Times were uncertain for the Wildschwaige estate for a long time.
It is now certain that the last few months have dawned for the equestrian center.
Oberding - Owner Judith Jepards, her family and the animals must have left the property by the end of the year.
The lights go out for the farm including riding school, which has a good reputation among horse owners and equestrians.
Since she took over the business as a tenant in August 2011, it has never been a carefree time for Jepards, despite all the success with the animals.
Horse farm in Oberding: tenant family must move out by the end of the year
For years, the airport company (FMG), which owned the area, put them off with the prospect that they would soon acquire the property and then invest and renovate it on their own responsibility.
Some of the buildings are dilapidated, not least the house.
However, nothing ever happened on the part of FMG.
Until the company finally sold the property to the municipality of Oberding in 2016.
For the 41-year-old it was a shock, she feared the economic end.
The ailing buildings would not hold out until the end of the lease in 2026, she said at the time.
“The farm doesn't work as a lease,” Jepards said in an interview with our newspaper.
Institutions like the airport or the municipality would leave the problems behind.
Gut Wildschwaige: The relationship between the tenant and the community has been strained for a long time
The relationship between the tenant and the community had been tense for a long time.
As Jepards reports, there was an appointment in court at which they agreed to move out at the end of the year.
Oberding's mayor, Bernhard Mücke, also confirmed this when asked.
He could not say more with reference to the procedure.
In any case, Jepards reports that the community initially sued both the Werchau riding stable located on the estate and the riding and vaulting club for outstanding claims.
As a result, “we insisted on compensation” because of “various grievances” such as the uninhabitable house according to an expert opinion.
Over for riding stables in Oberding: shock among the animal owners is great
Ten school horses owned by Jepards and 45 boarding horses are currently on the Wildschwaige estate.
The owners who put their animals there have already been informed of the imminent end.
The shock is great.
One of them, Antje Burda from Munich, said in an interview with our newspaper: “We are very sad and also a little at a loss.
We also hoped that because of Corona the importance of leisure activities for adults and children in the region would increase and that the tenants might still have the chance to buy the property, "says the 50-year-old, who owns two Jepards horses ' rode.
"In addition, the horses are losing their homes, which live on Gut Wildschwaige at fair prices in herds and spacious boxes in a species-appropriate manner," Burda regrets.
Gut Wildschwaige: "A treasure for both riding students and horse owners"
The estate is a "gem for both riding students and horse owners," says Jepards, who is still tenant.
When the community terminated various areas in the autumn of last year, “the farm was actually already dead”.
When it came to the agreement with the community, it was important to her that the advertisers were given a time buffer until the end of the year.
Because they would have to get their animals somewhere.
There are hardly any alternatives to wild boars in the region.
The future after the blended family with Jepards, their partner Reiner Reimer (48), their two children Johanna (17) and Josef (19) and Klaus-Ulrich Werchau (80) moved out is completely unclear.
Because giving up their own ten horses and only looking for a place to stay for yourself is out of the question for the family.
Your animals have to go with you in any case, clarifies Jepards, who wants to continue the business.
“We don't yet know where it's going,” says Jepards.
It is only clear that she will probably not be resourceful here in the region.
A 19-year-old apprentice, Cordelia Rush, is employed on the estate as a horse manager who will not be able to complete her training on site.
“We're trying to find a training company for them,” reports Jepards.
Gut Wildschwaige: How the area will be used in the future is still unclear
“We did a great job with the whole family for ten years,” Jepards looks back with sadness.
A lot of things were done in-house on the farm.
While colleagues would have groaned under Corona, "we have a stable stable community that holds together incredibly," Jepards praises her numerous adjusters and students.
Her daughter was just happy about her appointment to the Upper Bavarian eventing regional squad.
“Her shoes are taken off while walking,” says her mother.
"We want to try seriously over the next few months - with public relations work and the support of the friends and patrons of the Wildschwaiger - to make it clear to the community and the local council that the actual mission of a community is to implement the citizens' interests and to preserve the homeland," says Jepards.
It's about recreation in the Erding district, about animal welfare.
End for riding stables in Oberding: the future of the area is still uncertain
The district has the horse in its coat of arms, and it is there that horse businesses would die, "or they will be rationalized away".
How the area will be used in the future is still unclear, says Mayor Mücke.
Only when Jepards has moved out will the local council deal with the issue.
There have already been "unprofessional inquiries" from people interested in real estate.
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