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The Lengnau butcher shop closed its doors more than ten years ago. Since then, the restaurant in the center of «Schmitte» has been empty, a bleak sight for the patrons of the neighboring and busy Volg and the upstream pizzeria. On Wednesday, however, the moment of truth arrived as to whether the former butcher, in any form, will be revived.
In the afternoon, at 3.30 pm, the Aargau bankruptcy office in the Brugg district court carried out the increase in ownership of the “shop with different rooms on the ground floor and storage rooms in the basement – the bankruptcy office estimates 200,000 francs. ” The Altstetten-Zürich bankruptcy office had asked Aargau for legal assistance in connection with the “bankruptcy of Café Monti AG in Zürich”.
This is because Efrem Demont, an entrepreneur working in various fields, including a member of the individually signed board of directors of Café Monti AG, bought the location in Schmitte last January, at least in theory. In practice, Demont was awarded the contract for 80,000 francs and immediately made the required initial payment of 33,000 francs. In practice, however, the remaining payment of 47,000 Swiss francs has not been made. And so there was a “further increase due to late payment of the bidder” on Wednesday.
The new owner bought the butcher for the second time
Spread across the Brugger courtroom, in fulfillment of the crown, eight people showed up. Instead of judges and clerks, bankruptcy officers Christoph Fuhrer and Roland Laube sat slightly raised up front. Detailed information about the procedure was followed by the starting shot for the bidders and the number 10,000 followed by their personal details “Bärtsch de Lengnau” rang out from the mouth of a younger woman. Immediately followed by a handsome man, “Meier de Freienwil”, number 20,000. Bärtsch increased it to 20,000, Meier, in no time, to 50,000.
At 55,000, a representative from a Rothrist company submitted a single offer, followed by 60,000 from Freienwilers Meier. After 62,000 of the Lengnauer Bärtsch, surpassed by 65,000 by Meier, Demont of Schöfflinsdorf suddenly intervened with 70,000. Meier went out, Bärtsch added another thousand, Demont increased it to 80,000. “80,000 for the first,” bankruptcy officer Fuhrer slowly counted, and Bärtsch quickly increased it by another thousand. Without hesitation, Demont rose again. Christoph Fuhrer finished the thriller in a calm voice: “85,000 for the first … for the second … and for the third.”
Efrem Demont, the first owner of the property in the “Schmitte”, was awarded the contract for the second time. But unlike the first time, when he had not paid the price on time even after months, this time he went to the bankruptcy officials with a shopping basket and gave them three black cloth bags. Agents withdrew wads of purple Swiss banknotes – a total of 52 – with which Demont had now acquired the “Lengnau 540-3” property. Demont announced that it already had specific stakeholders, but only reveals this: “At the Schmitte, sausages will be produced on a large scale in the future.”
Cornelia Bärtsch, who grew up and lives in Lengnau, was bitterly disappointed and angry at Demont. A dream of the trained pastry chef has exploded: “I wanted to set up a fine little boutique in the old butcher shop with original ideas for gifts and homemade sweets.”
