Boltenhagen: Citizens choose a mega project with family magic!

Boltenhagen: Citizens choose a mega project with family magic!

in Boltenhagen, a charming Baltic Sea resort, the municipality looks back on an exciting citizen survey that took place on July 18, 2025. A clear majority of 82 percent of the participants voted to implement a comprehensive residential construction project and a Family Entertainment Center (FEC). A total of 792 voters took part in the vote that achieved a turnout of around 40 percent. Of the 2451 households, all residents from the age of 18 were entitled to vote. Even if the citizens' survey is not legally binding, Mayor Raphael Wardecki (Team Boltenhagen) has announced that he would stick to the vote. The opposition from the SPD and CDU had applied for the survey and criticized the dimension of the FEC in particular, but not the housing.

planned developments and challenges

The project planned by investor Jürgen Finkbeiner includes various leisure opportunities in addition to 70 apartments, which are to be offered at a rental price of a maximum of 6.40 euros per square meter. Restaurants and entertainment offers are planned on an area of over 7000 square meters. The estimated costs amount to 15 to 20 million euros. Finkbeiner wants to finance half of the project itself and sees the FEC as the only solution to develop the area that must be realized on the basis of editions of the state planning. Nevertheless, the opposition representatives express doubt as to whether the specified rental price is actually realizable in view of the high construction costs.

The planned leisure center will be part of a new residential area that is to include over 200 apartments and single -family houses. Wardecki emphasizes that the place urgently needs a meeting place, especially for residents and tourists in the low season or in bad weather. Construction of the FEC is targeted for the first quarter of 2026, with an opening about two years later.

A look at the citizen participation

Citizens' surveys are an important element of political participation. They enable the participation on topics that affect them directly. In Boltenhagen, the implementation of the survey was associated with a great deal, but this turned out to be valuable for the political landscape. The integration of the community in decision -making processes promotes commitment and leaves the citizens: feel taken seriously inside. In the future, digital surveys could simplify this process even more and make it more effective. The anonymity of such surveys helps to receive honest and constructive answers, which is of great advantage for the politics.

More about this exciting development can be found at Ostsee-Zeitung and ndr . Further interesting information can also be found at leanact .