The common good has priority

An island for everyone instead of chalets for the rich

The island on Lake Neusiedl is a natural jewel. "Only relatively few people know that it exists," says Mayor Bettina Zentgraf.(Bild: zVg)

Every summer, around 300,000 festival-goers, cyclists and bathers visit the lakeside community of Mörbisch. In order to attract even more tourists and flush money into the municipal coffers, the red mayor relies on green projects. In doing so, she is also thwarting the plans of her ÖVP predecessor. 

Shortly before the municipal elections in autumn 2022, Markus Binder, then ÖVP mayor of Mörbisch, wanted to make good on his election promise and tackle the long overdue renovation of the 80-metre-long wooden bridge that leads from the sunbathing area on the mainland to an 18,000 m² island of tranquillity in the lido, which cannot be found anywhere else on Lake Neusiedl.