Residents of the Egmatinger district of Neuorthofen feel ignored and left alone by the local council, including Mayor Inge Heiler.
It's about wind turbine WEA 3, one of three wind turbines that are to be built in the nearby Höhenkirchen Forest.
Egmating
- According to the current state of planning, the distance to the residential development in Neuorthofen is between 937 and 1200 meters.
Citizens fear noise pollution and damage to health, including from infrasound.
“60 people who are affected live in Neuorthofen.
We are currently in the process of informing the other families, ”says Hans Hirschmann (74) of the Ebersberger Zeitung, his house is closest to the complex.
Local resident: "Nobody cares about our worries"
The concentration area for the wind turbines was approved in 2014. Only now does the residents realize that their concerns were not taken seriously by their own community.
“Nobody took care of our worries,” says Theresia Pawlik (37).
“Nobody can tell me that sound waves have no effect, the idea that infrasound wafts through my children's bodies is not nice.” “We relied on Egmating to raise an objection to protect us, this was obviously missed “, Says Johann Hirschmann (29).
The objection period was not used
The Energy Agency Munich-Ebersberg confirms that an objection period has not been used.
"The current legal situation is that the municipality of Egmating should have contradicted the concentration area planning by May 2015, then this plan would not have been valid," said Lisa Huber, responsible for the energy agency's "Wind Service Center".
According to Huber, the planning is therefore valid, distances of less than 10H are therefore possible.
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Are afraid of the wind turbine in the neighboring district (from left): Theresia Pawlik, Hans Hirschmann, Hildegard Hutterer, Susanne Hirschmann, Johann Hirschmann.
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Egmating has been involved in the project since 2019 through its membership in a working group (ARGE).
In the latest meeting of the local council, the topic heated up for a long time.
“We always said that there would be no voting - before the Egmating citizens were included.
If we agree now, we will leave the Neuorthofner citizens out in the rain ”, interjected Maria Riedl (ABE).” “Given the current facts, we are a few years too late with this discussion, something was missed, not even debated about it, ”emphasized Mayor Inge Heiler.
Local council gives the green light
Ultimately, the committee gave the green light by a majority (13 to two votes): "to examine the change to the landscape protection area north of EBE 14 in the designated concentration areas of the municipality of Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn - for the construction of a maximum of three wind turbines in the Höhenkirchen forest - by the district of Munich - Country. ”Riedl and Franziska Herbst (CSU / FGW) voted against. “Wind power, yes, but at a necessary distance. Why three wind turbines - two are enough, at such a large distance that an investor cannot build a third in between ”, says Johann Hirschmann and emphasizes that he is not an opponent of wind power. "An alternative location for wind turbine WEA 3 is desirable in order to bring the energy transition and social peace under one roof," he suggested. Negotiations are now taking place in the Munich district council,The decision will then be made by the Lower Nature Conservation Authority of the district of Munich. "
Susann Niedermaier
