Saturday, June 11, 2011

Two Austria mountaintop on sale

Two peaks in the Austrian Alps in the region are sold at Rp1, 7 billion. Both the peak-sold by the federal government's real estate company in Austria, Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft-located at an altitude of 2.600m in eastern Tyrol.

The company said peak Grosse Kinigat and Rosskopf offers very beautiful views towards the Alps. After all potential buyers are warned not to make a fence around the summit he also closed the right of people to walk there.



Local residents do not support the sale of two peaks which is also the location of the First World War memorial. "Being a mystery to me why they want to sell the tops at the moment," said the mayor Kartitsch, Josef Ausserlechner, told Austrian news agency APA.

"In Greece they sell the island. In Austria, the mountain."

Prospective buyers are given time until July 8 to submit a bid and so far has listed 20 potential buyers, reports the local newspaper, Kleine Zeitung.

(source: BBC)

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