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By: Christof Schnürer
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Topic with traction: When it comes to their Kranzberg, the Mittenwalders speak up © Christof Schnürer
The Kranzberg releases emotions in Mittenwalders.
The symposium initiated by the SPD on Thursday evening, which was about the future of the natural jewel, revealed this clearly and clearly.
But no one has a panacea after a dreary winter season.
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– “We won’t give up!” When Klaus Wurmer (51) speaks these three fighting words, he almost takes his breath away.
He leaves the lectern with tears in his eyes.
Everyone in the room now knows what the Kranzberg means to them.
For Wurmer and his family, who have been running ski lifts up there for 54 years, it is the mountain of fate par excellence.
But dark clouds are building over Mittenwald's sunny side.
The winter was a flop and so was the ski season at the Luttensee and Wildensee lifts.
But in times of climate change, how can slopes between 1,100 and 1,300 meters above sea level be maintained and thus provide work and bread for a long-established family?
What should the future look like on the Kranzberg in general?
The two SPD local councilors Ursula Seydel and Bärbel Rauch also asked themselves these questions.
In order to get an idea of the city hall's work and to get help in making decisions, they invited people to the Kranzberg symposium at the Posthotel on Thursday evening.
And for the two organizers, unexpectedly many people followed their call.
“I’m overwhelmed,” said Seydel, looking at around a hundred faces.
“We at the SPD are not used to such a casserole.”
But the Kranzberg moves, even when the Reds are calling in the pitch-black Mittenwald.
One thing quickly became clear on this evening of tears, appeals and emotions: yes to the Wurmers family ski area, no to experiments!
At the Forum in der Post, the designated mountain bike route requested by the bike club – known in modern German as the flow trail – also fell into this category.
“Stay away from Kranzberg!” warned the long-time ski club boss Wolfgang Schwind.
“A flow trail has no place up there.” Christoph Sprenger, one of the many landowners on the Kranzberg, echoed the same sentiments.
As a warning example, he cites the course in Oberammergau, which is used “95 percent” by day trippers.
“They just leave dirt there and nothing else.” No contradiction among the listeners.
Bad cards for bike club chairman Heinz Pfeffer, who was sorely missed as a speaker that evening.
If only he could have given important information about the flow trail.
Answering questions: Mayor Enrico Corongiu (r.) with (from left) SPD councilor Bärbel Rauch, head of tourism Manuel Huber, municipal works manager Matthias Pöll and SPD councilor and moderator Ursula Seydel.
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Heinz Mohr, former head of the Olympic base in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, once again called for solidarity with the lift operators.
“This ski area must be preserved in the medium term, at least for two generations.” And be it through improved snowmaking.
Mohr cannot count on any money from the town hall.
“Direct funding is not possible,” emphasized Mayor Enrico Corongiu (SPD).
“But there is a gray area,” replied the former ski association coach.
“We discussed it and decided,” recalls Corongiu.
“But we were not allowed to implement the decision.” According to Corongiu, only the state and federal government can support private companies.
Large investments do not necessarily guarantee success.
Community works manager Matthias Pöll
Listener Stefan Wallisch could only shake his head.
“We have no chance, it's all a big joke!” Community works boss Matthias Pöll replied to him: “Private people can support.” According to him, it only happened in Switzerland.
The energy expert had previously warned against costly activism with reference to the neighboring Tyrolean town of Seefeld.
“Large investments do not necessarily guarantee success.” Pöll urged a “certain degree of caution” in the possible redesign of the Kranzberg.
At the same time, he warned against creating a recreational area where hikers and cyclists would get in each other's way.
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Christian Edlhuber, who undeterred and dreams of reopening his Kranzberg summit lift, which was closed in 2005, could imagine a two to four kilometer long cross-country ski trail network to give winter tourists at least a little bit of snow fun.
Stern landlady Petra Musch, meanwhile, made a passionate plea for the preservation of the alpine ski area on the Kranzberg.
The bitter hours of the lift operators up there – “that hurts my heart”.
She asked everyone to have an “unconditional will” to stand up for the Wurmers and their ski paradise.
If I'm against everything, then I don't need to complain anymore.
Second Mayor Georg Seitz
“It would be important if we came to a consensus on Kranzberg,” said Ludwig Knilling, landlord and long-time CSU local councilor.
Especially since the chairlift, which opened in 1950, is “no longer up to date”.
But even the “Kuin-Luggi” knows how miserably the lofty plans for a four-seater chairlift collapsed in 2019 due to the veto of some property owners.
Which, according to Second Mayor Georg Seitz (Free Voters), has primarily to do with the chronic alienation of many Mittenwald residents from innovations.
“If I'm against everything, then I don't need to complain anymore.” Seitz asked the group why projects under the Karwendel have always failed recently, only to give the answer himself: “Because of the commonality.” This should now be done by a group of willing people Local patriots can now be rekindled, at least in the Kranzberg case.
At least one concrete result.