Visualisation of the pavilion design by Werkgemeinschaft Heike Bablick - Ricarda Denzer - Karl-Heinz Machat - Bettina Schlorhaufer - Hermann Zschiegner © Martin Perktold
Contemporary remembrance
From 1941 to 1945, around 8,500 people were imprisoned in the Reichenau labour education camp under inhumane living conditions. To date, 115 people are known by name who did not survive the arbitrariness and violence in the camp. As the previous memorial site from the 1970s no longer meets the requirements of a contemporary culture of remembrance, an international competition for the construction of a new memorial site was launched in February 2023 following intensive historical and archaeological research. The project by the Bablick/Denzer/Machat/Schlorhaufer/Zschiegner consortium ultimately emerged as the winning project from the two-stage competition on 26 April 2024.
This includes not only the realisation of architectural structures such as a pavilion or a memorial bank with memorial stones for every person known by name who was killed. In addition, a digital presentation of the project on a website, an audio walk and educational material will also be created. The winning project will be realised from mid-2025 with co-financing from the federal government, the province of Tyrol and other funding bodies.
Further information on the project:
State
115 name stones have been moved and will soon be engraved. The tender for the paving has been issued. Phase 1 of the construction should be completed by mid-2026.
At the same time, the implementation of phase 2 has been submitted to and approved by the Municipal council and the structural design for the pavilion has been commissioned.
Participation
From May to autumn 2025, a four-part series of events took place in cooperation with the University of Innsbruck(Events on "Tirol remembers" | Province of Tyrol).
Costs
The total costs amount to 1.28 million euros, of which 840,000 euros will be borne by the city of Innsbruck.
Contact
Opening hours
Monday to Thursday:
8.00-12.00 and 14.00-16.00
Friday:
8.00-12.00