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The preservation of the regional cultural landscape is a goal of the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen landscape conservation association. The photo shows the view over Rampertshofen (municipality of Dietramszell) towards the Alpine chain. © Hans Lippert
The Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen landscape conservation association was founded in May 2022. Now managing director Markus Henning presented the association to the Wolfratshausen city council.
Wolfratshausen – The birth of the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen Landscape Conservation Association (LPV) was marked by complications. The attempt to bring agriculture, nature conservation and local politics together on an equal footing failed again and again. As reported, in May 2022 the time had finally come - at the most recent meeting of the city council, LPV managing director Markus Henning introduced the association, of which the city of Wolfratshausen is a member, to the elected representatives.
Preservation of the cultural landscape: “The south will also need us - as sorry as I am”
The aim of the LPV, chaired by Michael Häsch from Dietramszell, is to preserve the regional cultural landscape by, among other things, preparing fallow orchards for use again or reactivating alpine pastures and moor areas. For ecologically valuable areas that are not cultivated, the LPV can award the contract for maintenance - for example to farmers who can build up a second source of income. The procedure looks like this: If land has been identified for carrying out maintenance measures, the association submits a corresponding application to the Lower Nature Conservation Authority at the district office. After the formal examination in Bad Tölz, the government of Upper Bavaria will then decide on the project.
All measures will only take place after the consent of the landowners
To date, 15 municipalities from the district have joined the LPV - one of currently 70 in all of Bavaria. This includes the rafting town, “although Wolfratshausen only has a relatively small area,” as Henning noted. He emphasized the principle of the LPV, voluntariness. Only measures to which the property owners have expressly agreed in advance will be carried out. A sometimes problematic undertaking, because before wetting moors, for example, “up to 150 landowners have to be asked here and there”. But Henning has already been able to point to some successes: around 80,000 square meters of litter meadow were mowed in the Kochelsee Moor - a measure that benefits ground-nesting birds and small plants. In addition, more than 30 new fruit trees were planted in the Egling community.
It's a good story to preserve valuable habitat and rare animals.
City Councilor Dr. Manfred Fleischer (Wolfratshauser List)
“It finally worked,” said Dr. happily. Manfred Fleischer (Wolfratshauser List) on the founding of the landscape conservation association. The doctor of forestry believes it is “a good story to preserve valuable habitat and rare animals”. In Fleischer's eyes, the annual membership fee of 10,000 euros is a worthwhile investment. He received approval from Renate Tilke (CSU), who described the work of the nursing association as “incredibly important”. Third Mayor Annette Heinloth (Greens) and the parliamentary group leader of the Wolfratshausen Citizens' Association (BVW), Josef Praller, also gave words of praise.
“That was a good idea from Joseph Göppel,” said Heinloth. The Middle Franconian, who died in 2022, is considered the founder of the landscape conservation movement in Germany. The CSU politician, a member of the Bavarian State Parliament from 1994 to 2002 and a member of the Bundestag from 2002 to 2017, forged an alliance of farmers, conservationists and local politicians. In 1986, Göppel founded one of the first landscape conservation associations in Germany in Middle Franconia.
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There is still a “certain mistrust” among one or two farmers
It is a “shame” that the communities in the “agricultural south of our district” are still holding back when it comes to participating in the LPV, said Mayor Klaus Heilinglechner (BVW). However, he pointed out that there was still “a certain mistrust” among some farmers and forest owners after the designation of fauna-flora-habitat protected areas a few years ago, which was accompanied by a lot of dispute. For Bavaria's Environment Minister Thorsten Glauber (CSU) this is a reason to see the founding of the LPV in the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district as an opportunity. The nursing association can “bit by bit regain the trust that has been lost over the years,” said Glauber at the founding meeting in May 2022 in the district office in Bad Tölz.
The cultural landscape in the south of the district is “very well preserved,” emphasized LPV managing director Henning at the city council meeting. He responded to town hall boss Heilinglechner's advice with the words: "The south will also need us - I'm sorry."
Wolfratshausen pays 50 cents per resident membership fee
The nursing association is financed through membership fees - the district pays 75 cents per inhabitant per year, the cities and municipalities each pay 50 cents - plus around 40,000 euros for personnel costs from the Free State. The association taps into subsidies for landscape maintenance and passes on more than two thirds of the subsidies applied for to the farmers who carry out the maintenance work. The work in the district “still has room for improvement,” Henning reported to the Wolfratshausen city councilors – and added with a smile: “The powder is there.” The LPV managing director sees good opportunities “to access funding from the EU and elsewhere.” (cce)
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