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Would a much larger Schlierseer Hof (r.) destroy the townscape of Schliersee?
The critics think yes.
Whether the plans can be realized will probably be the subject of a referendum.
The local council still has to decide whether it is admissible.
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The circle of critics of the plans for the new building of the Schlierseer Hof is growing.
The State Association for Homeland Care is also extremely critical of the project.
Schliersee - The citizens' initiative that opposes the dimensions of a new Schliersee farm is once again receiving support from third parties.
In addition to the Miesbacher Kreis Architecture Forum around the former district architect Werner Pawlovsky, the Bavarian State Association for Local Heritage Preservation is now also opposing the plans.
He views the hotel plans “with great skepticism,” according to a press release.
In the association's opinion, the townscape of the community would be significantly affected if the plans were to be implemented.
As is well known, these envisage the demolition of the hotel on the lake and the adjoining commercial building to the north (former Seventeen Rübl) and the construction of a large complex - the "most desirable hotel in Germany", as Marcel de Alwis once called it when presenting it to the local council.
Club architect speaks of “oversized scale”
The critics of the owner family don't want to deny that either.
As usual, size is the bone of contention.
The length of almost 90 meters (from the first floor) and the maximum ridge height of 24 meters on six floors (including the ground floor) met with criticism from architect and urban planner Vinzenz Dufter, who is responsible for the house and settlement department at the regional association: “A building with This oversized scale does not fit into the existing townscape and does not do justice to the village character of Schliersee." The division into three components cannot mitigate the "massive appearance, as the three components are connected by intermediate buildings that reach almost to the eaves".
The hotel would end just two meters below the nave of St. Sixtus when measured from lake level.
The planners had always cited this as a positive aspect.
However, the state association views this very critically.
The state association also considers the available waterfront property to be too small for a hotel complex of the planned size.
According to Dufter, this is expressed “in an overused terraced landscape that no longer has anything in common with a recreational area near the bank.”
Managing director “strongly advises against” and suggests an architectural competition
The managing director of the regional association, Rudolf Neumaier, concludes: “We strongly advise against the current planned development and finding alternative solutions for a hotel that fits into the local context.” In his opinion, it would be best to do so ecological reasons to preserve the existing building and convert it according to the requirements of a modern hotel operation.
The de Alwis family, the owners, had already ruled this out.
Even after renovation, you will not be able to compete with the existing building.
Neumaier continued: “If demolition were really necessary, an architectural competition would be necessary, in which the participants would certainly deliver better designs than the one at hand.”
The regional association also fears that hotel guests would be hermetically kept away from the place instead of allowing it to participate and benefit from tourism.
Here too, the developers state opposite goals.
In the past, the local history association had also expressed criticism of the Saurüsselalm and the Forsthaus Valepp (“classy restaurant for exclusive audiences”).