Trees in danger: Pankower protest against planned clearing flared up!

Trees in danger: Pankower protest against planned clearing flared up!

In the Berlin neighborhood, a dramatic conflict is ignited: the planned establishment of a refugee home in Pankow draws the residents of the Green Kiez on alert. The tension could hardly be greater, because residents and conservationists suspect that the builders will soon take action-possibly in a night and fog campaign that nobody sees. But are you really ready to take such a dubious step?

For years, the disputes about the planned accommodation of refugees in the idyllic neighborhood. But now everything could amount to a showdown. Britta Krehl from the "Grüner Kiez Pankow" residential initiative confirms: "We are on alert and react immediately", as the FOCUS reported. In addition to the residents, environmental associations have also prepared their complaints in order to counteract the impending start of construction. Critics point out that the presented compensation measures of Gesobau are completely inadequate for the clearing of the green areas.

clearing in the middle of the neighborhood?

The Gesobau plans to transform the idyllic green backyards on Kavalierstraße into two building complexes with 99 apartments for 422 people. What was once planned as regular houses is now to be implemented by special building law as accommodation for refugees. On the other hand, residents such as Britta Krehl and their supporters propose a significantly more environmentally friendly solution: Instead of the complete day, around 70 apartments due to increases in existing buildings, for which only 14 instead of 60 trees would have to be felled.

Last year there was already a scandal when Gesobau employees tried to fell the trees at dawn. The outrage was great when the police and wax dogs were added until the Environment and Nature Conservation Office intervened and the clearing stopped. The existing bird and bat population was classified as particularly worth protecting.

A look into the future - the crucial moment is approaching

Different scenarios seem to overlap: Firstly, the time shortage of Gesobau, because if the clearing does not take place by the end of February, there is a further displacement of the construction project on the basis of the breeding management requirements. On the other hand, the profound concerns of the nature conservationists to read the Tagesspiegel , who do not want to tolerate an action in the shadow of the night and therefore have put their legal apparatus on march.

There is a lot at stake. An abrupt finale could mean the loss of the green oasis in the middle of the urban jungle. While the legal office Pankow rejects the exemption for clearing during the protected breeding season, preparations for objections and protests are in full swing. A rally is already planned for December 6, in which the residents want to defend loudly against the project. The coming days promise to make a crime thriller from a tension -charged drama.