A hard place in Innsbruck: Being “Bockala” shaped life
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A new open-air exhibition brings the history of the legendary Bocksiedlung on the outskirts of Innsbruck to life. A hard place – but also associate many positive memories with the former resident.
A kind of village on the outskirts of the city: The picture shows Hans Pinzger and Johann Bock, the namesake and unofficial “mayor” of the Bocksiedlung, in 1968 in front of Bock’s vehicle.
© Helmfried Müller
By Michael Domanig
Innsbruck – In nine stations, a new open-air exhibition tells the story of the legendary Innsbruck “Bocksiedlung”. The location of the compact show in the area of the Egerdach green area does not correspond to the former location of the settlement – this is located in the area of today’s intersections between Gumppstraße, Langer Weg and Andechsstraße – but was chosen deliberately because of the high pedestrian frequency.
The exhibition was developed in cooperation between students of European ethnology at the University of Innsbruck (seminar leader: Silke Meyer), the linguist and author Heidi Schleich, who published a book about the settlement in 2017, and the city archive / city museum.
