As of: March 9, 2024, 12:00 p.m
By: Franziska Seliger
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Don't want a blue light center in the forest between Nonnenwaldstrasse and Grube: (from left) The residents Anita and Werner Eck as well as Alfred Rieger would like the forest behind their residential complex to be preserved.
It wasn't just birds and squirrels that lived there.
The three say that deer are also spotted every now and then.
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The residents in the area of Nonnenwaldstrasse in Penzberg fear even more noise and the loss of value of their properties if a rescue center is built in the forest behind their properties.
They also want to preserve the forest as a habitat for animals.
Penzberg - City architect Justus Klement presented the idea for a rescue center between Nonnenwaldstrasse and Grube at the most recent meeting of the building committee.
In February, he was actually looking for a location for a new BRK building and suggested building an entire “rescue center” for BRK, police and fire departments in the forest not far from the Hagebaumarkt.
It was also said that additional commercial space could be created in the area closer to Nonnenwaldstrasse.
High noise protection and development costs are feared
Residents in this area react with concern to the considerations.
One of them is Werner Eck.
He had already turned to the city with various objections in January, when the area was first mentioned as the preferred location for the new BRK building.
In an email to Mayor Stefan Korpan, which is available to the local newspaper, he criticizes, among other things, the deforestation of the forest, which is a habitat for numerous wild animals.
The city already no longer has any compensation areas.
In addition, expensive noise protection measures would be necessary for the location and the development costs would be high.
The fact that an entire rescue center could now be built worries Eck and other residents even more.
In an interview with the local newspaper, the energy consultant, his wife Anita and neighbor Alfred Rieger estimate that around 150 residents would be affected by the project.
“The majority are against it,” Eck knows from conversations with neighbors.
The residents of Nonnenwaldstrasse are already being massively affected by noise.
Eck points out the window at a noise barrier.
He built this himself after the city had not provided such protection for a long time.
If the rescue center is built, he and his colleagues fear that the noise pollution will continue to increase around the clock;
on the one hand through the rescue organizations, on the other hand through potential new commercial enterprises.
Forest area as a green corridor for animals
It is still relatively quiet in the rear area of the residential complex.
The traffic noise from Nonnenwaldstrasse only penetrates here at a muffled level.
Birds are chirping.
The forest area borders the complex with around 21 terraced houses.
You can often see squirrels in the forest, says Alfred Rieger.
Frogs lived in a pond.
Every now and then you can also spot a deer.
For these animals, the forest appears to be an important green corridor to other forest areas in the city.
Werner Eck emphasizes that such green belts also have an important function for people in a city.
As you can read on the Federal Environment Ministry's website, the foliage of the trees doesn't just absorb noise.
It also ensures cooler temperatures in times of climate change.
In addition, nature is good for the human soul.
Many cities are already trying to bring in more greenery, says Anita Eck.
“But deforestation continues in Penzberg,” says Alfred Rieger, irritated.
While other cities are becoming greener and greener, Penzberg is becoming more and more of a “gray city”.
“We have a green party in Penzberg,” adds Werner Eck.
He is surprised that their members are not standing up against the project.
Resident is considering selling his house
If the forest gives way to a rescue center and the residential buildings are converted, Eck and his wife also fear for the value of their property.
“We will then just be an island of traffic and noise,” says Anita Eck.
“We will then no longer have any living value.” Alfred Rieger can imagine selling his house in this case.
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In the opinion of the three residents, there are certainly better locations for a rescue center;
for example in the area opposite the new residential area on Birkenstrasse, where the construction site facilities were housed.
Here “at least you don’t have to cut down any forest.”
In Eck's opinion, the parking lot at the Campendonk Museum could also be considered for the BRK alone.
But the rescue organization rejected this area - as well as other alternative locations.
“I have the impression that the BRK rejects all the locations offered just to get the big solution,” says Werner Eck.
By “big solution” he means building a rescue center.
Signature campaign conceivable
He reacts irritably to the local newspaper's latest report on possible sales of municipal properties.
Some of these could certainly be considered as BRK locations;
for example the site of the former slaughterhouse.
“It surprises me that areas that are undeveloped and for which no forest would have to be sacrificed should be sold.”
First, the three would like to wait and see what the building committee's next decision is.
Discussions will take place again at one of the next meetings.
If the considerations are retained, Eck would like to ask nature conservation for a statement on “how they feel about the plans”.
The three residents can also imagine a signature campaign.