The Hotel Ludwig, which has been uninhabited for years, is to serve as refugee accommodation from 1 July. © Dominik Bartl
The wave of refugees has now also reached Murnau. From 1 July, the vacant Hotel Ludwig in a prime location will accommodate people who have fled crisis and war zones. According to the plans of the district office, 50 people seeking asylum will find accommodation in the old Tengelmann market from autumn. In order to involve the citizens, an information event is planned.
Murnau – The residential area is one of the most beautiful spots in Murnau. Quite a few think it is the most attractive that the market town has to offer. Large plots of land, on which neat houses stand, are lined up next to each other. It is said that the Murnau money aristocracy is at home there. The extensive and listed Seidlpark is the jewel of the area. Within walking distance of the green Murnau oasis is the Hotel Ludwig. A former three-star hotel that has been vacant for years because the municipality and the investor cannot come to an agreement. The real estate company wants to realize residential development on the approximately 7000 square meter site, parts of the local council apparently favor a new hotel.
Local residents express criticism
One thing has been clear for a few days. The old Hotel Ludwig, a 1970s building, will soon be back to life. Craftsmen have been working there for a few weeks now. Dr. Fabian Welz-Reitinger, who lives in the immediate vicinity with his family, knows that the more than 50-room house will become a refugee shelter. It is not the fact that people who have fled war, terror and miserable living conditions will find a (temporary) place to stay there that bothers him, but the information policy pursued by the Garmisch-Partenkirchen District Office and Mayor Rolf Beuting (ÖDP/Bürgerforum). Welz-Reitinger (44) had written an e-mail to Beuting when he learned that refugees were probably moving into the Hotel Ludwig and prayed for clarification. "I haven't received a response to date," he says. You can't seriously expect a former hotel to be filled with asylum seekers and refugees, not to take the citizens with you, not to have an integration concept and think that it will work. "Trouble is programmed," he says. He expects a representative of the market, "preferably the mayor", and representatives of the district office to come and talk to the residents. "They should be there and communicate." Alice Kremer (83) also makes the demand. The resident feels "confronted with a fait accompli. That's not how you treat the citizen."
Vacancy since 2013: 50 people are to move into the former Tengelmann market in Lindenthal. © Roland Lory
The district office and the market town of Murnau confirmed yesterday in response to a Tagblatt inquiry that the first refugees will actually move into the Hotel Ludwig on 1 July. And both administrations intend to allay the concerns. According to a joint press release, the market town council was informed in advance on March 30 in a closed meeting under the agenda item inquiries and announcements. Mayor Beuting turned to the district office on April 3 with the request to clarify open questions and to hold an information event well before the opening of the accommodation. At the end of April, the district authority informed Murnau that the contract with the landlord had been signed.
The date for the information event is being planned. It will be attended by employees of the Immigration Office as well as the Integration Officer. They present the concept of how on-site support should take place and answer open questions. "Open communication with each other is very important to me. It is essential to involve citizens in this issue in particular," explains Beuting. That is why they are in close coordination with the district office. In principle, the Murnau market will always support the district in implementing the obligations arising from the admission of refugees. "This makes all the more sense if these are not gyms, but vacant properties."
Probst: It's not enough to have a roof over your head
In Welf Probst's opinion, a roof over one's head alone is not enough for people who have fled crisis and war zones. The new citizens would have to be "looked after" and not just eke out an existence in the accommodation. "Then the acceptance in the population will grow," says the local councillor of the Free Voters, who lives in the vicinity of the Seidlpark.
The Hotel Ludwig, however, is not the only building on the market that will apparently accommodate refugees in the future. The district office intends to set up accommodation for about 50 people in the former Tengelmann building in Murnau's Lindenthal. To do this, the property will probably have to be extensively rebuilt. "The planning phase is still ongoing. An opening is planned for late summer/autumn 2023," says spokesman Wolfgang Rotzsche. The former Tengelmann branch has been empty since November 2013. The Munich-based company Vispiron wants to build two ecological residential buildings on the site. In February 2022, the district office had issued the final approval. But because the construction costs exploded this year, the demolition of the old supermarket and the groundbreaking ceremony for the new building are in the stars.
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The same applies to the costs incurred by the Garmisch-Partenkirchen District Office for renting the Hotel Ludwig and the Tengelmann Market. The district authority was silent yesterday in this regard. The questions of how many people are to move into the Hotel Ludwig and whether it is known from which countries the refugees come also remained unanswered. For the residents around the hotel, who are plagued by diffuse fears, this is apparently a matter of importance. "What if it's mainly young men who move in? I'd be afraid of that," says a woman who wishes to remain anonymous. She would prefer that only Ukrainian mothers with their children would be given shelter in the hotel.
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