Of the approximately 310,000 residents of the district, 69,500 are active in over 335 sports clubs, company sports associations and other groups, and around 80 sports are practiced. And many more people follow their urge to move in an “unorganized” way, be it by playing table tennis in the park, Nordic walking in Grunewald, jogging along the Teltow Canal or stand-up paddling on Schlachtensee or Wannsee.
We want to make the best possible infrastructure available to those who are active and those who want to become one.
Councilor for Sports Cerstin Richter-Kotowski (CDU)
To ensure that the district is fit for the sporting future of its growing population, the sports department has now commissioned the office “die raumplaner” to create a “specialist plan for sports and exercise”. The goals: On the one hand, it should be found out where and by whom in the district sport is being practiced.
On the other hand, recommendations for action are to be formulated, taking into account the current and forecast population developments and the changed sport and exercise behavior, where offers are to be consolidated, expanded or newly created by 2035 – both for club sports and for unorganized athletes. Because sports development is more than just expanding sports facilities.
“We want to provide the active and those who want to become one with the best possible infrastructure and continuously develop it further,” says City Councilor for Sports Cerstin Richter-Kotowski (CDU). Developing an “integrated sports development plan” is “a further step towards strengthening the Steglitz-Zehlendorf sports district”.
A year ago, the CDU voted against a sports development plan
A year ago, the CDU’s comments on the sports development plan sounded different. The Greens and SPD had submitted a request to the district assembly to draw up such an inventory and needs analysis; The FDP and the Left joined the motion. The CDU did not consider the plan to be necessary: ”If you look around, you can see what kind of sport there is,” said CDU district councilor Michael McLaughlin, rejecting the issue in the debate in May 2022.
City councilor Richter-Kotowski feared at the time that a lot of money would be spent “without being able to do anything useful with the data collected”. Finally, a vote was taken: the CDU voted against the application, the traffic light groups and the left prevailed.
Online survey started
The district office has now acted and the contract has been awarded to the external experts. In a first step of the analysis, the planners are now asking for your help: an online survey will be held until May 31st. How often is sport done? Are you active in a club or informally? Where is the sport practiced? Which sporting offers are missing in the district?
A total of 26 questions have to be answered. Very important: If you want to take part in the survey, you have to register first – only then can you tick the first box; Unfortunately, a corresponding note is missing in the moderation of the survey. Here it goes to Survey on the participation platform mein.berlin.de.
Here are the topics from the current Tagesspiegel newsletter for Steglitz-Zehlendorf
It comes out every Thursday Tagesspiegel newsletter for Steglitz-Zehlendorf. It is available in full, once a week with lots of specific district news, tips and dates at tagesspiegel.de/districts. This time Boris Buchholz reports on the following topics, among others:
- It almost got me on Tuesday: There are more and more serious traffic accidents with injuries and deaths in the district – in percentage terms, the southwest is the sad leader
- Great Merits: The doctor Pia Skarabis-Querfeld and many colleagues help people in need – even without a health insurance card. Now the Zehlendorf native has been awarded the Federal Cross of Merit
- Earlier than expected: The tunnel of the A104 at the Schlangenbader Straße has been closed since this morning
- “The district office has serious concerns”: The plans for Zehlendorf station are rejected
- “Insane result”: Greens unanimously for the continuation of the traffic light, FDP postponed decision
- Three green-red-yellow sides: What is in the new additional paper of the census community
- The pool stays dry: This year the summer pool “Spucki” will not open
- Many campaigns for more safety on the way to school: Here on April 27th for school zones will be played on the street
- Turntable, toddler swing, table tennis table: The playground in Heinrich-Laehr-Park will be rebuilt from the beginning of May
- Action with heart: What are the colorful little hearts on Seehofstrasse all about?
- Witches in Wannsee: Theater premiere in the “Mother Fourage”
- “Life Lies and Family Secrets”: TV tip for a family story made in Zehlendorf
- “Heat-free in the future?” A climate evening with the book author Tim Schulze
- Concert in the cinema: “Happy Fridays – Jazz meets Classic”
- Where can and should sport be practiced in the future? Steglitz-Zehlendorf invites you to take part in the survey
