Icking: District office wants to remove trailers in the forest kindergarten - community is strong

Created: 07/31/2022, 17:30

By: Franca Winkler

A town sign in Icking.

© Susanne Hauck

Icking/Irschenhausen - In the Irschenhausen forest kindergarten, there has been a fight for about a year and a half for the indispensable heated construction trailer, for which the district office has not yet given approval.

Now the municipality of Icking is getting involved.

At the last municipal council meeting, kindergarten manager Anette Hemme reported on her unfortunate situation.

"It's been going back and forth for so long, and yet we don't get any building permits," says Hemme.

The trailer, which was purchased a few years ago with the support of the community, is to be removed after an inspection, according to the district office, as it would "impair the natural character of the landscape".

The office announced in a letter in 2020 that there were fears of a "consolidation of a splinter settlement".

Only the trailer, which serves as a material truck, is allowed to stay.

In the months that followed, the kindergarten tried to obtain approval, also with the support of a lawyer.

Since the kindergarten management now fears that the building application will be rejected, help is sought from the Icking municipal council and was met with open ears at the meeting: Mayor Verena Reithmann (UBI) promised not to let the kindergarten down.

"The Ickinger municipal council does not see the danger of a splinter settlement being created by the construction trailer," reports Reithmann.

Good things

Stefan Fischer, who is responsible for the daycare centers in the community, also emphasizes: "We want to find a solution that is accessible to everyone." The first talks with the office are to be held in the coming week.

People are in good spirits in kindergarten, reports Hemme.

The demands on the quality of childcare have changed.

Even in a forest kindergarten, people no longer just want to play in the mud, "we have such great materials," but it's also about having a heated room for the children.

For warming up in sub-zero temperatures, but also for the mealtime.

It's about "not dripping water from wet clothes into the soup," Hemme explains.

The head of the town hall also sees it this way: "It should be possible for clothes to be changed and the children to sit down to dry for lunch."