New toilets for RSO.Berlin: GDR money ensure a fresh wind!

Steglitz-Zehlendorf: Funding from GDR assets support social and cultural projects, including a new toilet facility in RSO.Berlin.
Steglitz-Zehlendorf: Funding from GDR assets support social and cultural projects, including a new toilet facility in RSO.Berlin. (Symbolbild/MB)

New toilets for RSO.Berlin: GDR money ensure a fresh wind!

The Techno-Club RSO.Berlin in Schöneweide receives a new toilet facility that is financed from the funds of the former party and mass organizations of the GDR (PMO). This funding is part of a comprehensive program that supports cultural and social projects in the new federal states.

The reporting of the Tagesspiegel shows that The Berlin Senate provides a total of 555,736 euros from PMO funds for 2025. These funds are distributed to finance investments for new cooling systems and vehicles for various facilities, including the Berlin Zoo and the Sportforum Hohenschönhausen.

background of the remedial award

According to the fall of the wall, a considerable assets were managed by the trust, which came from the regimetal parties and mass organizations in the GDR. According to the rbb are used and may only be used for non-profit purposes in the social and cultural sector as well as for economic restructuring become.

This year, 555,736 euros are incurred for Berlin, which are distributed proportionately to the new federal states. The distribution of these funds is based on an administrative agreement from 1994, 2008 and 2018. The majority of the funds, about 60%, are in investment funding.

distribution of the PMO medium

A total of Berlin receives 12.1 million euros from the PMO funds, which corresponds to 8.11% of the total amount for the East German federal states. The Senate has selected 17 projects that are promoted from these funds. This includes both economic and social and cultural projects. A detailed overview of the use of funding shows:

Project type amount projects
economic restructuring 7.2 million euros
  • guest house campus wuhlheide
  • Bürgerhaus Altglienicke
  • Refurbishment of open -air laboratory Kaniswall
  • repair Park am Weißen See
  • repair Volkspark Prenzlauer Berg
  • expansion founder center Luisenstraße 53
social and cultural projects 3.1 million euros
  • Review of the character of the water sports
  • Refurbishment open spaces children's research center Helleum II
non -state social and cultural projects 1.8 million euros
  • Expansion Kita Wuhlheide
  • German-Russian Museum Karlshorst

The funds for the RSO.Berlin are therefore part of a large support program that aims to strengthen the cultural infrastructure in Berlin and at the same time work on the historical responsibility of the past GDR. These initiatives are in line with the Senate work under Finance Senator Dr. Matthias Kollatz, who wants to enforce a balanced funding.

The combination of cultural support and social responsibility is also evident in the planned use of the funds for further projects that all aim to increase the quality of life in Berlin. This is perceived as a positive step by both politics and the citizens.

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OrtSchöneweide, Berlin, Deutschland
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