After the failure of the major flood protection plans for the Tegernsee, the shoemaker's defense at Gmund comes back into focus.
The association Rettet den Tegernsee makes demands on the operator.
Rottach-Egern / Gmund - These days the members of the Association Rettet den Tegernsee wanted to come together for the general meeting in the Rottacher Seeforum.
As is currently the case with almost all meetings, the meeting was canceled due to the acute corona situation.
Chairman Andreas Scherzer had already invited a speaker on the topic of floods, the very own topic of the association.
In his annual report he would probably have admitted that the long-fought battle to remove sludge from the Schwaighof Bay has now been shelved for the time being.
As is well known, the state government had decided that nature in the Schwaighof Bay should have upper water and that restoration measures should begin.
Scherzer would have sworn the members present - the action alliance currently has around 120, at least 80 percent are affected by floods or its damage, according to Scherzer - on a topic that he is currently focusing on: the shoemaker's defense in Gmund.
Association Save the Tegernsee to the shoemaker's defense: "It can't go on like this"
The weir is no longer functional, says Scherzer, it has to be renovated or rebuilt, "because it can't go on like this." The chairman cites the latest observations. On August 31, when continuous rain poured over the Tegernsee valley, he and his colleagues claim to have seen that the dust rescuers at the weir were not killed in time. "The operator then claimed that this was not correct, but we have pictures and videos to prove it," says Scherzer. He knows that talks are now underway between the operator of the weir, the Gmund paper mill, the district office and the Rosenheim water management office (WWA). He had this in writing from District Administrator Olaf von Löwis. At a recent public event in Bad Wiessee on the subject of floods, it was also mentioned.“Heavy rain events like this year on the Ahr could happen again at any time,” Scherzer quoted Andreas Holderer from WWA.
Renewal of the water law notification required
What would happen if 200 liters of rain per square meter did not come down on Tegernsee on four or five days like in 2013, but on two days?
The association now wants to commission an extrapolation.
"The weir is now what we are concentrating on," repeats Scherzer, who is also calling for the water law notification to be renewed.
This dates from 1974 and was last renewed in 2003.
This regulates when the operator of the weir must move the dust savers in the Mangfall and thus accelerate the drainage of the Tegernsee over the Mangfall.
After the state government's ambitious plans to regulate floods at Tegernsee were overturned, another point is important to the association: the dredging of the Mangfall at the outlet of the lake.
“The mud has to get out of there,” demands Scherzer.
All in all, one thing is certain for him: "Time is of the essence."
The weir is totally functional.
Florian Kohler, owner of the handmade paper factory and operator of the weir.
While Andreas Holderer from WWA confirms that, after the failure of the big solution, there are now discussions about the shoemaker's defense, the operator, Florian Kohler, head of handmade paper, steps on the brakes: “The weir is totally functional,” Kohler says vehemently, “even if it is is over a hundred years old. ”He could not understand why the association around Andreas Scherzer was circulating“ recurring untruths ”and creating an“ artificial conflict of interest ”. “The polemics are simply unspeakable.” The fact that the dust savers, like in August, were killed in good time and even before the critical mark was recorded and documented by witnesses. Kohler also refutes the assumption that dust rescuers would only not be killed because more electricity could then be produced for the factory. "The opposite is the case.In addition, our company buildings suffer the most when the water from the Mangfall hits our walls. ”And one more point is important to Kohler: If the boards were kept down, the lake would dry out for at least 67 days a year and a bad smell would spread in Rottach . "
Something is brewing over the weir on the Mangfall.
While Scherzer is ready, as has been the case with every one of his projects, to move forward with determination, Kohler is still exercising genteel restraint.
Yet.
He wants to try again soon with clarification, an on-site appointment at the end of October should help to smooth the waves.
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