There it also spoiled the harvest!

There he has the salad, with his plants! Hans-jurgen eichfelder was hit hard by this half hour of massive thunderstorms on wednesday. Not so much the bamberger itself, like gemuse and plants on its flat near hallstadt, which had probably been at the center of the storm. On a flat of three to four hectares in the north of the bamberger gartnerflur, which, so to speak, runs into the hallstadter and the schrebergarten area "roppach eichfelder has estimated the damage at 10,000 euros.
Hail pierced and shredded coarse foliage. Savoy cabbage, kohlrabi and ruccola were hit and damaged. Of course, this does not detract from the taste, but because of the appearance, the defective goods can no longer be given to the roughneck dealers. Is eichfelder insured? "With our flat ones we had to reckon with contributing around 40,000 euros a year." This is probably just too expensive for the farms.
Wednesday's bad weather also caused damage to hallstadt's vegetable growers. Obviously, however, not in such proportions as with eichfelder, show the statements of the hallstadt chairman of the bavarian farmers' association, wolfgang hofmann. His fields are located north of hallstadt, eichfelders in the south, which together with the hallstadt center and commercial area was most affected. Hofmann will probably only be able to offer and consume lettuce that has been perforated by hail within the family circle. It will take time for the vegetable growers to deal with the consequences of the storm.
It is settled at least for the many honorary fire-brigade people, who had engaged themselves there together with the task forces from hallstadt and dorfleins.

Weirs well occupied

As hallstadt's second-in-command wolfgang kohmann reports, the city's firefighters alone – who had received support from a number of others in the surrounding area – were able to fill the tank from 12 onward.38 o'clock to 21 o'clock in action. The reason were mainly full cellars. How could it come to this?
We have inquired with district fire chief bernhard ziegmann. According to this, the wind first swept leaves from the trees on wednesday. Then it hailed. Hailstones and leaves clogged drains. Therefore water could not flow away. "And then came the downpour. There the water ran freely into the cellar."
Hallstadt's second kohmann adds: "the water had nowhere to go." Because of this, and partly because of malfunctioning flaps, cellars were affected.
Pumping out takes between a quarter of an hour and an hour, depending on the situation the crews have to deal with.
Kohmann's basic advice to homeowners is to place electrical equipment as high as possible so that it doesn't get wet. Cartons should also be stored high and preferably on shelves so that they do not get soaked. It is good when cellars are not blocked and above all when there is no junk standing around "this helps us firefighters during operations."
Even the firefighters themselves are not immune to flooded cellars. There have been a number of such cases in the hallstadt fire department.
Kohmann has another important tip for homeowners: "it's best to take two or three photos of the firefighting operation, as this can help with insurance later on." The operations themselves, so the further demand, are free of charge for the affected, so ziegmann. Keyword "higher violence.

Investment in democracy

Investment in democracy

C ommunal elections are a cornerstone of our democracy. And they don't do it for free. But what do the elections cost municipalities, cities and counties – and thus the taxpayers?? The question is not easy to answer. On the one hand, the costs for the elections of mayors and district councils, municipal councils, city councils and county councils, which take place in bavaria only every six years, fluctuate from time to time. On the other hand, there is also a lot of working time spent by the municipal administrations that is not recorded and reported separately.

In response to a question from the bayerischer gemeindetag (bavarian association of municipalities), it simply says: "there is no statistical data on the costs of municipal elections." Press spokesman wilfried schober explains that most of the costs cannot be attributed to the election because, for example, "the employees in the municipalities are there anyway and are not recruited specifically for the municipal election. They are involved in the preparations for and the conduct of the election during their regular working hours."

Naked beauty

Naked beauty

Ferdinand lepcke is "a much too little noticed artist", the director of the art collections, klaus weschenfelder, has to state. The first comprehensive exhibition of works by the artist, who was born in coburg and later established himself in berlin, opens at the veste today. And whoever looks at the 35 or so original sculptures assembled here after quite a lot of research work – carried out by the museologist nicky heise – especially in comparison with 20 works by other contemporary artists, can no longer understand why so little attention is later paid to one of the art stars of the imperial era.

The people of coburg know lepcke, encounter him at various locations in the city, the dramatic fountain of the flood in the rose garden of course, the "bogenspannerin in the station street "phryne" in the small rose garden, for example, which does not mean that these images should be given gross attention was given. And that in the "stadtische sammlungen coburg" (coburg municipal collections) a series of wonderful works rest in the depot… Now, at least, they are coming to light, in a meaningful and revealing way, in well-structured contexts.
Nicky heise, klaus weschenfelder and susanne kahler from the kunstgussmuseum lauchhammer, where the exhibition will be shown from may, have written a monograph on lepcke, including a catalogue raisonne. Ferdinand lepcke – a (re)discovery, one could almost say, especially for coburg.

Greece shocked after murder of left-wing activist

greece shocked after murder of left-wing activist

"We will not allow the epigones of the nazis to poison social life," samaras told tv on thursday. Political differences cannot be solved with violence and certainly not with blood. The activist and rapper pavlos fyssas (stage name "killah P"), who was stabbed to death by a right-wing extremist on wednesday night, was killed in a rally.") was buried at piraus.

In the evening, a rally of trade unions and left-wing groups took place in the west of athens, not far from the scene of the crime. According to the media, a large police force protected the offices of the radical right-wing party "chryssi avgi" (golden morning red), which has been linked to the crime of bloodshed. The meeting passed without significant incidents, unlike the previous evening, when there had been some serious riots in piraus, thessaloniki and the western greek port of patras.

Discussion about cemetery of rest continues

No peace returns to the discussion about a cemetery of rest in the urban area. The fact that interest in such an alternative form of burial has not come to a standstill was shown at a discussion to which the free voters of eber (E) had invited to the former school of reutersbrunn.
On 1. In august, a city council committee is formed to develop proposals for alternative forms of burial for the administration and the full council. At the end of the meeting, chairman thomas limpert referred to the recommendations of the municipal council and the district administration, which were against a cemetery of rest. "There are already so many other facilities as models, also in our county, and they have all been contractually agreed upon. Why should that not be possible here?", said limpert.
A spokeswoman for the citizens' initiative expressed her displeasure that no progress had been made since the collection of signatures two years ago, although there was a possible operator who would implement the project without cost and effort for the municipality. "Then we will go to baunach, if such a forest cemetery is created there", said the spokeswoman.
The continuing trend toward urn burials was also affirmed by SPD city councilor werner freibott. From meetings of the audit committee, he said there were 65 to 80 burials a year throughout the city, two-thirds of which were urn graves. Freibott, however, also mentioned the deficit in the funeral service, which should actually be calculated to cover costs. "We actually had to raise the fees by a few percentage points every year without long discussions", he said with regard to wage adjustments, but immediately added that no one in the city council is in favor of it. Freibott referred to his experience through many conversations, according to which in the villages there is no interest in a forest cemetery. In the city, freibott estimates the shares at "half and half".
Councilman philipp arnold corrected the impression that nothing had happened in the matter: "contrary to the administration's proposal, the process was not discarded with the majority decision in the city council in march, but kept running. But the idea can only be pursued if it is clear how it is to be financed."
Baron von rotenhan does not see any problems in this, as he had also explained at his own information event with a consulting lawyer. At that time his forest near fierst was still under discussion. Now he has committed himself to the forest on the high ground in front of kurzewind.
"In the meantime, the project takes up more of my time than my "rough events", said von rotenhan. "There is so much heart blood in it, because I am convinced of the idea that such a forest cemetery means a chance for the whole of ebern and would also arouse interest in larger neighboring towns."

Decision in principle necessary

For the new location he has in mind a parking lot to the left and right of the existing access road from the street to kurzewind. "Cars should not be allowed to drive too far into the forest." There will be no anonymous graves, a place of worship is part of the facility, which also takes into account the requirements of the clergy.
Thomas stegner, as moderator, stated – also graphically – that the first step in the responsible city council committee must be to make a basic decision. If the decision is in favor of a resting forest, it will have to be clarified in stage 2 whether the forest should be built under the direction of the city or by private initiative.
Freiherr von rotenhan assured the city that he would accommodate the city up to the point of registration in the land register.

The district council hopes for babies born in habfurt

The district council hopes for babies born in habfurt

Finally a county budget to participate in! Every citizen in the habberge district is urged to do his or her part to improve the financial situation. Those who accept the habberg clinics and are treated there in the event of illness pay their solidarity contribution. Above all, however, if in the future even more expectant parents decide to give birth to their children in the habfurt clinic, there is a chance of saving the obstetrics department in habfurt. A demand program of the state gives hope! However, 50 percent of the county's children actually had to see the light of day in habfurt's obstetrics department – so far, the figure is a good 45 percent. The demand could relieve the county budget with about 680000 euros.

That's why district administrator wilhelm schneider (CSU) and the speakers from all the parliamentary groups sent an appeal to all parents-to-be during the district council's budget discussion on monday: "now we have it partly in our own hands whether obstetrics can be maintained in the district."
At the last meeting before christmas, however, the worry lines in the round of the district council outweighed the worry lines in the round of the district council when it came to the topic of the habberg clinics. Health care will continue to eat a serious hole in the budget in 2018, even though the closure of the hofheim clinic has already done a lot to cut costs. Around 3.5 million euros to be spent in the coming year alone to cover building maintenance and deficits at the two remaining clinics and medical care centers.

Burning oil tanker off china threatens to explode

Burning oil tanker off china threatens to explode

The burning oil tanker off the coast of eastern china is in danger of exploding and sinking. Two days after the collision with a cargo ship, the 274-meter-long iranian vessel remained in flames on monday, with emergency crews unable to get the fire under control.

One body has now been found, according to the ministry of agriculture in beijing. The identity still needs to be clarified. 32 sailors, including 30 from iran and two from bangladesh, have been missing since the accident.

Sommerach tennis department now only with five teams

At the annual meeting of the tennis department of the SV-DJK sommerach, department head andreas durr buried honorary members erich heinlein and winfried kraus, according to a press release. Before he looked back on the past year, he remembered the members karin wolfel and peter herget who had died during this period.

The head of the department thanked the numerous helpers, whose efforts he praised in particular in the repair of the grounds and at the various sporting and social events. He paid special tribute to erich and jutta heinlein for their commitment to the maintenance of the grounds. He appealed to the members to take the cleanliness of the facility and the generally renovated tennis hut even more to heart. A special cleaning plan and a list of helpers will be helpful in this regard.

Josef demar is a csu candidate for the state parliament

Josef demar is a csu candidate for the state parliament

The 58-year-old demar is expected to join steffen vogel (CSU district chairman in the habberge district) on the state parliament list for the maximilianeum. Thomas habermann, district administrator of the rhon-grabfeld district and candidate for the district parliament, introduced demar to the audience. Demar is since 1997 mayor of the municipality of grobbardorf and thus an experienced local politician with body and soul.

"Demar knows the concerns and challenges of the small district community", according to habermann. Under his leadership, grobbardorf became a model for how a community can tackle the energy transition itself. Grobbardorf was awarded nationwide recognition as a "bioenergy village excellent. Demar comes from an agricultural background, is a trained fitter and works part-time as a project manager at AGRO-kraft in rhon-grabfeld. Demar has long been a leader in the bavarian league team TSV grobbardorf in an honorary capacity.