GARDEN EDEN · PLHH · GOTT WALD HOLDING LLC
You have land.
We have a vision.
Garden Eden actively acquires farms, forests, alpine pastures, spring rights and every kind of agricultural land in the DACH region. Whether you want to sell — or are just thinking about it — you are in the right place. Equity-financed. No broker. No commission. Patron-level negotiation.
Contact us — no obligation →02 / STRUCTURAL CHANGE
Every day farms close in the DACH region. Quietly.
Three numbers, three statistics, one movement — and it is growing.
6
Farms per day
close in Germany.
BMEL Agricultural Report · Destatis 2010–2020
4
Farms per day
close in Austria.
Statistics Austria · Agricultural Structure Survey 2010–2020
2
Farms per day
close in Switzerland.
BFS · Swiss Agricultural Structure Survey 2010–2023
Combined: roughly 12 farms per day across the entire DACH region. Over the year: more than 4,300. Over the past thirty years: more than 60 percent of all farms in Germany have disappeared, almost a third in Austria, nearly half in Switzerland.
Farms in DACH 1991 → 2020 (in thousands)
Sources: Destatis Agricultural Census · Statistics Austria Agricultural Structure Survey · BFS Swiss Agricultural Structure Survey — reference years 1991 / 2000 / 2010 / 2020
Not because they are bad farmers. But because they ran out of choice. Debt. Loans. Bad contracts. Missing succession. Bureaucracy that has nothing to do with working the land. These are the real reasons generational farms disappear — not lack of passion.
The passion is almost always there. What is missing is a partner who sees it. That is exactly what we are. We do not just buy — we resolve. And we resolve together with you. This is not about taking something from someone. This is about preserving what is worth preserving.
03 / FOUR WAYS
There is more than just “sell or keep.”
Four ways. One of them fits your situation. We choose it together.
01
We buy directly
Clean direct purchase, equity-financed. You hand over — we develop the land long-term. Notary, land registry, done.
02
We buy & take you on as partner
You sell and remain co-owner. Stake in the Garden Eden programme, voice in the development.
03
We buy & employ you
You know the land like no one else. We buy — you continue as salaried farm manager. Wages, social insurance, security.
04
We buy & cooperate
You continue as external partner. Knowledge stays, financial pressure goes. Service contract, lease-back or advisory — whatever fits.
“We are not the ones who come to take. We are the ones who come to carry. If you love your farm — you are exactly in the right place with us.”
04 / WE UNDERSTAND YOU
We have not come to talk — we have come because we know.
How much time you spend in the office — instead of in the field.
How many laws, regulations and obligations slow you down every day.
How much administration you handle — instead of being with the animals.
How much time on the phone and with emails — instead of living seeding and harvest.
How much passion you carry — and how little room it has.
How hard it is to keep going — when the system works against you.
THE MISSION · MATHIAS GOTTWALD · PATRON
“This is about creating something — in balance with the place, the region, the farm, the nature and the animals. The best result for nature, animal and human. That is my mission. That is why I am here.”
The man behind it
Mathias Gottwald
PATRON · GOTT WALD HOLDING LLC
“I do not get up earlier than a farmer. But I know his day. And I know what he carries.”
I have not come to talk. I have invested — time, capital, structure — because I believe that nature, animal and human deserve a shared future. Garden Eden is not just my project. It is ours. As soon as you say yes.
06 / HOW IT WORKS
Five steps. Clear. Confidential. Without surprises.
From first call to notarised signature — typically 6 to 12 weeks. With urgency, 4. You set the pace.
- 01
Inquiry
You complete the form or write directly to office@gottwald.world. Confidential, non-binding, no commitment.
- 02
48-hour callback
Within 48 hours the GOTT WALD office responds. No call centre — a real person who has read your documents.
- 03
Confidential first talk
60 to 90 minutes by phone, video call or on-site. You speak about your farm. We listen and ask the questions you need.
- 04
Non-binding valuation
Based on location, land, substance and future potential, we draft a written valuation — including which of the four paths fits your situation. You commit to nothing.
- 05
Notary
When both sides say yes, we go to the notary. Typical duration first contact → signature: 6 to 12 weeks. With urgency, 4. You set the pace.
07 / STRAIGHT TALK
What we do not do.
Trust is not built through promises but through clear limits. Six sentences that stand firm.
No speculative resale
What we acquire, we keep. Land is bound in PLHH as a Real World Asset — no resale to private equity, no flipping.
No parcelling into building lots
Agricultural land stays agricultural. We are not in the business of carving up farms into housing developments.
No industrial construction
No commercial halls on grown soil. No soil sealing beyond what farming requires.
No pressure, no rush
You set the pace. We wait when you need time. We decide when you decide.
No broker in the middle
We negotiate directly. No 3 to 7 percent broker commission, no intermediary trade, no hidden mark-ups.
No hidden costs
Notary fees and land transfer tax are paid per statutory rule by each party. Other costs on our side are not passed on to you.
08 / WHO WE ARE
Six anchors that carry our work.
What you can rely on — structurally, legally, humanly.
Equity-financed
GOTT WALD Holding LLC buys from its own capital. No fund capital call, no investor veto, no consortium pressure in the background.
Patron, not acquirer
Negotiation directly with Mathias Gottwald. 22+ years entrepreneurship, 33+ projects, lived experience with agriculture, family businesses and successions.
Real-World-Asset strategy
PLHH binds land as a Real World Asset for the long term. Not short-term return logic — a generational strategy.
Discretion as default
No client logos, no press releases, no cases without your release. What happens here stays between us.
Clear legal structure
GOTT WALD Holding LLC, Company ID 400415421, registered under Georgian law in Tbilisi. Purchase contracts under the respective national law (German BGB, Austrian ABGB, Swiss ZGB).
No commission
We are buyers, not intermediaries. No broker fee, no success share, no negotiation mark-ups on the purchase price.
09 / WHAT WE LOOK FOR
Every form of land.
From a 2-hectare orchard slope to a 200-hectare alpine pasture. From an inheritance farm without a successor to a single spring rights parcel.
Farms & Estates
Nature & Wildland
Water & Springs
Specialised use
10 / REGIONS
DACH region and adjacent areas.
Core regions where Garden Eden actively acquires. Outside this list: feel free to ask, much is possible.
11 / FREQUENTLY ASKED
What sellers ask most often.
Nine answers to questions that always come up in the first conversation.
- 01What kind of land is Garden Eden looking for?
- Garden Eden seeks every form of land in the DACH region: farms, equestrian properties, permaculture farms, meadows, forests, vineyards, alpine pastures, fallow land, eroded plots, orchard meadows, conservation land, spring rights, lakes, watercourses and farmsteads with buildings — regardless of size or current condition.
- 02Which regions does Garden Eden cover?
- Primarily the DACH region: Germany, Austria, Switzerland as well as South Tyrol and Liechtenstein. Core regions include Tyrol, Salzburg, Upper Bavaria, Upper Austria, Styria, Vorarlberg, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and the Swiss midland.
- 03What happens after I get in touch?
- The GOTT WALD office responds personally within 48 hours. We review your offering discreetly, schedule a confidential first conversation, prepare a non-binding valuation and discuss together which of the four paths fits your situation. Only then is a decision made — at the earliest.
- 04Does Garden Eden also buy distressed or complex properties?
- Yes. Garden Eden is open to complex situations — inheritance without succession, unclear ownership structures, pressing loans or time-critical decisions. Discretion and decisive speed are part of the approach. Equity financing gives us a tempo that conventional buyers cannot match.
- 05What are the four ways to sell?
- First: clean direct purchase — you hand over, we develop further. Second: purchase with equity — you sell and remain co-owner of the project. Third: purchase with employment — you continue as salaried farm manager. Fourth: purchase with cooperation — you stay on as external partner, your knowledge remains, the financial pressure goes. Which path fits, we determine together.
- 06Can I keep my employees?
- Yes — that is explicitly desired. Existing employment relationships transfer under § 613a BGB (Germany), § 3 AVRAG (Austria) or analogous Swiss law. Garden Eden has a strategic interest in retaining experience on the farm — you know the land, your employees know the operation.
- 07What happens to the farm after the sale?
- Garden Eden develops acquired land regeneratively over the long term — no speculation, no parcelling into building plots, no industrial construction on agricultural land, no resale to private equity. Land is bound as a Real World Asset within the PLHH ecosystem. Concrete plans per farm emerge jointly with the seller during the first conversation.
- 08How is Garden Eden different from brokers or investment funds?
- Three points. First: equity — we buy directly, no investor pressure, no consortium in the middle. Second: no commission, no broker fee — we are not the middleman, we are the buyer. Third: personal negotiation with Patron Mathias Gottwald, not with an acquisition employee. One conversation, one decision.
- 09How fast does a sale typically close?
- From first contact to notarised signature typically six to twelve weeks — depending on land registry, inheritance matters, permits and the seller’s preferred pace. In urgent cases (foreclosure date, acute crisis) we can close within four. For complex situations we take more time. You set the pace.
12 / CONTACT
Get in touch.
Confidential. Non-binding. Response from the GOTT WALD office within 48 hours.
13 / SOURCES
Where these numbers come from.
Full source list — verifiable, transparent.
- 01BMEL — German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Agricultural Report
- 02Destatis — German Federal Statistical Office, Agricultural Census 2020
- 03Statistics Austria — Agricultural Structure Survey 2020
- 04BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Agricultural Structure Survey
- 05§ 613a BGB — German Civil Code, transfer of employment relationship in case of business transfer
- 06§ 3 AVRAG — Austrian Employment Contract Adaptation Act
- 07PLHH — Peace · Love · Harmony · for Humanity, Real-World-Asset framework
- 08GOTT WALD Holding LLC — Company ID 400415421, Tbilisi, Georgia
THE CALL
Start.
Today. Not tomorrow.
12 farms a day quietly close their doors in the DACH region. One of them does not need to be yours. Get in touch — we will find the right path together.
Get in touch →Garden Eden is a project of GOTT WALD HOLDING LLC · Company ID 400415421
Registered in Georgia under Georgian law · Tbilisi, Georgia
Contact: office@gottwald.world · gottwald.world
Not a financial product within the meaning of the MiCA Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 · Not investment advice · Not a purchase recommendation