It's about flooding

Mayor resigns immediately after complaint

The floods of 2013 inundated the district of Hagenau.(Bild: Markus Schütz)

After 16 years as mayor, Goldwörth's mayor Johann Müllner resigned abruptly. The reason was a complaint from citizens. The cause of the dispute dates back to 2013, when the flood of the century made an entire district uninhabitable.

"I've always said: if something like this ever happens to me, I'll quit on the spot." By "something like that", Johann Müllner, ÖVP local leader of Goldwörth for 16 years, means a complaint against him. He found out about it after Whitsun and resigned as mayor less than two weeks later.