Together with Mühlhausen's Mayor Dr. Johannes Bruns, LEG Managing Director Andreas Krey and the District Administrator of the Unstrut-Hainich district, Harald Zanker, Economics Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee today performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the further expansion of the industrial and commercial area "Görmar-Kaserne". The development is expected to be completed by spring 2024, and initial investments can be made on the developed areas from around mid-2023. The city of Mühlhausen is investing over 11.4 million euros in the expansion, with the state supporting it with 9.3 million euros in funding from GRW funds. "The further expansion of the industrial and commercial area is a core project for the development of Mühlhausen as a business location. Attractive areas are being created here for companies with large space requirements," said Economics Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee at the groundbreaking ceremony.
„With the development of the area, we are expanding the range of attractive commercial spaces in Mühlhausen, especially larger-sized plots,“ emphasized LEG Managing Director Andreas Krey. „Here we are creating another example of the successful conversion of former military areas in Thuringia.“
“This step will strengthen Mühlhausen as a business location and radiate out to the region. Together with the upcoming connection to the B 247 bypass in the immediate vicinity and the expansion of further industrial areas at Schadeberg, on which we are already working, we are creating great potential for business settlements,” said Dr. Johannes Bruns, Mayor of the city of Mühlhausen.
Adjacent to the existing commercially used areas at the Görmar-Kaserne site, the former training and exercise area with a gross area of approximately 20 hectares is to be developed infrastructurally by the Thuringian State Development Company (LEG). This includes traffic facilities, rainwater and wastewater disposal, water supply, as well as site clearance and terrain regulation.
As part of the traffic facilities, a new access road will connect the area to the existing public road network. The existing Lützowstraße will be upgraded as a connection to the public road network to accommodate future commercial traffic to and from the industrial area. Two branch lines will be constructed to drain the wastewater and rainwater generated in the industrial area. The water and fire-fighting water supply will be provided via the access road and Lützowstraße. To ensure the fire-fighting water supply in the industrial area, a fire-fighting water volume of 192 m³/h from the drinking water network must be guaranteed for a period of at least two hours. Therefore, underground fire-fighting water tanks with a capacity of 200 m³ will be constructed. As part of the site clearance and terrain regulation, the existing structures will be demolished and the existing north-south slope of the terrain will be leveled.
As compensation for the planned measures, hedges, grass and perennial meadows, and shrub groups will be planted on the site. Outside the site, a meadow orchard near Bollstedt and the dismantling of various buildings followed by planting in Mühlhausen are also planned.
Background on the Görmar Barracks
After the Bundeswehr's decision to withdraw from Mühlhausen, LEG Thüringen took over the 35.4-hectare site of the Görmar Barracks at the northeastern entrance of Mühlhausen on the B249 towards Sondershausen, in order to convert it to civilian use. Together with the city of Mühlhausen, LEG Thüringen developed a feasibility study and a site development concept. Due to the unexpectedly high influx of people in need of protection, part of the former barracks was used as an initial reception facility for refugees (EAE) from August 2015 to mid-2016. In 2016, the state and the city of Mühlhausen began developing the former barracks as an industrial and commercial area. Since 2017, the district administration, among others, has been using various buildings on the site.
More at: www.goermar-kaserne-muehlhausen.de
Peggy Hoy
Deputy Press Spokeswoman
