Urban Zintel / Photographer

die zeit
the battle of lake wandlitz
 
2011

a lawyer from düsseldorf has bought a whole lake, the wandlitzsee near berlin. he conducts lawsuits against residents and mocks the mayor.
the story of a conquest.
 
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werner becker, 53: "the water doesn't belong to me.
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i just own a piece of land with a puddle on it."
 
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of some 500 lakefront properties 150 have their own landing stage.
 
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150 landing stages with their piles standing on his property.
 
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150 sources of money.
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"a lake like a salami!"
 
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so far, becker has cut off 60...
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...of the 150 slices of salami for himself.
 
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for the new diving platform in the municipal baths...
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...he demands money from the community.
 
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the community of wandlitz had to pay becker 60.000 euros.
 
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"so it has the right to run the lido at the lake forever
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and to keep the landing stage and the diving platform."
about

2009
since september 09 based in berlin, germany

2003 - 2009
working, based in munich, germany

1999 - 2002
munich school of photography, graduation
freelance assistant

1996 - 1998
photography apprenticeship in passau, germany

1980
born in passau, germany
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