It’s a hell of a noise! Sandra B. * (63) has been filling the village of Luchsingen GL with deafening radio noise since the end of 2020. Whenever the bells ring in the Reformed Church. She is protesting against the quarter-hourly and nightly ringing. But now the end of the dispute seems to be in sight. As the “Südostschweiz” reports, the bell opponent put her house up for sale for 1.2 million francs.
It is not popular. Most of the more than 1000 citizens of Luchsingen are upset by the loud protest. Corresponding reactions are inevitable: A window has already been thrown in the house, anonymous hateful letters landed in the mailbox, the IV pensioner earns angry looks on the street. So does Sandra B. buckle? After all, she has already managed to get the parish assembly to discuss a reduction in the bells in the summer.
Bell opponent wants to continue until she moves away
Opposite Blick, the house owner continues to be combative. “People were happy too soon,” she says. “It is true that we are offering the house for an equivalent property in Schaffhausen. But it will take some time until something like this happens. “
And she threatens: “I will continue to cover the entire village with sound whenever the church sends sound to us. Otherwise we won’t be taken seriously. “
Fear of cheap Schaffhausen offers
The ex-unemployed worker wants to go to Schaffhausen because she grew up there. She set the high price of 1.2 million francs because otherwise only Schaffhausen residents with dilapidated barracks would contact her, she says. After all, their property has 7.5 rooms, a separate apartment and a shop. Interested parties have already registered – unfortunately without an equivalent offer.
The parish does not comment on the possible departure of the bell opponent. Daniel Sprüngli (57), Church Council President and Sigrist of the Luchsingen Church, says: “What Sandra B. does is up to her.”