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The rows were well filled on Friday evening at the citizens' meeting in the Alpine Festival Hall.
Mayor Stefan Klaffenbacher (left) looked back on the year 2023.
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Around 130 women and men came to the Lenggrieser citizens' meeting on Friday.
One topic that took up a lot of space was refugee accommodation.
Lenggries - It was a quiet citizens' meeting on Friday evening in the Lenggries Alpine Festival Hall.
Around 130 visitors filled the rows.
In his annual report, which lasted about an hour, Mayor Stefan Klaffenbacher (FWG) looked back (report follows).
It was also about the issue of asylum.
It was the topic “that concerned us the most,” he confessed.
Construction of the accommodation on Scharfreiter Straße is currently underway.
A maximum of 100 refugees will be accommodated there.
“The containers will be delivered in the next two weeks, so we assume that the accommodation will be ready for occupancy in May.” As on Scharfreiter Straße, a private property owner has also offered a property as a location on the barracks area.
Around 100 places are planned.
The building application is pending approval at the district building office.
“The decision should be relatively clear,” says Klaffenbacher.
Klaffenbacher: “Reaching the limit”
With 178 refugees currently admitted, the community is not meeting its quota.
70 more places would be needed - and the number is rising because the allocations to the district do not stop.
“The challenges for our society are enormous,” said Klaffenbacher.
“We are noticeably reaching the limit.” The municipalities are “powerless”.
A rethink by the federal government would be necessary.
District Administrator Josef Niedermaier (FW), who came to Lenggries to give a welcoming speech, once again called for this.
In a letter agreed with the 21 mayors, he asks Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser to “finally implement effective measures to combat illegal migration.”
The current access numbers are “simply no longer manageable”.
The population's acceptance of new accommodation is dwindling or no longer exists.
And the fact that the district office is legally forced to approve new accommodations against the will of the communities “leads to a lack of understanding and massive anger among the city and municipal councils and the mayors.
Lawsuits against the relevant building permits are now the order of the day,” writes Niedermaier.
Will the container accommodation on Geiersteinstraße be closed down?
“It upsets me that there is no political solution,” said the district administrator in his welcoming speech.
This is about a solution that takes into account the needs of the municipalities, but with which the federal government also fulfills its tasks.
3,200 refugees live in the district.
A further 1,000 places are currently being planned.
The locations required for this are mostly in the three cities, which already significantly overfill the quota.
That causes dissatisfaction.
“Fronts have emerged here,” reported Niedermaier from the mayoral meetings.
The district tried to impose a more equal distribution with some pressure, but failed in court.
Niedermaier continued that he knew that there was also criticism of the new locations in Lenggries.
“And I can understand that in some areas,” he said.
As a concession, the district administrator signaled that the container accommodation on Geiersteinstrasse will be closed down in the medium term.
The containers that were purchased used almost ten years ago have reached the end of their lifespan.
In addition, the community will probably need the area from 2026 onwards for all-day care for primary school children.
District Administrator: Sending buses back doesn't help
Niedermaier said he is often asked why he doesn't send the buses with the refugees back.
From his point of view, that doesn't make sense.
“I have colleagues who have tried it,” he said.
This creates a moment of media attention – “and two buses come back two weeks later”.
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The division in society cannot be explained away, said the district administrator.
“A democratic discourse is desired, but not bashing each other.” It is essential that “we do not lose cohesion any further.”
Citizen calls for more openness
For listener Sabine Pfister, “the citizens who are not afraid when the next bus comes with asylum seekers” were neglected in these statements.
Integration doesn’t happen “if you talk the way you talk.
This doubles the citizens’ fears,” she criticized Klaffenbacher and Niedermaier.
Her appeal is to “not see it so negatively” and to reach out to the new residents.
The topic will not go away again.
“And if we all do a little bit, maybe it can be quite nice,” said Pfister.
In this context, Klaffenbacher promoted the helper group.
“We are still a little weak.” Anyone who would like to participate should contact the community's integration officer, Maya Nazarova, via email at integration@lenggries.de
Citizens have numerous questions on various topics
When asked questions from citizens, Michaela Reiter wanted to know whether a shelter was planned for the bus stop in Anger.
15 children would be waiting there for the bus.
Mayor Stefan Klaffenbacher had good news.
“The house is already planned.
As soon as the building yard can accommodate this in time, the project will be implemented.” Jürgen Baltes asked whether the municipality already had a concept for municipal heat planning.
Klaffenbacher first explained the background.
“When planning heat, the municipality examines what climate-friendly supply could look like on a district-by-district basis.
That doesn’t mean that every house has to or can be connected to a local heating network.” In fact, there is currently no funding for heat planning.
As soon as there is something new from the state and federal government, the topic will be taken up.
The citizen also wanted to know to what extent the Lenggries power grid could tolerate the installation of heat pumps, PV systems and wall boxes.
This is the area of responsibility of Bayernwerke, said Klaffenbacher.
“They are gradually expanding the network.” The Penzberg office alone is currently investing 40 million euros here.
Anderl Meyr asked whether the community had its own emergency plans for disasters.
No, replied Klaffenbacher.
Disaster protection is the responsibility of the states and is implemented by the district office.
Here you are prepared.
“I see additional community elaboration as difficult.” However, there are emergency plans for our own critical infrastructure such as the water supply.
Why is Lenggrieser's tax capacity so bad?
Werner Hüttl asked why the tax capacity in Lenggries was so bad.
Converted to the population, only Bichl and Wackersberg receive less taxes than Lenggries.
“We’ve always been in the back quarter here,” Klaffenbacher said.
Münsing is in first place.
“They have a lot of high-income citizens, our income structure is lower.” Ultimately, this could only be improved through tax increases.
“But we are acting very carefully here.”
Sibylle Reuter does not want to accept that the current district nursing home will be demolished as soon as the new building is completed.
The former Lenggrieser hospital has a significant impact on the townscape.
In addition, after renovation it could be available as affordable housing.
“I am making a request not to demolish it.” The local council would be happy to look into this again, said Klaffenbacher.
“But the decision was made two years ago.” The rear part of the building had to be demolished for fire safety reasons because it was too close to the new building.
Renovating the old hospital is simply not worthwhile considering the substance.
However, when developing the barracks area, efforts are being made to create affordable living space.
Statutes for citizens' meeting rejected
Finally, Werner Hüttl wanted to persuade the assembly to introduce its own statutes for the citizens' assembly.
Less accountability from the mayor and more opportunities for discussion for citizens are the goals.
Hüttl referred to the statutes of the city of Starnberg.
“I can happily keep it shorter,” said Klaffenbacher.
“But I don’t know if everyone sees it the way you do.” Hüttl’s application was rejected by a very large majority.