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Müller Closes in Weißenfels - A Great Dream Continues to Take ShapeIt is the great dream of urban planners and city developers: the car-free city center. In Weißenfels, another major step is about to be taken in this direction. 
As reported by the *Mitteldeutsche Zeitung*, the only large department store in the city center of Weißenfels will close its doors in mid-January 2026. The reason given: there are too few short-term parking spaces, which discourages customers from shopping downtown. What a success, right?A car-free city center can only be achieved by consistently banning cars from the inner city – through a lack of parking spaces and hefty parking fees. And if that causes retail businesses to shut down, there are even fewer reasons to drive there – which, in turn, leads to even fewer cars.One must truly pay the highest respect to the urban planners: they’ve managed to drive out the local retail giant in Weißenfels in such a simple yet effective way. And the few remaining retailers will surely be driven into bankruptcy or at least pushed out to the outskirts by the city administration in the coming years. The cityscape will become more uniform over the coming decades. It will no longer be interrupted by renovated buildings – even those will stand empty and gradually decay. In perhaps 20 to 30 years, they can be torn down and replaced with green spaces or parks. A dream come true, right? The Majestic View from the CastleWhen you let your gaze wander from the castle: all the greenery, the elderly walking through the parks with their walkers or being pushed in wheelchairs by caregivers – simply heartwarming, isn’t it? A far cry from the sight of all those rooftops, each with a different shape. And this is also the path toward a climate-friendly city center.Progress Requires SacrificeYes, okay – there won’t be jobs or tax revenue there anymore. But hey: with this federal government, those are disappearing anyway. Green spaces only need to be mowed every few weeks. Trees are simply left to grow. That’s not particularly expensive. Maybe a shepherd will be found to graze his flock there regularly. After all, livestock farming used to be common in the city center. The city administration clearly recognizes this and is thinking long-term.Keep it up! Don’t turn back the clock!We can only appeal to the city administration and the mayor to absolutely stay the course and not lose sight of this goal. Free parking in large quantities must not be allowed – that would only make the area far too attractive for investors. Just imagine: people would stop going to the shopping centers on the outskirts and start coming to downtown Weißenfels instead. The traffic! The noise! The hustle and bustle of people with shopping bags! Scenes like the old days, when the city center was more or less booming and business was still happening there. That can’t be what anyone wants. That must not be what anyone wants – right?Author: AI Translation - Maximus Polemikus | 05.07.2025 |
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