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When will landowners be expropriated for the IKIG?The amended statute for the establishment of the inter-municipal industrial zone (IKIG) near the A9/B91 at Weißenfels is to be passed in the upcoming district council and Lützen city council meetings. Weißenfels has already made this decision.  In the city council meeting of Weißenfels on March 20, 2025, it was publicly stated in response to a citizen inquiry that no expropriations would take place. The statute for the inter-municipal purpose association was accordingly passed. In the meeting of the Burgenlandkreis district council committee on April 7, 2025, regarding structural change, the statute was also discussed. It was again emphasized that no expropriations are planned. The committee recommended the district council approve the statute, especially since the state administration had agreed to it in its current form. But this is surprising. Because if no expropriations are to take place, landowners could effectively demand exorbitant prices. However, these lands are exactly what is needed. The landowners hold the monopoly. Since the IKIG is to be funded over 90% by subsidies, it would be hard to justify if numerous millionaires were to arise from land sales. Subsidies are taxpayer money and should not be wasted. It is conceivable that subsidy providers, after an audit, would demand that the money used to purchase land at inflated prices be returned. The excess millions would then have to be paid out of pocket by the members of the purpose association — namely, the Burgenlandkreis, and the cities of Weißenfels, Hohenmölsen, and Lützen. Additionally, it was stated that future companies would purchase the land from the purpose association, and the proceeds would be invested in further development of the IKIG. One does not need a business degree to see that companies will not pay inflated prices for such land. Thus, the end of the IKIG would already be sealed before the purpose association is even founded. This should be clear to all those involved, including the state administration. Yet, this issue has not been publicly discussed so far. The future members of the purpose association — Burgenlandkreis, Weißenfels, Hohenmölsen, and Lützen — seem completely relaxed, despite the sums theoretically at stake. When will there be expropriations for the IKIG?The most likely explanation is that the reassurances that no expropriations will take place are mere lip service, intended to deceive members of the district council, the city councils, the citizens, and of course, the landowners. A statute of a purpose association is, in this sense, a declaration of intent and is not set in stone. It can be changed at any time. If it contains provisions that violate existing law or are superseded by other laws, they are null and void. This is likely well known to the senior administrative officers such as the district administrator, mayors, and administrative staff.Therefore, it is to be assumed that sooner or later, expropriations with minimal compensation payments will occur. The purpose association must be established because the members want to bring the subsidy millions into the region. Once the purpose association is founded, it is unlikely that it will be dissolved after a few years without results. That would also mean that the funds to finance the employees of the purpose association would have been wasted from the budgets of the purpose association members. Wolfgang Gotthelf had asked about this in the Weißenfels city council and writes: Have all hopes for a multitude of new multimillionaires and multibillionaires in the Burgenlandkreis in connection with the land acquisition for the IKIG evaporated?Previous statements by the head of the structural change office, Mr. Zschukelt, and especially by the mayor of Weißenfels, Mr. Papke, in the press, citizen information sessions, and city council meetings, have suggested to the many affected landowners and tenants of the now only 248.5-hectare IKIG site that there will be no expropriations related to the necessary land acquisition. In the latest article of the Bürgerstimme Naumburg, these statements by the responsible figures, which should be understood as binding, were interpreted as meaning that the landowners were effectively granted a monopoly to determine the sale price. Conclusion: "Rotkäppchen sparkling wine can already be ordered in large quantities - for bathing, not for drinking!" After the necessary amendment of the purpose association statute due to the withdrawal of the city of Teuchern from the IKIG, it was stated that "there would be no expropriation option anymore," according to a response from the city of Weißenfels to a corresponding citizen inquiry in the city council meeting of Weißenfels on March 20, 2025. In addition, this statement was clearly confirmed during the question time by the mayor, Mr. Papke. He said, in no uncertain terms, that there would be no expropriation (even documented with words and images). )* Note: This refers to the removal of the section under § 3 Tasks, paragraph (5), item c on page 8/28 of the old statute (not included in the synopses of the new adjusted IKIG purpose association statute, see appendix). For most citizens who are not legally trained, this seems like a reason to celebrate, as such words would suggest that exorbitant prices for land acquisition from private hands could be demanded. Of course, this situation has a catch. Legal experts have realized that expropriations, especially those for public areas at laughably low prices, can only be carried out as public expropriations according to the Building Code (BauGB §§ 85 ff). The necessary decision-making body for this is the municipal representation. However, with a majority of city council members hostile to the public, this might not be an obstacle. So what could be more obvious than to make a virtue out of the supposed necessity? First, leave the formal civil-law land acquisition with the purpose association, should agreements with landowners or tenants fail (which seems almost inevitable), as the purpose association is not the right entity for the planned expropriations at (almost) no cost according to BauGB. A formal gesture that is currently perfect for calming the affected parties and promoting the IKIG. Under the slogan that no expropriations will be carried out, people are arguing who know exactly better and shamelessly exploit this knowledge gap. However, it is already evident from the removed text that the purpose association is solely responsible for requesting the necessary expropriations in favor of one or more public planning bodies. So, a legally flawed provision was retroactively removed. Similarly, the response to the citizen inquiry about expropriations in connection with the IKIG, which was carefully worded by a lawyer on behalf of the mayor of Weißenfels, reveals that no explicit authorization from the purpose association is needed, as this decision must be made by the municipal representation. Unfortunately, this answer, upon closer inspection, confirms the worst fears of farmers and landowners. Unlike, for example, the land acquisition for Intel, the IKIG clearly plans ruthless expropriation at bargain prices from the outset. The conclusion is that politics, whether on a small or large scale, remains the same: lies and hypocrisy are currently thriving. Wolfgang Gotthelf BUND District Group BLK Author: AI Translation: Wolfgang Gotthelf, Michael Thurm | 27.04.2025 |
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