Endless dispute over Kressbronn Uferweg: Do the residents give up?

Endless dispute over Kressbronn Uferweg: Do the residents give up?

In Kressbronn on Lake Constance, a dispute over the planned banking path has been raging for more than two decades, which has now taken a new turn. The Sigmaringen Administrative Court dismissed the lawsuits of residents who mobilized gravel against the filling of gravel. They are concerned with maintaining their private bank landscape, which they see as endangered by the renaturation measures. The judges decided that the planning approval decision was legitimate for the Uferweg and thus confirmed the plans to create a publicly accessible path on the shore of Lake Constance. [Südkurier] (https://www.suedkurier.de/region/bodenseekreis/endlos-streit-streit-bodenseee--so-steht-es-s-see-weg-in-kressbronn ;art410936,12416960) that the court decision must still be justified in writing, but the basic tenor is already clear.

This step is part of a comprehensive renaturation project that aims to strengthen the bank ecosystem and improve access. The situation on Lake Constance is complex: with a length of 63 km and a rank length of 273 km, of which 155 km in Baden-Württemberg are, access to the water is often restricted. Many sections of the bank are private, which has led to tensions between residents and public interests. SWR emphasizes that the fears of the residents are harmful, but are not out of air.

The challenges of the renaturation

The planned renaturation provides for the removal of walls, braces and smaller private bodies in order to better show nature. Martin Wessels, the head of the Lake Research Institute, emphasizes that these walls block the exchange between sea and country areas, which negatively influences biodiversity. The aim of the measures is to create a natural environment and make Lake Constance more accessible to the public. But not everyone involved sees the matter so optimistically: critics warn of the long -term consequences of the gravel filling, which could possibly endanger valuable habitats on the shore. BUND Friedrichshafen reports on studies that have shown that the visibility of important habitats endangered by flow and waves.

Although the poor accessibility of the Lake Constance bank has often been criticized in the past, the implementation of the banking path in Kressbronn is now seen as an attempt to create clear structure and access to the public. It remains to be seen how the residents react to the latest dishes. The complete reasons for judgment will be expected in the next few weeks and could herald the next round in this lengthy procedure. The matter remains tense for the residents, because they still have the option of lodging an appeal.