Porsche magnate puts historic Salzburg villa up for sale after row over private ‘tunnel for one’
Plans by Wolfgang Porsche to bore private 500-metre road link through Austrian hill caused anger among locals
TL;DR
- Wolfgang Porsche has decided to sell his historic villa in Salzburg, Austria.
- This decision follows a public outcry over his plan to build a 500-meter private tunnel.
- The proposed tunnel would have linked a public car park to a private underground garage at his villa.
- The villa, once owned by writer Stefan Zweig, is now on the market for €12.7m.
- Local authorities stated they cannot afford to purchase the property for a museum dedicated to Stefan Zweig.
- Protesters criticized the plan as a symbol of inequality amid housing shortages in Salzburg.
- The Greens in Salzburg are calling for the planning permission to be withdrawn, citing real estate speculation.