For a long time, saying goodbye to the hobby garden was in discussion.
But now - shortly after the symbolic groundbreaking ceremony for the Tölzer northern bypass - things are getting serious.
The allotment gardens on Allgaustraßen have to give way to road construction.
The demolition work should start this month.
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- Marc Pultke (46) wistfully wanders through the deserted-looking allotment garden on Tölzer Allgaustraße. On the floor of the hut, which was built with much love, there is still a single forgotten fork. The roof tiles are covered, the cupboards empty, the plants torn out. "I spent most of my free time here with family and friends," he says, adding: "Actually, I've spent half my life there."
The allotment garden was always his family's retreat.
She has leased the plot since 1976, planted lots of flower beds and raised fruit and vegetables.
“It was a blessing for me, especially in lockdown, I don't have a garden at home,” says the 46-year-old.
The fact that the garden with ten parcels will soon be torn away leaves him, his friends and the other tenants not only sad, but also incomprehension and anger.
“I would still like to find an alternative solution that preserves our gardens,” he says.
In Pultke's opinion, the northern bypass could also be built without driving the allotment gardeners out of their little paradise.
“A traffic jam-correcting solution would probably also be possible through roundabouts.” But hardly anyone hears that.
Demolition will start shortly
In mid-October, all the parcels should be left in such a way that the demolition can begin. When the time comes, the garden chapter will also be over for Pultke. “There will never be anything like it again. We paid 140 euros a year for the plot. You won't find something like that here again. ”The parcel is owned by the“ Bahn Landwirtschaft ”association. “They also informed us five years ago that we would soon have to give up our gardens.” The project had been in discussion for over 15 years.
The final written notice of termination came in February 2020. “Six others and I have not signed that we agree,” emphasizes Pultke.
At one time it was even demanded that you agree to demolish the huts yourself, he reports and says angrily: “It's crazy, it costs a lot.
Fortunately we were able to avert that. "
The responsible state building authority in Weilheim then sent an appraiser.
“This was the first time that a settlement was discussed, and the value that our property is ruining was determined.” The tenants would have received sums of between 500 and 2000 euros.
“Nothing that can be dismantled has been charged.
So I built a very expensive solar system on the roof, but the costs were not reimbursed.
Only I have no other use for it. "
Support from the Federal Nature Conservation Association
The Bund Naturschutz is also against the approaching demolition. Because protected animals, such as sand lizards, should also live in the gardens. "We also have grass snakes, snakes and dormice here," says Pultke. For this reason and for other fundamental concerns, such as the problem of surface sealing, the BN - represented by district chairman Friedl Krönauer and environmental education officer Diana Meßmer - wrote an open letter to Andreas Scheuer (CSU). They call on the (still) Federal Minister of Transport to stop the construction of the north clasp. Pultke confirms that “as far as we know, no one has carried out a species protection examination here. Only soil samples were taken. "
Martin Herda, head of department in the Weilheim state building authority responsible for the district, is surprised at the protest from the allotment garden settlement.
"We have made a mutual written agreement that the parcels will be cleared," he says.
"As far as I know, there was no longer any resentment." A species protection review did take place in the course of the approval process.
There is an extensive landscape maintenance plan for the construction project.
"We had no other choice"
As far as the evacuation agreement is concerned, Pultke says: “We had no other choice.” In addition, the agreement merely stated that the leaseholders themselves were not responsible for the demolition of the huts, but that the state building authority commissioned a company.
“The agreement never said that we would support the demolition per se.” Some tenants even considered chaining themselves to the huts in protest.
"But in the end we just have the shorter lever."
The allotment garden tenants no longer have great hope that the decision and the alternatives will be reconsidered.
“I am also completely behind the fact that you need a solution for the traffic jam and that road construction measures have to be tackled for it.
I just don't understand why you don't want to find a solution where the plots can stay. "
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