Overview
- The former Traumschiff actor Nick Wilder has put his Montana ranch on the market for about €3.5 million, a property listing reported on Saturday by multiple outlets.
- Wilder and his wife developed the estate over decades after buying the plot in the late 1990s for $79,999 and expanding it into a roughly 700 m² home on about eight hectares with Rocky Mountain views.
- In an interview with t-online cited by press reports, Wilder said growing social and political polarization in the United States and concern about a shift further to the right motivated the decision to sell.
- The couple emphasize the sale is not for economic reasons and describe the ranch as a long-term 'life project' whose sale is emotionally difficult because they have no children to inherit it.
- Wilder, a near 45-year U.S. resident and author, warned in the interview that if political developments undermine democratic institutions and freedoms he and his wife would consider ending their permanent residency in the United States.