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The former “Weidachklause” on Weidachstrasse in Peiting will be an accommodation for asylum seekers from March 1st.
The district office has rented the building from an investor on a long-term basis.
Keep the sports hall as clear as possible © schlotterer-fuchs
Peiting is getting another accommodation for asylum seekers: According to information in our newspaper, the former “Weidachklause” restaurant on Weidachstrasse will be rented by the district office for refugees from March 1st.
Peiting
- People haven't celebrated there for a long time: The former “Weidachklause” on Weidachstrasse in Peiting is clearly in need of renovation.
There's been knocking and hammering inside for days.
The building should be ready for occupancy by March 1st: 30 to 35 people with a migrant background will find refuge there in the middle of the town.
Last Wednesday, the Peiting District Office informed Mayor Peter Ostenrieder about this, as Bernhard Pössinger from the Asylum and Integration Contact Point in the Weilheim-Schongau District Office confirmed yesterday at the request of the Schongauer Nachrichten.
The district has signed a rental agreement with the owner.
The district office has worked with this investor several times
According to Pössinger, the owner is an investor with whom the district office is not working for the first time.
However, for the first time at a property in Peiting.
According to Pössinger, renting the “Weidachklause” is a “long-term story”.
“Accommodation in apartments and residential buildings gives us a bit of a buffer,” explains the office expert.
After all, the emergency shelters in the district are just emergency shelters.
“The goal is to get people out of the halls.”
According to Bernhard Pössinger, a so-called “mixed occupancy” is planned for the building.
That means: “We plan to accommodate families and individuals there from March 1st.”
Market Peiting not involved in location determination
When asked by Schongauer Nachrichten, Mayor Peter Ostenrieder emphasized that “the Peiting market was not involved in finding the location.”
It is a direct contact between the owner and the district office.
And that's what Peter Ostenrieder said in the annual interview on the subject of refugees.
However: “Due to the current refugee situation, we were of course aware that the district office was looking for accommodation options across the district.
It was therefore to be expected that additional accommodation would also be created in Peiting.”
Yesterday, Thursday, the Peitingen community leader addressed the neighbors of the future asylum seekers' accommodation.
Ostenrieder goes on to make it clear: “It must be clear to us that – if no such housing offers can be offered or accepted – the next solution should be to occupy sports halls.” This could have been avoided in the district so far.
However, this is already being practiced in neighboring districts.
“At the moment we have to assume that further corresponding accommodations can be expected.”
There are now 158 asylum seekers and 78 war refugees from Ukraine in Peiting
As of now, 158 asylum seekers are accommodated in Peiting.
There are also 78 war refugees from Ukraine.
This means that a total of 236 people are accommodated in the market town - the current population is 11,782.