Environmental lovers in Freilassing: Trees like - what is the district office plans?

Environmental lovers in Freilassing: Trees like - what is the district office plans?

An outcry of outrage shakes freilassing! Erich Prechtl, spokesman for the Bund Nature Conservation Local Group, is stunned by the devastated area on Matulusstraße. With a heavy device, a company commissioned by the district office Rigoros has cleared several trees and removed the entire undergrowth. Prechtl sees this a clear violation of the Federal Nature Conservation Act and filed a complaint against the district authority on Thursday. But what is behind this drastic measure? Rumors about containers for refugees on the district's own site make the round!

"With a murder milling, they chopped down almost everything!", Scolds Prechtl and is horrified by this "environmental level". He fears that the deforestation endangers the small climate for the hermits living there and that the species could disappear from the "Matulusgarten". In addition, the clearing has withdrawn their food base for the numerous types of bats, two of which are strictly protected. "I don't want to know how many frogs and other animals got underneath," he adds. This destruction happens during the UN climate conference in Baku-a bitter coincidence that particularly hurts Prechtl.

a dark chapter for the residential construction project

The story of the area is long and turbulent. Originally, the controversial housing project "Matulusgarten" was to be created here, but the resistance of the citizens led to a citizens' decision in July 2020, which, however, did not achieve the necessary quorum. The project was officially buried three years later. The city council passed a development plan to secure the areas around the former Freilassingen hospital for health care. However, there is still no completed planning or a city council decision for the property. The sudden clearing raises questions: Does the district office actually look for ways to set up containers for refugees? A request to the authority is already running.