Report of embezzlement: Denklingen's mayor speaks out

Created: 05/18/2022, 10:00 am

Andreas Braunegger mayor in Denklingen.

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Contrary to what was announced at the citizens' meeting, Denklingen's mayor, Andreas Braunegger, made a public statement about criminal charges of embezzlement.

A woman from the village made the announcement very hard.

From the point of view of the citizen, strips on Birkenstrasse and above all a municipal green space on Lorenz-Paul-Strasse were sold too cheaply to residents for 89.50 euros per square meter.

They also included local councilors and people from their families.

At the citizens' meeting at the end of March, the head of the town hall did not want to comment on the accusation made by Denklingerin ("a clear clientele policy that has found its way") and criticism of unanswered emails (we reported).

Why?

Braunegger justified this by saying that the citizen concerned had reported him for embezzlement.

He will not publicly take a position in the ongoing proceedings.

But in the May issue of the monthly newsletter for Denklingen, Epfach and Dienhausen, which is distributed to all households and which is also posted on the Internet, Braunegger does deal with this topic in detail.

In January, while he was in the car, he was informed by the Fürstenfeldbruck criminal police that criminal investigations had been initiated against him as a private individual and also because of embezzlement.

"I can't explain this and I'm not aware of any guilt," the mayor wrote in his editorial in the mediation sheet from May.

He deals in detail with the topic of the rapidly increasing property prices and with the decision of the municipal council to raise the price per square meter from 89.50 euros to 166 euros per square meter from January 2021 due to the increase in the standard land value.

But the sales were processed or at least arranged beforehand – and that for a price of 89 euros.

The Denklinger citizen, on the other hand, argues that prices did not skyrocket in 2020.

Rather, the standard land value, which was used as a basis for the subsequent price increase, was already known when the "cheap property sales" to the councilors were made.

The price should therefore have “been applied” in 2020, explains the resident.

At the end of his contribution in the editorial, Braunegger adds that as soon as the matter has been legally clarified, he will announce the result to the public.

A question from the editors via e-mail as to why Braunegger had taken up this topic publicly before it was clarified and contrary to his answer at the citizens' meeting, remained unanswered.

The mayor was on vacation earlier this week.

JOHN JAIS

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