Infrastructure improvements at the Gera-Cretzschwitz industrial park: Over the past few months, LEG has widened Wernsdorfer Straße, one of the main access roads in the industrial park, to 6.35 meters, including a sidewalk, over a length of 150 meters. The official opening ceremony, attended by Gera's Mayor Kurt Dannenberg and LEG Managing Director Andreas Krey, will take place next Tuesday, November 25, 2025, at 12:00 noon, during a public event.
“The Gera-Cretzschwitz industrial park is of great importance to the city, but also to the entire East Thuringia region,” said Andreas Krey ahead of the opening. “It has excellent transport connections and offers attractive sites for investors with larger space requirements, as the establishment of Amazon and Ammon in recent years has shown. Our goal is to attract further companies to the site, and the widening of Wernsdorfer Straße makes an important contribution to this.”
“With the completion of Wernsdorfer Straße, we are improving the conditions for companies to invest and for our economic structure to continue growing. Gera-Cretzschwitz in particular shows the potential that lies in consistent location development,” emphasizes Gera's Mayor Kurt Dannenberg.
LEG developed the large industrial site primarily between 2018 and autumn of last year. In addition to internal and external development, two stormwater retention basins and two bridges were constructed as part of flood protection measures. In 2020, LEG sold approximately 25 hectares to the logistics giant Amazon; the center is now operational and employs around 2,300 people. In April 2024, the Nuremberg-based family business Ammon Beschläge-Handels GmbH acquired approximately 6 hectares, and the investor plans to begin planning for its project next year. To further enhance the site's appeal for additional businesses, LEG, in coordination with the city, began planning the widening of Wernsdorfer Straße in the third quarter of 2024; they commissioned the engineering firm Hoffmann.Seifert.Partner for this purpose. Project management was handled by ABW Planungs GmbH. HELI Transport und Service GmbH was awarded the contract for the road widening. She carried out the widening of the road from mid-August to mid-November, so that it can now be opened.
