At the information evening of the citizens' initiative against the Schlierseer Hof, the representatives did little to smooth things over.
Schliersee – At the very beginning it was Birgit Lutz who complained about the tone and aggressiveness in the dispute over the Schlierseer Hof, and at the very end Gerhard Waas announced his request to “fill up the ditches and talk about it” after the referendum. At the main part of the citizens' initiative's information evening, however, it was Kaspar Hirtreiter who, with his collection of concerns and concerns, probably contributed more to deepening the rifts between project opponents and the builder than to having a moderating effect.
Citizens' initiative doesn't give a damn about the hoteliers' plans
The hotel businessman and former district and local councilor sharpened his presentation, expressed speculation and interpreted risks one-sidedly. Hirtreiter hardly left a good thing in many of the things that the building owner family - and also twelve current local councilors in a flyer to all households in Schliersee - presented as positive for the community.
Given the high investments, it will take a long time for trade tax to flow with a “slightly quick tax advisor”. Not much can be expected when it comes to income tax either. When it came to spa fees, Hirtreiter came up with a difference of around 30,000 euros between a smaller hotel and the one planned. “Is this amount really worth destroying our townscape? I think that’s a bad trade.”
Doubts about advantages for trade
The citizens' initiative also doesn't want to believe that a new Schliersee farm will bring much to the local population and trade. The concept of the house will ensure that guests do not leave it. Hirtreiter cites the wellness temple in Bodenmais in the Bavarian Forest as an example.
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Many tourism professionals see it completely differently. Most recently, for example, Dehoga Bayern and the Tourismus Oberbayern München (TOM) association supported the project in Schliersee - also with the argument that for every euro that a guest spends in the hotel, several times more is added for the region.
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BI has concerns about noise pollution
New to the litany of BI concerns is a noise nuisance of up to 103 decibels in the building description. However, Waas gave no chance of such an issue being approved. The “Uwama Bay” brand that the de Alwis have registered is now arousing suspicion among the citizens' initiative. The BI apparently didn't simply ask the hoteliers, and some things in Hirtreiter's presentation - such as the market hall - don't fit in with the content of the presentations at Schlierseer Hof. Shepherd rider knows her too.
The key point is and remains the size of the planned building in “one of the most beautiful spots in the Oberland” (Lutz). As is well known, this also bothers ex-district architect Werner Pawlovsky, who in his short article described the project as “so out of proportion in terms of scale, site compatibility and site structure”. It was only for this reason and as an exception that the Architecture Forum took a position on current planning.
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Best practice example from Berchtesgaden should inspire Schlierseer
Another guest was Bartl Wimmer from Berchtesgaden. The BI invited him because the Hotel Edelweiß was a so-called best practice example. The short story: A hotel plan that was stopped by the court, the excavation pit was already there, was on the one hand reduced in size with a committed city planner and thanks to intensive communication, for example at three citizens' meetings, and on the other hand integrated into the location in such a way that the investor could also be elsewhere became active around the hotel - ultimately for the benefit of everyone.
Schliersee is far away from such a process. The developer doesn't want to change the size, but the wording of the referendum doesn't allow for anything larger. If it stays that way, it's unlikely that anything new will emerge. So there will be a lot to exchange when both sides meet on Monday, April 15th, in the Bauerntheater (7 p.m.). Before that, those interested can meet on Saturday at the BI (from 9 a.m. opposite the Schlierseer Hof) and Sunday from 11 a.m. in Find out about Schlieseer Hof yourself.