Reichling: Protest against gas drilling at Ammersee

The company Genexko wants to explore a natural gas deposit at a depth of 3000 metres in the coming weeks on Lake Ammersee. For months, however, environmental organisations and locals have been mobilizing.

The citizens' desire in Rickling is running. If it comes to the citizens' decision, valuable time could be lost. That is what the spokespersons of the CDU and SPD say.

In the Upper Bavarian Reichling, about 1,200 people demonstrated peacefully against gas drilling on Saturday. The protest is directed against a gas drilling planned for this summer in the 1700-inhabitant community, the exploitation of further deposits in the Ammersee region and the development of new fossil gas occurrences in Germany announced by the next federal government. The participants of the rally drew gas drillings in Bavaria with

Many demonstrators gathered on Saturday to protest against the planned gas drilling in Reichling. A large police presence was present.

Reichling/Ludenhausen - In Reichling on Lake Ammersee, fossil gas is to be drilled. For months, residents and environmentalists have been fighting against the plans.

Next Saturday, May 3rd, Fridays for Future will demonstrate together with an alliance of environmental groups and local initiatives starting at 1.30 p.m. at the drilling ground in Reichling, Upper Bavaria, under the slogan "stop new gas drilling" – at the Ammersee and elsewhere. The climate movement wants to prevent the announced gas drilling in Reichling, which according to the operating company is planned to begin in the second quarter of 2025…