Protests against Porsche's private tunnel: Salzburg is head!

Protests against Porsche's private tunnel: Salzburg is head!

Kapuzinerberg, Salzburg, Österreich - The planned construction of a 500-meter-long private tunnel for the Villa by Wolfgang Porsche ensures considerable controversy in Salzburg. The supervisory board head of the Porsche Automobil Holding, Wolfgang Porsche, who is 81 years old, would like to create a more practical approach to his historical property on the Kapuzinerberg with this tunnel. This property has a eventful past and served, among other things, Nannerl Mozart as a piano teaching site and was a residence of Stefan Zweig. Despite the approval by the city administration, the Porsche paid 40,000 euros for the construction on public ground, there is a strong resistance among the population.

activists are mobilized and have launched protest actions, including a transparent one with the inscription "And Porsche said it will be hole". Critics, which also includes the activist Tobi Rosswog, believe that payment can be considered inappropriately low, especially in relation to Porsche's considerable assets. Rosswog organized the “Salzburg Porsche Tunnel Festival” to publicly discuss the problem.

political reactions and criticism

The local Greens and the Communist Party (KPÖ) have already formulated their resistance to the project. They not only reject the special advantages that are created for wealthy individuals such as Wolfgang Porsche, but also criticize the complete process as non -transparent. The Greens Ingeborg Haller expressed that the city should reject special treatments for super rich. The planned decision of the Salzburg municipal council to change the land use plan that would affect the project is expected in mid -May.

The protests not only seem to be limited to Salzburg, but are also well received in Stuttgart, the hometown of Porsche. A small protest is announced for this Thursday, which indicates a broader social interest in this debate. The police also explained in relation to the previous actions that the number of participants was rather small, but mobilization continues to show the deep concern about the effects of the project on the public and urban development.

The existing above -ground access to the villa is described as narrow and impractical, which increases the pressure on the project. Nevertheless, it remains to be seen how the local council reacts to the continuing protests and the concerns of the citizens, while the preparations for the construction of the tunnel are progressing. The decision about the future of this construction project will also influence the political landscape in Salzburg.

Overall, the discussion about the Porsche tunnel shows how the handling of private construction projects in public space excellently illustrated how questions of prosperity and the environment are increasingly intertwined in today's society.

OE24 reports , ZDF , n-tv analyzed .