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"Decadence in the Allgäu": Municipality buys 25,000 euro Christmas tree - and receives criticism

2022-12-23T04:13:55.665Z


"Decadence in the Allgäu": Municipality buys 25,000 euro Christmas tree - and receives criticism Created: 2022-12-23 05:07 By: Tanja Kipke The fir tree was transported from the Sauerland to Bavaria with a heavy-duty truck. (Iconic image) © Julian Stratenschulte/dpa/Archive The holiday resort of Oberstdorf is currently receiving criticism. The small community put up a 25,000 euro Christmas tree


"Decadence in the Allgäu": Municipality buys 25,000 euro Christmas tree - and receives criticism

Created: 2022-12-23 05:07

By: Tanja Kipke

The fir tree was transported from the Sauerland to Bavaria with a heavy-duty truck.

(Iconic image) © Julian Stratenschulte/dpa/Archive

The holiday resort of Oberstdorf is currently receiving criticism.

The small community put up a 25,000 euro Christmas tree.

For many, this causes misunderstanding.

Oberstdorf – In the Allgäu holiday resort of Oberstdorf, a huge Christmas tree towers over the market square.

The price of the fir should amount to 25,000 euros.

According to several media reports, the market town with almost 10,000 inhabitants had the Christmas tree transported about 600 kilometers from the Sauerland to Bavaria.

Oberstdorf buys a Christmas tree for 25,000 euros – and receives criticism online

The criticism on the net follows promptly.

On Twitter, the price angers some.

"We have more than 60 million debts, but fetch the Christmas tree from 600 km away, when there is enough forest on our doorstep...", someone gets angry.

Another person wrote: "Wow.

What more meaningful things could you have done with almost 25,000 euros?

So much money for a single Christmas tree?

Does it actually hack with you in Oberstdorf?

I can not believe it."

Others titled the action with the words "Decadence in the Allgäu" or "The terrible Christmas tree drama in the Allgäu".

The municipal administration was initially unable to comment on the Christmas tree on Thursday.

From the Sauerland by heavy transport to the Allgäu

According to the

Allgäuer Zeitung

, the municipality commissioned a company to deliver the Christmas tree by heavy transport for 24,850 euros.

The tree was then transported through half of Germany.

In the past, the community-owned municipal companies would have brought a Christmas tree from the region and put it up on the market square themselves.

According to the administration, this is no longer possible for security reasons, the newspaper reported.

(dpa/tkip)

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Source: merkur

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