Overview

• All filings will be available for roughly one month in town halls and on the Regierung von Oberfranken website starting October 6.
• Knauf revised its submission with new assessments on truck traffic burdens and potential blasting impacts inside the mine.
• More than 3,000 objections have been lodged to date, largely focused on groundwater protection and Würzburg’s drinking-water supply.
• The Bergamt Nordbayern has set no decision date, and earlier submissions remain valid alongside any new statements.
• Knauf projects a 7.1-square-kilometre mine with about 100 million tonnes of gypsum (around 48 million tonnes recoverable) and aims to start extraction in 2027 if approved, citing an independent study, a nine-metre clay layer and groundwater monitoring to argue safety.