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Hurray, the Brühl is really falling apart now – under the city's flag!The municipal housing company now has the Brühl firmly under control – and with that, the continued decline of the birthplace of Zeitz under municipal administration is finally secured. )
Mayor Thieme and the WBG have kicked out the last private troublemaker. Now the historic city center can quietly continue to rot away. No more annoying private owners. Instead: WBG as an interim purchaser, which won't do anything itself and is diligently looking for investors who are probably rather hard to come by in a city with massive vacancy rates and a shrinking population. A triumph of municipal responsibility... um! Finally! The owner is out – and so is the renovationWhat progress! Christian Thieme, Mayor of Zeitz, is rejoicing on Facebook: Following Brühl 3, Brühl 4 now also belongs to the municipal housing company WBG. The “original owner is now completely ‘out’ of the Brühl.” Through “a wide variety of measures,” claims were generated, foreclosure proceedings were initiated – and won. The owner even submitted bids himself, both through a UG and personally. “Completely absurd,” Thieme says. A “real crime thriller” that ended in favor of the WBG. How much did the WBG have to put on the table for this ruin? That's something nobody is talking about.And then comes the punchline: “As a precaution, however, it should be pointed out that our WBG is only acting as an interim purchaser and will not carry out the renovation itself. BUYERS INTERESTED in the entire Brühl 2–7 complex ARE WANTED!” Hurray! The city owns the property. It won't do anything. It's looking for someone who will. In Zeitz. In 2026. Brilliant. The Brühl – once the soul of the city, today a monument to failureThe Brühl is the birthplace of Zeitz. This is where the roots of the city's more than 1,000-year history lie. Even in the Middle Ages, it was an important trading hub; later, it became home to civil servants, scholars, and wealthy citizens. Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff lived here. Baroque and Renaissance buildings shaped the streetscape. “Anyone who was anyone lived on the Brühl.”But the GDR era brought systematic decay and demolition. Entire rows of houses disappeared. After reunification, it continued: Brühl 5 was demolished in 2018, despite heritage protection and protests. Half of the historic buildings are gone. What remained was often vacant, neglected, with rainwater seeping into the masonry for years. Commenters under Thieme's post remember a shoemaker, a bicycle shop, a Konsum store – and rightly ask whether any of it can still be saved at all. Now the city has control. And it has announced that it will not renovate the buildings itself. Perfect. Zeitz after reunification – shrinkage as a business modelZeitz was an industrial city in the GDR with around 47,000 to 50,000 inhabitants. After 1990, the economy collapsed: tens of thousands of jobs disappeared, unemployment rose above 30 percent, and massive out-migration followed. Today, only around 28,000 people still live here. The city shrank dramatically, buildings were demolished or left to decay.Vacancies? A taz report from around 2021 spoke of a 23 percent vacancy rate for buildings. Precise current overall figures for buildings are difficult to find, but the residential vacancy rate in the Burgenland district was around 11 percent in 2024, and Zeitz has been considered particularly affected for years. Numerous derelict properties shape the cityscape. The town center is struggling with vacant retail space. Property prices are low and have recently declined in some cases. Who would voluntarily invest millions here in elaborate heritage restoration when demand is lacking and population forecasts continue to point downward? Exactly. That's why the WBG is now looking for “interested buyers.” Given the overall situation – high vacancy rates, demographic pressure, limited funding and competing priorities – the chances of finding an investor willing to take on the renovation of the entire Brühl 2–7 complex are rather slim. Previous major investor selection processes for the Brühl have already collapsed or been delayed. The city's long game – and its short memory when it comes to responsibilityThieme and the WBG have acted strategically: build up claims, auction off the property, secure ownership. That sounds like decisive action. But the message to the citizens is clear: We take over – and then pass it on. “No, only if investors can be found,” the mayor answers when asked whether anything will soon be done to the buildings. “Interested in doing something for urban development?”Some commenters are pleased about the “long game.” Others are more realistic: “So, nothing is happening again.” “PLEASE DON'T SELL IT AGAIN!!!!! Better renovate it piece by piece.” “I doubt whether this can still be saved.” Sad, but honest. While other cities are saving their historic centers, Zeitz is handing the Brühl over to the hope of some great unknown. Under municipal responsibility, the decay can now continue unhindered. So, hurray. The Brühl has been saved. From renovation.
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