SGT, BN and animal rights activists: Organizations criticize bike park plans on Oedberg

Created: 12/15/2022, 11:12 am

By: Fridolin Thanner

Practice routes and a pump track are also part of the plans for the bike park on the Oedberg.

© Fridolin Thanner

Gmund - There is resistance to the plans to build a bike park on the Oedberg near Gmund: SGT, BN and animal rights activists are against it.

Both the Tegernseer Tal Protection Association (SGT) and the Tegernseer Tal Animal Welfare Association as well as the district group in the Bund Naturschutz have formulated their rejection.

The SGT criticizes that "an originally well-intentioned parents' initiative leads to the destruction of the landscape".

Angela Brogsitter-Finck, Chairwoman of the SGT, recalls that parents initially wanted to build a free bike park for their children and other young people who were cycling enthusiasts.

But this project is "instrumentalised by commercial thinking and integrated into a project that would result in further destruction of nature in a sensitive and protected area".

Several locations were discussed, but they turned out to be unsuitable.

In the meantime, the Bike Crew Tegernsee GmbH was founded to realize the plans.

And the Oedberg was chosen as the location.

There, the park is part of the leisure facility and thus "a commercial real estate and investment property for paying guests and tourists," explains Brogsittter-Finck.

She finds: "Young people are the losers."

And nature.

The BN district group rejects the change in the land use plan and the development plan and gives four reasons.

The planned area is in the landscape protection area and affects the adjacent water protection area.

In addition, the BN district group fears negative effects on species and biotope protection, including for capercaillie.

In addition, the BN criticizes the insufficient connection by public transport.

This will “lead to further, unreasonable burdens due to the majority of people arriving by private car,” predicts Manfred Burger, the district group chairman.

The animal protection association Tegernseer Tal fears that grazing areas will be lost and that cows will no longer be able to go outside.

In addition, an existing wildlife crossing will be destroyed.