Financial crisis in Klagenfurt: City must now act urgently!

Financial crisis in Klagenfurt: City must now act urgently!

Klagenfurt, Österreich - In Klagenfurt, external consultants draw a dark picture of the financial situation. According to the advisors Harald Kogler and Peter Pilz, the structure of the city has increased over the past 25 years, while the federal government's profit shares have dropped drastically. These are currently one million euros below the forecasts for the current year. Kogler expressed himself pessimistically: "The fact that the economy jumps again and the profit shares are increasing remains a dream." These lower income significantly threatens the financial stability of the city, which now misses massive 60 million euros in income and expenses.

In order to counteract the tense situation, Mushroom also leaves the need for a measure plan: "We urgently need short, medium and long-term solutions, otherwise the misery in 2029 will catch up again." In the coming days, suggestions will be developed that show saving potential. The head of the finance department, Christoph Wutte, urgently demanded consolidation measures to stabilize the "highly negative" budget. A central point is the planned "slimming of the organizational structure", which reduces the 22 departments of the city to only 12 presentations in order to enable faster decisions. Personnel reduction through retirement is also on the agenda.

historical background of the city

The city of Klagenfurt, whose name is also designed in the Slovenian form Celovec, has a historical origin. The term includes the word "lawsuit", which means "Cvilja" in Slovenian. This naming reflects the geographical location at an earlier dangerous fort place over the Glan River. The name is unique in German and Slovenian language and is the only name that includes "lawsuit". The mythological explanation of the name states that at this point a aquatic woman ensured that accusations predicted and influenced the name through her activities. This combines local culture and history deeply with the linguistic origins of the region.

For Klagenfurt, a lot is at stake. The city must now take measures to cope with the tense budget and at the same time learn from its historical past.