Overview

• The council approved the name change in Wednesday’s session, with a formal inauguration planned in the coming weeks.
• The garden at Schnitzschulstraße houses Skiclub Partenkirchen’s office and already features a spontaneous memorial created by fans and athletes.
• Mayor Elisabeth Koch said the move was coordinated “in engster Abstimmung” with relatives, while she acknowledged criticism over process and apologized for not involving factions earlier.
• A proposal to rename the town’s youth sports award as the “Laura-Dahlmeier-Preis” will first be discussed with the family before any decision.
• Laura Dahlmeier, a two-time Olympic champion and seven-time world champion, died in late July on Pakistan’s Laila Peak after a rockfall at about 5,700 meters, according to her management.