Key legal question
Whether the Rosengasse row-house ensemble had to be protected as a significant townscape or cultural monument.
Extracted holding
The ensemble did not warrant protective zoning as demanded by the objectors; its historical and typological value was acknowledged, but not enough to require preservation in the planned central redevelopment context.
Extracted reasoning
Protection must rest on objective scientific criteria and broader public support; here the buildings were simple 19th-century workers’ houses, partly in poor condition, not listed in inventories as worthy of protection, and their preservation would unduly obstruct central densification.