In order to prevent future flooding, Wörthhof in the Regensburg district is to be flooded. For this, Johann Gerl would have to give up the property on which he has spent his entire life. About the losers of flood protection.
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Deniz Aykanat, Woerthhof
In the summer of 2021, organic farmer Johann Gerl heard the term “settlement” for the first time. In an online dialogue with politicians and experts, it is announced that Wörthhof is to become a flood polder and that Eltheim is off the table. Since then he has had to deal with the idea that he will have to leave Wörthhof, a remote area in the district of Regensburg not far from the Danube, at some point. His property with the two houses, the barn, the old fruit trees, the place where he spent his whole life except for two years as an apprentice.