Michael Schumacher’s abandoned hometown sadly set for demolition, only 12 people remain

Kerpen-Manheim was the home of Rolf and Elisabeth, and their sons Michael and Ralf, who would go on to become 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 drivers.
Their father ran th♛e local karting track which started Michael’s legendary journey, and is also where he married his wife Corinna.
Sadly, it is now described by as a “ghost town” with💖 only 12 people still living there.
Work to demolish the vil♋lage will begin in 2024, the report says.
Schumacher memories to be saved from demolition
However, small fragments of Scꦡhumacher’s 🎀legacy are set to be saved.
The karting track whi🃏ch his father ran will not be demolisheജd. Nor will his family home, or the local church.
The residence where Michael lived with his w𒁃ife is already gone.
Ralf said 🌃about Kerpen-Manheim: "I grew up w✨ith a lot of animals.

"Of course, that has an impact. And since, thanks to [a political part𓆉y], not my entire hometown fell victim to lignite mininℱg, I took the opportunity to restore my parents' house to the way it used to be. A farm with many animals.
“Fortunately, tha𒁏nks to the new plans, the kart track still🐼 exists.
"Unt✅il recently I was a youth leader, now someone else does it, which makes sense because I can't always be there.
“But I'm glad🐭 that the kart track still exists. After all, it has been resurfaced.
“And parts of it lie on t꧅he ground th꧃at belongs to me. I live right next door.
“We are trying to promote young German talent, which is di𒁃fficult enou✅gh in Germany at the moment."

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American 𒆙sports, to football, to F1.