The biotope in the west of Hohenbrunn has finally been saved. As Mayor Stefan Straßmair (CSU) announced at the citizens’ meeting on Tuesday evening, the largely untouched succession area will not be touched in the development of the 14 hectare “West of the Railway” area. The discussions with the citizens had shown that they would “not tolerate” it if the “very protected” area were to be reduced, said Straßmair in front of almost 60 listeners in the auditorium of the Carl Steinmeier Middle School.
According to an initial preliminary planning, the sports field of the new secondary school should have been placed in the biotope in the southwest of the area. Now this grass field with running track, shot put and beach volleyball field is to be created in the northwest of the site, on an area currently cultivated with a rape field. That is about 300 meters away from the school, which will be built right next to the railway line in the southeast area. “A five-minute walk should be reasonable for the children,” said Straßmair, especially since the gym and all-weather area should be located right next to the main school building and only the open-air sports lessons are held a little further away. “And they usually only take place when the weather is good,” said the mayor, who, when asked by a listener, once again confirmed that “all the trees in the biotope should be preserved”.
In the lecture of the town hall chief, which lasted almost exactly an hour, the part about the secondary school was probably not only of interest to the district administrator who was present. Christoph Göbel (CSU) made his first public appearance in Hohenbrunn after a two-week quarantine because one of his sons had contact with an infected classmate and promptly all three Göbel children tested positive. “It would not have been so good news if the district administrator had spread the virus himself,” said Göbel in his brief greeting, but also expressed his joy at the progress of the secondary school planning, which was “a great opportunity for the town”. On the other hand, the way to school, especially from the S-Bahn station, has to be planned sensibly so that “mom and dad don’t have to come by car”.
With which the district administrator already addressed a topic at the beginning of the meeting that came to the fore towards the end of the evening, especially with the participation of the citizens: the increasingly heavy traffic on the connecting roads between Ottobrunn and Hohenbrunn, especially on Hohenbrunner Straße, which is also one should be the preferred access routes to the new secondary school. Nobody here adheres to the prescribed speed limit of 30, said a woman who has lived on the street for over 25 years. “Even trucks and double buses drive through there at 60. We need much better surveillance, at the moment nobody here is afraid of being flashed.” Another resident stated that because of the staggered parked cars and the slalom that vehicles meeting each other had to contest, some of the cars “scramble over the sidewalk with 50 things”. Straßmair agreed to discuss possible solutions with the local council and the police.
Discontent remained the exception on this evening, which the mayor also used to put his community in the right light. Even if Hohenbrunn’s debts increased and the reserves decreased, the municipal housing construction would benefit the population, said Straßmair. The same applies to the new indoor swimming pool and the sports campus, which should cost around 24 million euros all in all according to the current status, but ensure that the local children continue to have the opportunity to learn to swim here.
Even the successful campaign to expand fiber optics – 40 percent of households said they were willing to have fast Internet access, which is why Deutsche Glasfaser is now gradually laying the appropriate lines – could sell Straßmair as a success for Hohenbrunn, even if it was due to the necessary road construction work some traffic problems loomed. And when it comes to childcare, there is, within the scope of the possibilities, a good supply quota of over 100 percent in the kindergartens and over 37 percent in the one to three-year-old crèche children. This will rise to over 70 percent when the Wichtelhaus in the new “Am Hölzl” residential complex is expected to finally open at the turn of the year.
When it comes to sustainability, progress is being made, there are new charging stations for electric cars, the “Check your house” renovation campaign, tree donation campaigns and the installation of photovoltaic systems on community roofs are being run with great success.
There is only one project that is not going to the mayor’s taste: the housing project with a medical center and a full-range supplier on the B 471 next to the grounds of TSV Hohenbrunn is simply not making progress. At least Straßmair was able to give the all-clear regarding rumors of the supermarket operator’s exit: “That is not the case.” At the moment there is still a dispute because not everyone agrees on the “property that belongs to several people”. But he is confident that construction will start next year.