Loud conversations, clinking bottles, music from the car radio: for more than a year, scenes like this have been playing back at night on the Grünanger in Unterbiberg, often on the benches by the pond. Some residents have been complaining about the nocturnal disturbance for a long time and are in talks with the community. At an on-site meeting with employees of the Neubiberger municipal administration and the deputy head of the Ottobrunn police station, Robert Fritsch, it was discussed, among other things, that the benches around the pond could be dismantled. “We will look benevolently,” assured the head of the public order department, Fabian Sass. This is an acceptable way for the local residents. “I see an opportunity,” said one of them.
For more than a year, young people around the age of mid-20s after 10pm have been meeting again and again on Fridays and Saturdays, often after midnight on the Grünanger and disturb the night’s quiet – “smoking, screaming, shouting, drinking”, as a local resident would describes. At the beginning, the relationship with the young people was almost friendly. That is no longer the case. Another resident says that she has already used sentences like “Shut up!” should have listened if they had asked the young people to be quiet. In the past three months alone, says one, he called the police twelve times. But the young people are often already gone when the officials arrive.
The pond at Grünanger in Unterbiberg has developed into a popular meeting place for young people – to the chagrin of the residents, it is often very noisy there at night.
(Photo: Claus Schunk)
The community responded last year. As a possible alternative meeting point, two benches were set up on Zwergerstrasse by the parking lot at the Bundeswehr University. As the residents report, these are not accepted by the young people. Three months ago, the community therefore had signs put up by the pond, which indicate a possible fine if the night’s rest between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. is violated. This is welcomed by the residents. During the on-site visit, they asked whether fines would actually be imposed.
Fritsch and the community workers signaled to the residents that maybe not everything is possible that they wished for, but that everything can be done. Sass, the head of the public order department, informed that a fine actually had to be violated and indicated that this could not be easily determined. Nevertheless, he encouraged residents to report incidents to the police or the community. “We are not afraid of the procedure,” he said. Fritsch confirmed that the young people are often gone when the police come. But you have to meet the young people. As part of the administrative assistance, the police could then record the personal details and forward them to the public order office. This could then initiate administrative offense proceedings.
The community has already put up signs.
(Photo: Claus Schunk)
Main office employee Heike Hill pointed out to the residents that in the event of an insult they could proceed under civil law with an action for an injunction. In the event of an insult, there is also nothing to be said against a report to the police, added Fritsch. The police representative spoke of a “bad situation” but reported that such incidents occurred in many communities.
The residents again suggested creating a youth club in Unterbiberg, which the current mayor Thomas Pardeller (CSU) had already spoken out in favor of during the election campaign. The latter is already on the community’s to-do list, and she is now putting down the benches, said senior office worker Hill. The community would be happy to receive ideas for possible locations for the youth club. They are here on behalf of the mayor to show: “The matter is important to us.”