[et_pb_section fb_built = \u201c1 \u2033 _builder_version =\u201c 3.22 \u2033 custom_padding = \u201c22px | 0px | 161px | 0px | false | false\u201c global_colors_info = \u201c{}\u201c] [et_pb_row _builder_version = \u201c3.25 \u2033 custom_margin =\u201c 43px | auto | || \u201ccustom_padding =\u201c 0 | 0px | 29px | 0px | false | false \u201cglobal_colors_info =\u201c {} \u201c] [et_pb_column type =\u201c 4_4 \u2033 _builder_version = \u201c3.25 \u2033 custom_padding =\u201c ||| \u201cglobal_colors_info =\u201c {} \u201c custom_padding__hover = \u201c|||\u201c] [et_pb_text module_class = \u201csplit two\u201c _builder_version = \u201c4.13.1 \u2033 link_font =\u201c |||||||| \u201cglobal_colors_info =\u201c {} \u201c]<\/p>\n
The eight-story tower of Munich-Riem Airport, now 35 meters high, was opened in 1939 and was responsible for all flight movements at Munich Airport until 1992. In the control tower in Riem, the surrounding airspace as well as the movements on the runway were observed for over 53 years and the taxiing, taking off and landing aircraft were coordinated by the tower controllers - from here around 4 million take-off and landing permits at Munich Airport were Riem granted. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/ et_pb_text] [\/ et_pb_column] [\/ et_pb_row] [et_pb_row column_structure = \u201c1_2,1_2 \u2033 use_custom_gutter =\u201c on \u201cgutter_width =\u201c 2 \u2033 make_equal = \u201con\u201c _builder_version = \u201c4.13.1 \u2033 _module_preset =\u201c default_pad_module_preset = \u201cdefault_pad_module_preset =\u201c \u201c|| 2px |||\u201c global_colors_info = \u201c{}\u201c] [et_pb_column type = \u201c1_2 \u2033 _builder_version =\u201c 4.13.1 \u2033 _module_preset = \u201cdefault\u201c background_enable_color = \u201coff\u201c background_enable_image = \u201coff\u201c global_colors_info = \u201c{}\u201c ] [et_pb_image src = \u201chttps:\/\/flughafen-muenchen-riem.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1938-06-21-richtfest-flughafen-riem.jpg\u201c title_text = \u201c1938-06-21 -richtfest-flughafen-riem \u201c_builder_version =\u201c 4.13.1 \u2033 _module_preset = \u201cdefault\u201c global_colors_info = \u201c{}\u201c] [\/ et_pb_image] [\/ et_pb_column] [et_pb_column type = \u201c1_2 \u2033 _builder_version =\u201c 4.13.1 \u2033 _module \u201cDefault\u201c global_colors_info = \u201c{}\u201c] [et_pb_text _builder_version = \u201c4.13.1 \u2033 _module_preset =\u201c default \u201cglobal_colors_info =\u201c {} \u201c]<\/p>\n The former 6-storey tower of the Riem airport was built in 1937-1939, the topping-out ceremony was on June 21, 1938<\/p>\n Together with Munich-Riem Airport, the tower went into operation for civil air traffic on October 25, 1939.<\/p>\n Incidentally, at that time the tower did not yet have the \u201cbird's nest\u201d, which is the striking glass pulpit on the roof of the tower today.<\/p>\n Due to the simultaneous beginning of the Second World War, the tower in Munich-Riem was no longer reserved for civil aviation alone. At the same time, Munich Airport was also used as a base for the Air Force.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/ et_pb_text] [\/ et_pb_column] [\/ et_pb_row] [et_pb_row column_structure = \u201c1_2,1_2 \u2033 use_custom_gutter =\u201c on \u201cgutter_width =\u201c 2 \u2033 make_equal = \u201con\u201c _builder_version = \u201c4.13.1 \u2033 _module\u201c \u201c{}\u201c] [Et_pb_column type = \u201c1_2 \u2033 _builder_version =\u201c 4.13.1 \u2033 _module_preset = \u201cdefault\u201c global_colors_info = \u201c{}\u201c] [et_pb_text _builder_version = \u201c4.13.1 \u2033 _module_preset =\u201c default \u201cglobal_colors_info =\u201c {} "]<\/p>\n On March 24, 1945 around 80 Allied aircraft flew to the airport area for bombing.<\/p>\n Between April 9 and May 1, 1945, further air raids followed, in which the airport was destroyed by a total of around 70%. On April 9, 1945, civilian flight operations had to be stopped.<\/p>\n The control tower was also badly damaged in the attacks. In the following 4 years the airport was hastily rebuilt.<\/p>\n The tower was modernized in the mid-1950s - in preparation for the jet age and then received the glass dome that is still recognizable today - the "bird's nest" on the roof of the tower.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/ et_pb_text] [\/ et_pb_column] [et_pb_column type = \u201c1_2 \u2033 _builder_version =\u201c 4.13.1 \u2033 _module_preset = \u201cdefault\u201c background_enable_image = \u201coff\u201c global_colors_info = \u201c{}\u201c] [et_pb_image src = \u201chttps: \/\/ airport- muenchen-riem.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/flughafen-riem-tower-nach-den-angriffen-1950.jpg \u201ctitle_text =\u201c airport-riem-tower-after-the-attacks-1950 \u2033 _builder_version = \u201c4.13.1 \u2033 _module_preset =\u201c default \u201cglobal_colors_info =\u201c {} \u201c] [\/ et_pb_image] [\/ et_pb_column] [\/ et_pb_row] [et_pb_row column_structure =\u201c 1_2,1_2 \u2033 use_custom_gutter = \u201con\u201c gutter_width = \u201c2 = \u201cOn\u201c _builder_version = \u201c4.13.1 \u2033 _module_preset =\u201c default \u201ccustom_padding =\u201c || 2px ||| \u201cglobal_colors_info =\u201c {} \u201c] [et_pb_column type =\u201c 1_2 \u2033 _builder_version = \u201c4.13.1 \u2033 _module_preset =\u201c default \u201cglobal_colors_info =\u201c {} \u201c] [et_pb_image src =\u201c https:\/\/flughafen-muenchen-riem.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/tower-innen-sepia.jpg \u201ctitle_text =\u201c tower-inside -sepia \u201c_builder_version =\u201c 4.13.1 \u2033 _module_preset = \u201cdefault\u201c global_colors_info = \u201c{}\u201c] [\/ et_pb_image] [\/ et_pb_column] [et_p b_column type = \u201c1_2 \u2033 _builder_version =\u201c 4.13.1 \u2033 _module_preset = \u201cdefault\u201c global_colors_info = \u201c{}\u201c] [et_pb_text _builder_version = \u201c4.13.1 \u2033 _module_preset =\u201c default \u201cglobal_colors_info =\u201c {} \u201c]<\/p>\n On May 16, 1992 at around 11 p.m. in the Riem Tower, the airfield lighting at Riem Airport was extinguished forever.<\/p>\n The Munich-Riem Airport was history - the 53-year-old tower had undergone some modernizations and done its real job, the tower was included File number D-1-62-000-7807 under monument protection<\/a> posed.<\/p>\n Before the transition from the old airport to the renovation of the "New Munich Trade Fair Center", the tower was still used for events for some time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/ et_pb_text] [\/ et_pb_column] [\/ et_pb_row] [et_pb_row column_structure = \u201c1_2,1_2 \u2033 use_custom_gutter =\u201c on \u201cgutter_width =\u201c 2 \u2033 make_equal = \u201con\u201c _builder_version = \u201c4.13.1 \u2033 _module\u201c \u201c{}\u201c] [Et_pb_column type = \u201c1_2 \u2033 _builder_version =\u201c 4.13.1 \u2033 _module_preset = \u201cdefault\u201c global_colors_info = \u201c{}\u201c] [et_pb_text _builder_version = \u201c4.13.1 \u2033 _module_preset =\u201c default \u201cglobal_colors_info =\u201c {} "]<\/p>\n Over time, it always seemed out of place, and at times the building even served as a background for a chip shop. Nobody really knew what was going to happen to the tower ...<\/p>\n In 1995 the option to sell was offered for the first time, but negotiations failed because of the usage conditions.<\/p>\n In 2001 the idea came up to convert the former control tower into a police station for the trade fair city, but these plans were discarded - although the control tower would give a very good overall view of the trade fair center - it is one of the tallest buildings at the New Trade Fair Munich.<\/p>\n After this decision, the city of Munich continued to try to sell the former airport tower in Riem, including the associated floor space of around 13,000 m2, for 12.5 million euros. Last time in 2009.<\/p>\n The former control tower should have been converted into a hotel for the Messestadt Riem. However, the investor apparently came to the decision that a hotel for the desired target group did not want to stay overnight in the immediate vicinity of the trade fair, so the deal with the city of Munich fell through towards the end of 2010.<\/p>\n Until 2014, the tower of the former Riem airport stood unused in the new trade fair town of Riem.<\/p>\n [\/ et_pb_text] [\/ et_pb_column] [et_pb_column type = \u201c1_2 \u2033 _builder_version =\u201c 4.13.1 \u2033 _module_preset = \u201cdefault\u201c global_colors_info = \u201c{}\u201c] [et_pb_image src = \u201chttps:\/\/flughafen-muenchen-riem.de \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TowerinRiem.jpg \u201ctitle_text =\u201c TowerinRiem \u201c_builder_version =\u201c 4.13.1 \u2033 _module_preset = \u201cdefault\u201c global_colors_info = \u201c{}\u201c] [\/ et_pb_image] [\/ et_pb_column] [\/ et_pb_row ] [et_pb_row _builder_version = \u201c4.13.1 \u2033 _module_preset =\u201c default \u201cglobal_colors_info =\u201c {} \u201c] [et_pb_column type =\u201c 4_4 \u2033 _builder_version = \u201c4.13.1 \u2033 _module_preset =\u201c default \u201cglobal_colors_info =\u201c {} \u201c]. [et _builder_version = \u201c4.13.1 \u2033 _module_preset =\u201c default \u201cglobal_colors_info =\u201c {} \u201c]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Munich project developer W\u00d6HR + BAUER had already acquired the rights to the property from the City of Munich by contract in November 2013.<\/p>\n On March 6, 2014, an agreement was reached for the 1.3 hectare area around the former airport tower.<\/p>\nOpening of the airport tower<\/h2>\n
Destruction and reconstruction\u00a0<\/h2>\n
End of airport operations<\/h2>\n
"Want to buy tower?" - vacancy for over 20 years<\/h2>\n
25 years after the airport was closed: the tower is used again<\/h2>\n