The small Innviertel community of Enzenkirchen, located in the Schärding district of Upper Austria, has a population of just 1,798. But when it comes to black buildings, it looks like they’re big.
So big that the state’s criminal investigation department is now also investigating – and that has now sent a first interim report, as prosecutor Alois Ebner confirms to “Krone”. “The report shows that there are now 23 suspected cases,” says Ebner. But he also emphasizes that the further investigations will probably take some time.
Goal ex-mayor
Two former mayors (who served between 1992 and 2021) and a former chief of staff are currently under investigation. There is a suspicion of abuse of office, according to Ebner.
The demolition notice set everything in motion
The reason for the whole affair was a neighborhood dispute, in which it became clear that a family had been living in a house that should not have been built like this for 17 years. In the summer, the State Administrative Court issued a harsh verdict. The beautiful estate in Enzenkirchen, which was partly built on grassland, must be demolished – including the swimming pool and garage.
Moved by 5.50 meters
The verdict at the time read: “Contrary to the submission plan approved by the building authority, the residential building has been moved approximately 5.50 meters horizontally in a northeasterly direction and partly built on plot no….x of KG …E (grassland). ” Not only that, during the negotiations and interviews it soon became clear that not only this one house had been built without the necessary permits.
There is no final report yet
The public prosecutor’s office in Ried therefore also called in the National Criminal Investigation Department in the summer. Where there were initially eleven possible illegal premises, there are now significantly more, namely the 23 listed in the interim report. The public prosecutor’s office in Ried emphasizes that there will be a final report and that the presumption of innocence applies to everyone.
Source: Krone
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