During the trial in Wels it emerged that the project was apparently politically desired right up to the top of the state at the time.
- Process day 2 in review: “Everyone knew that this had nothing to do with a hotel business”
The background: A Saudi Arabian prince wanted to build a holiday home in the community in the Upper Austrian lake district. A well-known entrepreneur from the region acted as an intermediary. A piece of grassland was bought cheaply from a farmer and then rededicated. Since there was no connection to the existing settlement area, the solution was to call the project a hotel and dedicate the area as building land with a special tourism operation. In return, the prince paid a one-off payment of more than five million shillings (around 364,000 euros) and then 500,000 shillings (36,336.42 euros) annually or later 50,000 euros per annum to the community.
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