After the G7 summit: 12.4 million euros in “pain and suffering” for Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Created: 07/17/2022, 06:27

By: Andreas Seiler

The market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen had to bear the brunt of the burden during the G7 summit.

She is royally rewarded for this – in the form of rental and leasing income as well as subsidies.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen – When it was clear a good six months ago that the G7 summit would be held at Schloss Elmau for the second time after 2015, the Mayor of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Elisabeth Koch (CSU), was certain: “We can prevent it Not.

We have to make the best of it.” So the lawyer negotiated in order to get the “best possible financial result” for her home community, as she explained in a final balance sheet on Tuesday evening at the town hall meeting in the Kongresshaus (Richard-Strauss-Saal).

The efforts have paid off.

Because the total income that Garmisch-Partenkirchen and its companies received or are still receiving from the federal and state governments is considerable.

If you add it all up, according to Koch, it is 12.4 million euros - a big cash injection for the permanently cash-strapped municipality.

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There was a large police presence around the protests against the G7 summit in Elmau.

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Massive restrictions

In this context, the CSU politician speaks frankly of "pain and suffering".

In fact, as a G7 hotspot, the district town had to suffer the heaviest burdens, even though the actual meeting of the heads of state and government of the seven most powerful western industrial nations took place a few kilometers away at the end of June in the luxury hotel in the Elmauer valley.

"We had massive restrictions," said Koch.

"All social life is flat." The market not only temporarily turned into a police fortress with numerous barriers and controls, this is also where most of the demos and protests took place.

From a purely economic point of view, Garmisch-Partenkirchen still made a good cut: The rental and leasing of municipal properties alone brought 4.2 million euros into the coffers.

The objects confiscated included the ski stadium (police and justice centre), the ice sports center (police) and the congress center (federal police).

The fact that parking spaces and public areas were used, for example for the media center on Hausberg, brought in a further 1.6 million euros.

There are also subsidies that Koch estimates at 6.8 million euros.

There are subsidies, for example, for the renewal of the iron bridge in the Partnachklamm, securing the Ferchenbach, the Alpspitz wave pool and, above all, the fire brigades in the two districts.

The list of purchases for firefighters is long.

It ranges from vehicles and protective equipment to equipment such as thermal imaging cameras.

On the other hand, the expenses, for example for legal fees, were limited.

They amounted to only 160,000 euros.

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Manageable response: A good 100 visitors came to the town hall meeting in the Kongresshaus.

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Investment in accessibility

The intriguing question that now arises is: What does the church do with all the money that is in the form of cash assets in its account?

Koch speaks of a good 3.2 million euros.

"The desires will increase immediately," predicted the local boss, but ruled out distribution according to the watering can principle: "We can't go through the village and give everyone a thousand dollars." The decision as to what to do with the free funds , the municipal council must fall.

Koch has a suggestion: an investment in the accessibility of the place.

The background: Garmisch-Partenkirchen is the host town for the Special Olympics 2023 in Berlin and will then house a delegation.

You can find more current news about the 2022 summit at Merkur.de/G7-Gipfel Elmau