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Autonomous Center in Cologne/Germany will be evicted!

AZ Koeln | 30.03.2011 18:34 | Culture | Free Spaces

The squat exists since a year. Since monday the Sparkasse KölnBonn (local bank) wants its eviction, since than the squat is in negotiation with official politicians. The mayor denies his responsibility for the eviction. Tomorrow it will be evicted by the police.

the squat
the squat


The Au­to­no­mous Cen­ter in Co­lo­gne-​Kalk exists almost since a year. Du­ring this time thousands of guests used and crea­ted this spe­cial place in more than 250 events. The first ci­ne­ma of the neigh­bourhood was foun­ded, in many work­shops skills were being de­ve­loped, the weekly un­em­ploy­ed-​con­sul­ta­ti­on hel­ped many peop­le in their pro­blems with the Un­em­ploy­ment-​agen­cy, con­certs gave tha op­por­tu­ni­ty to local bands to make free ap­pearan­ces, ex­hi­bi­ti­ons met their pu­blic, po­li­ti­cal groups used the house for their work – ever­y­thing self­-or­ga­nized and un­co­mmer­ci­al, wi­thout a cent from the city. The idea of a place, where peop­le can enjoy and crea­te cul­tu­re wi­thout de­pen­ding of their walle, found many new fri­ends.

The squat­ted ex-​can­ti­ne of the com­pa­ny KHD had been left empty from the mu­ci­ni­pal sa­vings bank (Spar­kas­se) and ab­an­don­ned to its ex­pi­ra­ti­on. Wi­thout the squat­ting the re­sult would be more years wi­thout use. The squat­ters were see­king from the be­gin­ning the di­s­cus­sion with re­s­pon­si­ble po­li­ti­cal per­sons. In many con­ver­sa­ti­ons not only the idea of the Au­to­no­mous Cen­ter was pre­sen­ted, but also a plan of use and fi­nan­cing opened the way for a cul­tu­ral cen­ter in Co­lo­gne.

The mayor named Ro­ters and the mu­ni­ci­pal sa­vings bank are against a mea­ningful uti­li­sa­ti­on of Wies­berg­s­treet 44. Under flim­sy ex­cu­ses and through des­in­for­ma­ti­on of the pu­blic the Au­to­no­mous Cen­ter is to be evic­ted and the buil­ding to be de­molis­hed, wi­thout that fur­ther plans exist. As al­re­a­dy with the Bar­mer-​quar­ter in Deutz, the next „most-​ex­pen­siv­ve-​par­king­place-​Ger­ma­nys“ is being pre­pa­red.

more information at:

 http://de.indymedia.org/2011/03/303752.shtml
 http://twitter.com/unsersquat
 http://unsersquat.blogsport.eu/
 http://selbermachen.blogsport.de/aufrufe/for-an-autonomous-center/




AZ Koeln
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02.04.2011 13:35

for once good news regarding squatting in germoney

 http://selbermachen.blogsport.de/mobi/autonomous-centre-in-cologne-stays/

the squat stays