The redesign of the Hermann-von-Siemens-Sportpark in Obersendling is a long time coming. Because the city has introduced a development plan procedure before constructive changes, it will probably take another two or three years before the 14-hectare area is transformed into the promised sports and leisure paradise. However, residents and local politicians are campaigning for faster improvements, at least on a small scale.
A motion by the Greens recently found a majority in the Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln district committee, which aims to open all park areas to the public and to remove the fence surrounding the park. The wire fencing is so damaged in several places, especially in the area of Garatshauser Straße, that it no longer represents a real barrier. In addition, the district committee is in favor of the early restoration of a soccer field. In a densely built area like Obersendling, the population needs intact green spaces to relax, according to the justification for the application.
“Opening the entire Siemens sports park promptly and completely to the general public” is the order of the day. Currently, some corners of the complex are still very overgrown and hardly accessible. The extent to which the obligation to ensure traffic safety and thus liability issues would be relevant for the city if the fence were dismantled must still be examined by the administration. The only exception to the demolition of the enclosures on and in the park would be the grounds of the Siemens Tennis Club.
Only the SPD parliamentary group in the district committee expressed doubts about the removal of the fence. Such a step seems pointless to her, especially at those points where it is foreseeable that new boundaries will be drawn in three years at the latest, for example for a district sports facility. The park can currently be reached via two entrances on Siemensallee – unless you want to approach it through holes in the fence.