As of: February 4, 2024, 3:20 p.m
By: Christina Jachert-Maier, Gabi Werner
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Rottach-Egern town hall © Thomas Plettenberg
Should the old Rottach town hall be demolished or renovated?
Citizens decide on this question.
The voting location will be open until 6 p.m. today.
A preliminary result is expected around 8 p.m.
Rottach-Egern
- For months, the topic was discussed controversially and sometimes emotionally in Rottach-Egern and beyond.
This Sunday is the day of the decision: Citizens are called upon to vote on whether their historic town hall should be demolished and replaced by a new building or whether large parts should be preserved and renovated.
Many had already cast their vote in advance by postal vote, and today they have the opportunity to do so at the voting station in the school until 6 p.m.
As of Thursday, 11 a.m., 2,475 of the 4,871 eligible voters had already cast their vote by post.
Participation in the referendum at this time was 50.81 percent.
This is the very first Rottach referendum.
Citizens' petition for the preservation and renovation of the town hall
Gunther Mair initiated it almost single-handedly.
He decided to start a citizens' initiative because the protest against the demolition decided by the local council was growing.
The spokesman was Stefan Berghammer, who, together with Marco Zimmermann, founded the Rottach-Egern Support and Protection Association (FSG). The aim was to preserve the striking clock tower.
The FSG had also collected signatures, but is hesitant to organize a citizens' initiative.
The FSG later declared itself to be a supporter of the citizens' initiative.
The local council unanimously approved the new building
The local council continues to unanimously adhere to the new building plan.
He passed a council proposal.
The citizens therefore have to vote on two requests.
Voting under observation
There was a lot of tension beforehand.
The FSG announced that it would observe the vote.
The group wants to post representatives in all four counting rooms.
Meanwhile, election officials Mayor Christian Köck and managing director Gerhard Hofmann angrily reject subtle insinuations that the vote could be manipulated.
As always, the municipality carried out the vote with the utmost care in accordance with the law.