The Bergkramerhof golf course is about to close.
We asked the athletes.
“I cried,” says one.
There is horror.
It's over, there's nothing left to play golf on the pesticide-free course above the roofs of Wolfratshausen.
As reported, the Bergkramerhof golf club will cease operations at the end of 2022.
Owner Helmut Danhuber wants the lease with the operator of the plant, Dr.
Josef Hingerl, do not extend.
Instead, it says in the room, maize is to be grown again on the spacious area.
Both cause horror among golfers.
"I read the newsletter - and cried," says Thomas Spork.
“It's a fantastic golf course, without chemicals, it sucks.” He also asked the question: How can corn cultivation be more profitable than the rental income from the golf course?
In his eyes, dismantling means burnt money, says 59-year-old Ayinger, who has his sporting home at the Mangfalltal Golf Club and is teeing off again this morning at the Bergkramerhof.
“I think it's a drama.
We have a high density of golf courses around Munich, but something like that shouldn't be allowed. "
There is a lack of understanding among golfers
He regrets this decision, says a gentleman (72) from Königsdorf, who does not want to read his name in the newspaper.
The 72-year-old has been a member of the golf club since 2019.
"When you see this beautiful landscape and the whole area - and in return, maize is to be grown in the middle of the water protection area," he says, shaking his head as he lets his gaze wander over the gently rolling green.
“I don't know the background,” says Herbert Tiesler (68), who is a member of the Brunnthal GolfRange but likes to play the 18 holes on the Bergkramerhof.
"The place is beautiful, it would be a shame if it no longer existed."
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Sabine Osterchrist
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The alleged plan to cultivate maize, which has not yet been confirmed by the owner of the property, is keeping many golfers busy.
“I don't think corn is grown here,” says Sabine Osterchrist.
But even without the cultivation of fodder, the end of the plant would hit them very hard.
"I think that's terrible," says the 57-year-old from Solln, who recently signed a full membership for an initial year.
“The accessibility is fantastic.
And it's so calm here.
The whole atmosphere is incredibly pleasant, ”she says, listing a few reasons why she has grown fond of the place.
“There's such a serenity, that's good for beginners like me”.
Corn plans are shaking heads
"Growing maize here is total nonsense," enthuses Franz Riepold, who thinks like most of the others: "It's a wonderful golf course." He can only shake his head at the termination of the lease.
"I read in the newspaper that one was 94, the other 73, I can only say - old men ... I think there is something else behind it."
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Franz Riepold
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She would find a closure very bad, says Barbara Lammermann from Berg near Starnberg.
At the thought she almost rages herself for a moment.
“This is a beautiful golf course with a biotope, and is that supposed to be a corn desert?
That is unbelievable, ”says the retired doctor.
Everyone knows that corn needs most of the pesticides.
“I don't get it.
That is outrageous insolence ”.
Commercial businesses are also affected by the closure
In addition to the athletes, some smaller companies based on the area would also be affected by an out of the golf course.
How did you take the bad news?
"We have decided not to comment on this," says Daniela Johann, who, together with Tasmin Gutwald, only opened Café Herzblut last autumn, in the middle of the pandemic.
Also read: Bergkramerhof golf course has to close - that says operator Josef Hingerl
Hannelore Jorda seems to have little headache when it comes to the news. “I'm really relaxed there,” says the owner of the Bergkramerhof foot care studio. “I don't believe in it yet. Before that, a lot of water still flows down the Isar. ”And if it does come to a closure, she has no problem with that. "Then I pack my things and make house calls to my customers."