Benko megalomania

Crazy Ötzi plans: “A lot of money for a cadaver”

Glacier mummy Ötzi needs a new home in Bolzano - the plans for an Ötzi museum range from spectacular to downright megalomaniac. Krone+ knows the background.(Bild: picturedesk, snohetta Krone KREATIV,)

5,300-year-old man, freeze-dried and easy to care for, is looking for a place to stay as soon as possible. Guess what, Ötzi needs a new home in Bolzano. Benko specialist Heinz Peter Hager has some crazy ideas. His plans for a gigantic Ötzi cultural quarter were already off the table, but after a "Krone+" report, the discussion has been reignited. 

The "Krone+" report on the plans of René Benko and his governor Heinz Peter Hager for the South Tyrolean provincial capital of Bolzano has stirred up a lot of dust. Hager's surprising announcement that he would reactivate the Ötzi cultural quarter on the local mountain, once thought to be dead and conceived together with Benko, has sparked discussion beyond the Brenner Pass.