fauna and flora on the railway tracks, consulted plans in various archives and spoke to numerous citizens, including those in the neighboring communities. It may be that Bauer’s affinity for the subject is also related to his very first apprenticeship – he once trained as an electronics technician for energy systems at the railways. His good contacts also date from this time, through which he was able to procure the wagon, which is now used as a youth club, including the track and buffer stop. “He was standing around in Pasing,” smiles the 51-year-old.

So now the vehicle is enthroned a few meters next to the “agency building”, which in Moosach, in contrast to the pure loading points equipped only with goods sheds, also included a station with waiting room and toilet thanks to the modular design. Behind the door, which is still marked today, there is of course a modern toilet and a kitchen where people used to spend the time until the train arrived or departed.

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The new wedding room, on the other hand, is in the directly adjoining module and can be reached via a small staircase in the mini anteroom with a stove, thanks to which pellet heating means that it can also be used in winter. Of course, it is currently undecorated, but the room, which is designed for around 20 people with seating under pre-corona conditions, is still appealing. Maybe it’s because of the white walls, against which the dark wood stands out impressively, but maybe also because of its airy brightness. This is due to the floor-to-ceiling glass double door through which the former loading ramp can be entered, which can also be reached via the six flat steps of the wooden outside staircase.

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From this veranda you can see the meadows right next to it, which are suitable for a champagne reception after the wedding. It must have been in 2007 when the then mayor Siegfried Eisenschmid, father of the current incumbent, bought the station and the adjacent green spaces, says Robert Bauer. Michael Eisenschmid remembers that everything for the maypole was prepared for the first time the following year.

“No Wedding Tourism Las Vegas”

Everything on train and train has become more beautiful, including professional lighting, and now many citizens have been able to give in to requests to close a bond for life in this special place.

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Incidentally, it is not a registrar, but the mayor himself, who performs the ceremony – he has already done it five to six times during his two-year term in office and “so far everyone is holding up,” he says with a laugh. He expects ten to twelve weddings a year in the future. He also assumes that marriages will increase again, especially from 2023, “because everything has been postponed”.

However, the 41-year-old also makes it clear that they do not want to “become a Las Vegas with wedding tourism”, but that the residents of the place will have priority when using the Moosach goods shed. Of course, inquiries can still be made – with long-term planning, this is best done before the first or second week of November. Then the occupancy for the following year will be determined at the association cartel meeting.

However, if you get the contract for a wedding ceremony in the “Güterschuppen”, you have a free hand for the design of the date. “The basic equipment comes from the municipality, the individual decoration from the bridal couple. That also decides whether everything happens with or without music.”