New construction of the Rottweil correctional facility

The development of the site for the new correctional facility Rottweil begins.

One is built in Rottweil-es New Precision (JVA) . After the municipal council of the city of Rottweil decided to build the development plan for the new building in December 2020, it is legally binding if the official announcement is published in early February 2021. This means that the preliminary measures for the development of around 22 The hectare area can begin in spring. A access road is created and the area connected to water, wastewater, electricity and gas.

Planning for the new building is progressing

In the meantime, the planning for the new building in Constance office for assets and Bau continue. The collaboration with the externally commissioned architecture firm had to be ended in February 2021 due to the differences in content and the associated time delays. However, all work that must be carried out before the commissioning of a new planning office will continue. "The correctional facility in Rottweil with a total of around 25,000 square meters of usable space is a large and important construction project for the state," said finance minister Gisela Splett. "The people in Rottweil contributed with a lot of ideas and enormous commitment in various formats. It is all the more important that we implement this project as best as possible. To ensure this, we will seek a new planning office immediately." "

In the planned new building, 500 prison places are created. The adhesive buildings make up about a third of the entire building complex. In addition to a goalkeeper, rooms for work, school, healthcare, kitchen and pastoral care are built by a total of seven courtyards. Visual rooms and a sports hall are planned.

Land offers 26 million euros

in the state budget 2020/21 are provided for 26 million euros for planning the new building and the provisional development measures. A construction period of up to one and a half years can be expected to implement the anticipation. A so -called planning draft is currently underway for the prison complex. The plans are determined in this respect when a planning concept is available in which all aspects required for the construction and implementation are taken into account. The total construction costs for the construction project can be calculated on the basis of the planning design.

The planning of the new Rottweil prison and the upcoming development of the site was preceded by a comprehensive search for the location and a broad process of participation. In September 2015, Rottweil's citizens voted on whether a prison should be built at the Esch location. The majority voted for it. The public participation was also continued in the further procedure. A large number of suggestions from a holding group were included in the text for the design competition.

In 2017 and 2018, more than 50 applicants took part in the open, two-phase, interdisciplinary planning competition for the new Rottweil prison. In June 2018, the jury decided on independent architects and planners of outdoor facilities, representatives of the State Office for Real Estate and Building Baden-Württemberg, the city of Rottweil, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Justice in favor of the proposal of the Architecture Bureau Obermeyer Planning + Bauen with EL: CH Landscape Architects from Munich. Since then, planning has been based on the winner design. This draft will be followed up.

Information and discussion platform for the new prison in Rottweil at Esch