For many Munich residents, they are a popular destination for weekly shopping or for strolling: the four permanent markets in the city center and the city districts. Now, in addition to the Viktualienmarkt, Elisabethmarkt, Pasinger Viktualienmarkt and the market on Wiener Platz, a fifth permanent food market could be created in the south of Munich. According to the municipal department, the new location will be Ratzingerplatz in Obersendling, which they want to develop into a neighborhood center, provided the Munich city council approves the plans.
“The 46 weekly and farmers’ markets and four permanent markets should have a new sibling,” says municipal representative Kristina Frank, who is also the first plant manager of the Munich market halls. “We hope that people in the south of Munich can look forward to a new market at Obersendlinger Ratzingerplatz instead of the now busy ‘non-square’.” The new market would be well developed. Frank hopes that it could establish itself as a shopping location and neighborhood meeting place and strengthen Munich’s reputation as “Germany’s market capital”. Now she is eagerly waiting for the “go” from the Munich City Council.
In 2020, he commissioned the Markthallen München (MHM) to find a suitable location for another permanent food market. A feasibility study is now available. It will be submitted to the local committee as a resolution on November 9, 2023.
As part of the feasibility study, according to the municipal department, two different urban planning variants were examined for the new market: a more open and small-scale development with market stalls like the currently existing markets and a more closed development in the form of a market hall.
So far, Ratzingerplatz in Obersendling does not invite you to stroll.
(Photo: Alessandra Schellnegger)
The “market stalls” variant envisages an open market place with a closed front building that is accentuated towards the intersection area. There would be space for around 20, some free-standing, market stalls of different sizes on the site. A pedestrian passage is planned in the middle. In addition, closed buildings are to be built, on the upper floor of which restaurants and cafés could be accommodated, for example. Market terraces are also planned there.
In the “market hall” variant, two large buildings would be built on Ratzingerplatz, one of which would be a market hall with space for 19 different stalls. The market promenade or pedestrian passage would then be located inside the hall. In this variant, too, terraces with gastronomic offerings could be created on the upper floor. The other building would remain reserved for commercial use and would be accessed from the street.
As soon as the Munich City Council has given the starting signal, a development plan process must be carried out by the Department of Urban Planning and Building Regulations in order to create the necessary building law. If a development plan is available, the market halls can submit the planning order for the construction of the new food market to the city council. Construction of the new store could not begin until the end of the 2020s at the earliest. The planned relocation of Boschetsrieder Straße would create a suitable building site at Ratzingerplatz, west of Aidenbachstraße.