Sabine Groth: Your vision for Wachtberg and the 2025 local elections!

Sabine Groth: Your vision for Wachtberg and the 2025 local elections!

Things are getting exciting in Wachtberg: the next one is on September 14, 2025 Local election on, and a fresh wind could blow through the town hall. Sabine Groth, a 59-year-old fully qualified lawyer and experienced civil servant in the state of Hesse, has decided to run for mayor. She set up her campaign office very easily in her living room in Berkum. “I can immediately ensure an open dialogue with the voters,” she explains.

Groth is not a blank slate; She brings a lot of experience from public administration, including from the Hessian State Chancellery. Although she has been a member of theFDPis, she is running for a four-party alliance made up of the SPD, UWG, FDP and the Unser Wachtberg voter initiative. The decision to enter into this alliance resulted from the realization that convergence had been achieved on many points.

Together instead of against each other

For Groth, one thing is clear: it's not about party politics, but about common solutions for the community. “I would like to bring the principle of consensus to the town hall,” she emphasizes. She particularly wants to get involved where there is a standstill, for example when implementing council decisions on important projects such as tiny houses for refugees. She sees an urgent need for action in the current situation.

Another topic that is close to Groth’s heart is the planned “Brunnengarten” development area. She warns against building on this without a thorough assessment of the impact on the environment and existing structures. “Resources have to be used responsibly here,” she says and presents her strategy: internal densification before external development, better use of existing areas and smaller additions on the outskirts.

Wachtberg and the future

The economic development agency would like to make Groth a top priority because she remembers previous close contacts with business that were important for the community. She praises the new express bus line: “It’s a step in the right direction, but we urgently need more 30 km/h zones in town,” she says, showing her investment.

She has clear ideas about environmental and climate protection. These should be understood as cross-sectional tasks and approached cooperatively. Groth would like to work closely with the new councilor Jeannette Herrmann to bring a breath of fresh air into the community. “Regular discussion groups in the town hall could give the population a voice,” she suggests.

In the meantime, voters are also in demand: the right to vote is open to all Germans and EU citizens who are 16 years old before election day and have lived in the electoral area for at least 16 days. Those interested can already register online for postal voting and also become active as poll workers.

With her vision, Sabine Groth not only wants to manage Wachtberg, but also actively shape it. She also spends her free time in the community with her dogs Carla and Kalle and recognizes the potential that Wachtberg can still exploit.