Prater Island
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The island is next to Prater Museum Island one of the two fortified and built Isar Islands Munich.
Geography
The island has an area of 3.6 acres, with a length of 524 meters and a maximum width of 95 meters.
In the north of the island Maximilian bridge leads from the road to Maximilian Maximilianeum. On the Prater Island is located next to the " action Praterinsel " with artists' studios and meeting rooms and the Alpine Museum of the German Alpine Club.
The Prater island is accessible via several footbridges: The Marianne bridge connects the island to the west bank of the Isar, the cable bridge to the east bank. The weir creates the connection to the upstream users Museum Island. Can be driven on the Praterinsel is from the west bank located on the forth immediately south of the Maximiliansbrücke Prater weir bridge. The Maximilian bridge allows pedestrians only on niche fountain for Mayor Alois Erhardt access, off-road it spans only the northern tip of the island.
The northern part of the Prater island is known as shrinkage island.
History
The Prater island initially served as a recreational and kitchen garden, the Franciscan monks had created there.
The first documented development took place in 1810, as the host Anton Gruber there built an inn, which he - " The Prater economy" called - in line with the Vienna amusement park. In addition, he opened a small park with a carousel, and his son extended the inn in 1834 for a dance hall. Due to the huge popularity of venues at this time called the island soon only Praterinsel.
As 1857 started the construction of the Maximilianeum and the leading of the island Maximilian Bridge, the attractiveness of the place due to the extensive construction work was ( the bridge was completed in 1864 ) to strong so that Gruber had to sell his business.
The buyer was Anton Riemerschmid who built " Bavarian privileged alcohol, spirits, liqueur and vinegar factory Royal " on the property in 1870 for its factory buildings. Today's studio house in the east of the island was then built as Heizgebäude.
The grandson of the factory owner, Robert Riemerschmid, who continued the liquor business, held next in the 1920s symposia and lectures with internationally renowned scientists, artists, writers and politicians on the island. In addition to the increase of the former public house to a floor, another connecting building between the north and the west wing was built by the architect Richard Riemerschmid.
The liquor factory moved its production site in 1984 before the gates of Munich to Erding, the factory on the island of Prater was shut down. 1988 acquired an investor the terrain, leaving factories and warehouses to artists' studios, expand exhibition and event spaces ( "Action Praterinsel ", a cultural institution in private ownership). Since February 1, 2010, the event areas shall praterinsel under the motto - space for events managed by the planworx GmbH. The agency was founded in 1987 for Event Marketing has its headquarters for more than 5 years on the island.
To date, the following parties are on the Praterinsel: The Free State of Bavaria with the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Forest Service residential buildings, the event agency planworx GmbH, the Management Company praesidion GmbH and the German Alpine Club Museum and Library. Since 1988, the Austrian artist Wolfgang Flatz action has a studio on the island of Prater.
Since 2010, the island in the west runaround Isararm located Prater power plant generates electrical energy.