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Taufkirchen Referendum Halts Sabel Schools Campus for a Year

The vote carries the force of a council resolution, freezing the Oberweg campus plan for a year.

Overview

  • Residents rejected the relocation by 64.3%, stopping the land-use planning for a private education campus in Taufkirchen.
  • Turnout was roughly 48%, with 6,330 ballots cast across the municipality.
  • The decision suspends the specific project that envisioned two Realschulen, a business and a technical upper secondary school, and a planned Gymnasium for about 1,200 students and 250 staff.
  • Mayor Ullrich Sander called the result a missed opportunity and questioned citizen referendums on such developments, while initiative representative Rudolf Dittrich pointed to environmental and traffic concerns as decisive.
  • Sabel foundation chair Andreas Mischke expressed regret and said the organization will review options in its committees, and opponents indicated they would challenge similarly scaled proposals in the future.