Organisation

Organisation

In order to ensure the best possible planning and implementation for the Green Trails, an organisation has been set up that is entrusted with the project. If you have any questions, requests or suggestions, the office can help. It can be contacted on 05631 954-5009, by e-mail or via the online contact form .

Political organisation: The special-purpose association

In order to jointly implement this project, 14 cities and municipalities have joined forces with the district to form a special purpose association. The Green Trails Association consists of an association assembly and an association board.

  • Association meeting

    The association assembly consists of honorary representatives from the parliaments of the municipalities or expert citizens who represent the interests of their town or municipality in the association.

    Members:

    • Bad Arolsen: Gerd Frese, Deputy: Jens Meuser
    • Bad Wildungen: Ralf Gutheil (Chairman)
    • Battenberg: Simone Kaletsch
    • Diemelsee: Volker Becker (Deputy Chairman), Deputy: Reinhold Kalhöfer-Köchling
    • Diemelstadt: Dieter Oderwald, deputy: Florian Boos
    • Edertal: Klaus Gier, Deputy: Jörg Köhler
    • Hatzfeld (Eder): Dirk Junker, Deputy: Ralf Schärer
    • Korbach: Klaus Friedrich, Deputy: Heinz Merl
    • Lichtenfels: Henning Scheele, Deputy: Ingolf Ibing
    • Twistetal: Steffan Dittmann, Deputy: Rolf Ledebuhr
    • Vöhl: Karsten Kalhöfer, Deputy: Susanne Kubat
    • Volkmarsen: Klaus Teppe, Deputy: Hartmut Linnekugel
    • Waldeck: Jürgen Vollbracht, Deputy: Bruno Arlt
    • Willingen (Upland): Jörg Stremme, Deputy: Dirk Wilke
    • District of Waldeck-Frankenberg: Karl-Heinz Wilke, Deputy: Markus Budde

  • Association Board

    The association board was elected in the first meeting of the association assembly. All 14 mayors of the participating municipalities stood for election. According to the statutes of the association, the district administrator is the chairman of the association board.

    Members:

    • District Administrator Jürgen van der Horst (Chairman)
    • Mayor Volker Becker
    • Mayor Christian Klein
    • Mayor Thomas Trachte

  • Meeting dates

    The meetings of the Association Assembly are public. This means that anyone interested can attend the meetings.



Administrative organisation: The Secretariat

The office is responsible for the ongoing operation of the special-purpose association and for the planning and implementation of the project. During the planning and construction phase, this consists of employees from the district of Waldeck-Frankenberg.

  • Employees District of Waldeck-Frankenberg

    The sports and youth work department was entrusted with the planning and implementation of the project.

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Organisation for the planning phase

A project group was established by the office for the planning phase. In addition, a bidding consortium applied for the planning of the project in 2019 and was awarded the contract in 2020. This project office is working flat out on the major project.

  • Project Office

    The planning office consists of three companies that have joined forces to plan the project. They are responsible for planning the trail routes, taking into account nature conservation concerns, developing a marketing concept and much more.

    The office consists of:

    • Bioline (Lichtenfels)
    • Diddie Schneider (Bischofsmais)
    • Bike Projects (Ratingen)