Tag: Olympic Games 1972
Munich: Curious ideas to finance the Olympic Games 72 – Munich
The contract for Munich to host the Olympic Games was just a few months ago when it leaked out in autumn 1966: the planned budget of 497 million Deutschmarks could…
Olympia 72: Ankie Spitzer in conversation – Munich
Attack on the Olympics in Munich : “I couldn’t believe people could do this to each other” Jul 2, 2022 at 7:03 p.m Reading time: 13 mins Open detailed view…
How Munich celebrates the Olympic anniversary – Munich
It’s drizzling in the Olympic Park this Friday afternoon. But that doesn’t stop a few recreational athletes from digging in the sand on the beach volleyball courts. The guests who…
Munich: Pedestrian zone – a place of longing from the past – Munich
The pedestrian zone was opened 50 years ago – now it is showing its age. City planners, realtors and citizens have very different ideas about how the inner city could…
Munich meets Sapporo: Bavarian-Japanese partnership beer – Munich
Normally, Mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD) would have been three hours and 54 minutes late. Because when he normally picks up a beer stick, he taps the beer at 12 o’clock…
Podcast “Himmelfahrtskommando” about the Olympic attack in Munich – Media
Does he think about that time every four years, when the Summer Olympics open somewhere? Ankie Spitzer asks this question coolly but noticeably aggressively. “Pfffff,” exclaims Guido Schlosser – every…
Munich: Queen Silvia of Sweden in the Hotel Bayerischer Hof – Munich
50 years ago Munich was an Olympic city. In the summer of 1972, the world met here to compete in sporting events. 50 years ago, the Olympic hostess Silvia Sommerlath…
50 years of the Olympic Games: Munich is dressing up – Munich
Pedestrian zones, old town tunnels, parks, fountains and the return of the Quadriga: in the years leading up to the Olympic Games, the cityscape changed rapidly. There is plenty of…
Munich: Exhibition on Olympia 72 in the Bavarian State Library – Munich
They should be cheerful and show a new, colourful, open and democratic Germany. But what is primarily remembered at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich is the assassination attempt by…
50 years of the Olympic Games: A visit to the Munich Olydorf – Munich
At the beginning there is a paved footbridge. On one side red pipes, on the other a white wall. In the background the horizon with a blue sky and in…