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munich58.co.ukIn memory of those who died in the munich air crash in February 1958 |
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munich58.co.ukIn memory of those who died in the munich air crash in February 1958 |
There is a memorial in the village of Kirchtrudering (where the crash occured). It is at the corner of Karotschstraße and Emplstraße. The memorial is decorated with a trough filled with flowers. In September 2004 a new memorial was unveiled at Munich Airport in a ceremony attended by Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir Bobby Charlton.
For anybody who may be visiting the memorials, the following information, submitted by Jason Clarke, following his visit in Feb 2006, should prove useful:
The original memorial is on the corner of Emplstraße and Karotschstraße,but the new memorial is visible from the original memorial and is on the corner of Emplstraße and Rappenweg. The nearest train station is 'Moosfeld' which is a U-Bahn station - U2 line (U meaning Underground). The next nearest station is 'Trudering' which is a S-Bahn station - S4 line (S meaning Surburban which run both above & underground)
The following additional information was sent to me by Ella Patterson in April 2007:
When you come out of the Moosfeld U-Bahn station, stand with your back to the station and turn right, cross the road and then the first road will be in front of you. At the bottom of this road you now have to go through a very small park with an apartment block to get to the next road where the first memorial sits. This appears to be new and was not on the map we had. Basically do not be put off by two busy roads (one at either side of the mini-park) just keep walking straight.
Yet more directions and information has been sent to me by Ing Looi, a Singapore-based United fan:
Take the train subway to Messetadt West and then take Bus 139 to BusStop KirchTruderinger Strasse. For updated directions and timing, one can visit the Munich Transport and Tariff Association website.
Just type in the following parameters at the side for start (M for the city and the stop is the station you are starting your journey)
e.g.from Marienplatz station
town/district = m
name of stop = marienplatz
For destination
type in M for the town/district
and then type "KirchTruderinger Strasse" for the name of stop.
It will then show you the route and timings to go to the stop.
After you get down from the stop, it's a 5 min walk to the memorial. The memorial is not very obvious but should be visible after you walk on. The location of the stop according to the current map you have is right in the intersection between Wieg am and Kirchtrudinger Strasse.
The old memorial is very well camouflaged and the only thing that differentiates it is the old laminated photo of the Busby Babes that lies below the Christ structure.
Jason also sent me some photos and a map. The map has been converted to PDF format and added to the Download Centre (search the General Resources category)
In Feb 2008 I was sent yet more information from United fan John Howarth:
I just wanted to point out - mainly to avoid any confusion among visiting fans - that the new memorial in Kirchtrudering is just around the corner from the old one that was erected and is still maintained by the locals. Both memorials are, of course, just beyond the south-western end of the runway of the old Munich airport (Riem), which relocated in 1992 to a new site around 30 kms away. The site of the old airport where the disaster happened is now Munich's trade fair centre, and it also staged a major international garden exhibition two years ago, which explains why the old runway is now parkland. I'm writing this just so that fans do not make a pilgrimage to the "new" airport in Erding and are disappointed when they don't find anything there.
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