Future or demolition? Bielefeld's House of Crafts” focus!

Future or demolition? Bielefeld's House of Crafts” focus!

in Bielefeld, the "House of Crafts" is facing the end of that to make room for an urgently needed expansion of the high school at the Waldhof. In its most recent session, the city council made the decision to start an architectural competition that aims to integrate the style -forming elements of this listed building into the new building. This reports Radio Bielefeld . Mayor Pit Clausen emphasized that this decision should "respond to the interests of monument protection that are worth protecting.

However, the procedure caused irritation within the political groups, especially at the CDU. Group leader Alexandra Heckeroth expressed concerns about the role that the district council plays when deciding on the worthy of monument protection. She criticized that the lower monument authority in Bielefeld is involved in a process, although the upper authority requires an entry. The city prescribed Peter Ridder-Wilkens from the Left and Jan Schwarz from "Die Party" asked similar questions about the legitimacy of the decisions made by lay polit core, as in a report by Westfalen-blatt mentioned.