Maybe you know this too: you walk through the city, you keep coming back to the same noble residential complexes or villas and you are surprised that some of them seem to be so little alive. No lights on, shutters down. This begs the question: Who are the people who own these properties? What are they doing with it? And where do they come from?
Again and again one hears or reads that allegedly rich people from Russia invest money in Munich houses. Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine, we in the Munich editorial team have wondered if there is any real estate in the city owned by oligarchs who have since been sanctioned. We have not found any such cases so far.
But my colleague Klaus Ott and I came across two villas, one in Haidhausen and one in Nymphenburg, which apparently have had little or no use for many years and which people from Russia own or have heard of – the villa in Haidhausen is the ownership structure is unclear. In this story (SZ Plus) we describe our search for clues and also go into why the city is finding it so difficult to take action against vacancies in such properties.
THE DAY IN MUNICH
Tensions in the arrival center Around 2,300 war refugees from Ukraine are currently living in two exhibition halls. The city wants to improve people’s care and is investing 84 million euros.
Schwabinger stick to the tunnel through the English Garden The city council has rejected the route under the English Garden. The initiators and local politicians feel ignored – and don’t want to give up.
Clear the way for event arena An investor is planning a concert and congress hall for up to 20,000 visitors at Munich Airport. The Freising city council has now agreed to enter the planning process for the highly controversial large-scale project.
The mountain bus is driving again An estimated 1,200 car journeys were saved last year thanks to the offer. Now it should be continued, possibly even permanently.
Severe restrictions on the S-Bahn On the Easter holidays, construction work whirls the timetable violently – an overview.
New commissariat to combat child pornography As a reaction to the increase in crimes, the Kripo will deal more intensively with sexualized violence against minors in the future. A separate commissariat is responsible, the K 17.
Suspect arrested after finding woman’s body The investigators assume that a 26-year-old killed his partner, with whom he lived in Hungary, and buried them in a forest in Berg am Starnberger See.
Experiment goes wrong: chemistry teacher seriously injured In the Luitpold-Gymnasium, a glass flask is said to have exploded in class for reasons that are still unclear. Two students were also hit by the shards.
To protect the environment? Dead easy! The waste management company introduces the new brand “AWM Kids”. Children learn how to separate and avoid waste – and why this is important.
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