Media information from the Thuringian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Science and Digital Society
The city of Mühlhausen will receive over €9.3 million in funding for the further development of the "Görmar Barracks" industrial park. Minister of Economic Affairs Wolfgang Tiefensee presented the GRW funding notification to Mayor Dr. Johannes Bruns today. The development, with investment costs exceeding €11.4 million, is scheduled for completion by spring 2024. "The industrial park is a key project for the development of Mühlhausen as a business location. The transformation of the former barracks site into a modern industrial center will further strengthen Mühlhausen's economic position," said Minister of Economic Affairs Wolfgang Tiefensee at the handover ceremony.
Adjacent to the existing "Görmar-Kaserne" industrial and commercial area, the former training and exercise grounds, with a gross area of approximately 24.9 hectares, are to be developed with infrastructure by the Thuringian State Development Corporation (LEG). This includes the necessary transport facilities, stormwater and wastewater disposal, water supply, as well as site preparation and land leveling.
As part of the transport infrastructure project, a new access road will connect the area to the existing public road network. The existing Lützowstraße will be upgraded to provide access to the public road network and accommodate future commercial traffic to and from the industrial park. Two drainage systems will be constructed to handle wastewater and stormwater runoff from the industrial park. Water and fire-fighting water supplies will be provided via the access road and Lützowstraße. To ensure a reliable fire-fighting water supply for the industrial park, a minimum flow rate of 192 m³/h from the drinking water network must be guaranteed for at least two hours. Therefore, underground fire-fighting water reservoirs with a capacity of 200 m³ each will be constructed. During site preparation and terrain leveling, existing structures will be demolished and the existing north-south slope of the site will be leveled.
To compensate for the planned measures, hedges, grass and herbaceous vegetation, as well as groups of shrubs, will be planted on the site. Outside the site, an orchard near Bollstedt and the demolition of various buildings followed by planting in Mühlhausen are also planned.
Background information on the Görmar barracks
Following the German Armed Forces' decision to withdraw from Mühlhausen, LEG Thüringen took over the 35.4-hectare site of the Görmar Barracks at the northeastern entrance to Mühlhausen on the B249 towards Sondershausen, with the intention of converting it to civilian use. LEG Thüringen in cooperation with the city of Mühlhausen, 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 a temporary reception center for refugees from August 2015 to mid-2016. However, this did not affect the planned commercial and industrial use of the site. As early as 2016, the state and the city of Mühlhausen began developing the former barracks into an industrial park. Since 2017, the district administration, among others, has been using various buildings on the site. More information is available at: www.goermar-kaserne-muehlhausen.de
