Liste Fritz outraged

Do Tyroleans have to pay for the bankruptcy of the abattoir?

The slaughterhouse in Außervillgraten filed for insolvency(Bild: Martin Oberbichler)

The insolvency of Villgrater Bergfleisch GmbH has consequences not only for the shareholders. The Fritz list is concerned about a lack of control and fears that citizens will be left to foot the bill. Needs-based allocations are causing unrest.

A good three years ago, the prospects were rosy: the newly founded Villgrater Bergfleisch GmbH, a slaughterhouse including direct marketing in Außervillgraten, wanted to get off to a great start. A new building and grand visions were presented. At a media event a year later, there were insights into the premises and the product range. In October 2024, the bad news: the company is insolvent, with debts of almost one million euros.

Those responsible have completely ruined a sensible, agriculturally necessary, animal and climate-friendly project. What's more, they have burned through the Tyroleans' tax money.

Markus Sint, Liste Fritz Klubobmann

Bild: Birbaumer Christof

Subsidies and needs-based allocations
It is not the insolvency itself that is now annoying List Fritz and KO Markus Sint. Rather, Sint feels that there was a lack of control and a lack of a concept: "Those responsible have completely ruined a sensible, agriculturally necessary, animal and climate-friendly project. What's more, they have burned the Tyroleans' tax money."

He is referring to a substantial subsidy for the company from the provincial government. 176,000 euros had flowed to the municipalities in the form of needs-based grants. 712,000 euros were also eligible costs. "It wasn't the funding that was wrong, it was the control that failed completely," says Sint.

Liste Fritz has now submitted a written question to the provincial governor Anton Mattle and the regional governor Mario Gerber and wants answers.