Finance

20-Year project in Weisendorf comes to an end

20-year project in weisendorf comes to an end

It’s finished, the through road of weisendorf. Shortly before the bavarian minister of the interior and transport, joachim herrmann (CSU), officially opened the traffic circle and the road, the bus shelter in front of the jagerhof had also been installed. As mayor alexander tritthart (CSU) emphasized in his speech, a 20-year discussion preceded it.
In the municipal council, too, the expansion of the local thoroughfare had caused many and often emotional debates, because the core of the village was also included in the expansion, because in addition to the funds from the state budget, there was also money from the city’s urban development budget. Mayor tritthart seemed almost relieved with joy about the completion. Therefore, the head of the municipality thanked not only the political representatives and the state building authority as well as the companies involved, but above all the residents and road users. Around 6000 vehicles pass through weisendorf every day, and since the new traffic lights and traffic circle, traffic jams have become a thing of the past.
The total cost of upgrading state roads 2263 and 2259 is around 2.1 million euros. With around 1.6 million euros, the state of freestate is bearing the lion’s share of the costs. In addition to the money from the state budget, this also includes funds from the city’s urban development program. The weisendorf market will pay around 450,000 euros for the project. In addition, the zema company contributed 70,000 euros to the project.
"We have thus significantly improved safety for all road users, especially for pedestrians", both the minister and the mayor emphasized. In the past year and a half, the market town of weisendorf and the state of bavaria have jointly carried out a large number of individual inspections. Two intersections were redesigned to make them safe for traffic, visibility was improved, and the sidewalks were renewed. In addition, two traffic lights were made barrier-free or retrofitted.
A rough section of the local thoroughfare was also rehabilitated. This significantly reduced the burden of larvae on residents, said tritthart. In the course of the tree removals, the weisendorf market also renewed several supply and disposal lines. Between the schwane intersection and the traffic circle at the junction of the main road with the hochstadter and auracher bergstrabe roads, the local thoroughfare was redesigned and equipped with crossing aids for pedestrians – also to make two new bakery branches accessible.
For the statement that the planning for the further expansion in the direction of grobenseebach has already started and that construction will begin in 2015 herrmann received spontaneous applause. In this context, too, the minister called on the two members of the state parliament alexandra hiersemann (SPD) and walter nussel (CSU) to raise more money in the state parliament. "We have more roads here that need to be renovated."

Finance

Teuro, crises, golden dm: the euro has been around for 15 years

Teuro, crises, golden dm: the euro has been around for 15 years

The small plastic bags – called starter kits – were available on the 1. January 2002 the topic of conversation: they contained 20 coins, exactly 10.23 euros. The equivalent of 20 D-marks. 15 years ago, people in germany held the euro in their hands for the first time.

And what has happened since then: the euro came into disrepute as the teuro, the euro crisis caused uncertainty about seven years ago. That's why some of them wished for the D-mark back. By the way, the afd made headlines for the first time a few years ago with its demand to return to the old truth.

Finance

Emergency aid for euro crisis countries – and criticism of merkel

Emergency aid for euro crisis countries - and criticism of merkel

After a 13-hour-long war of nerves, german chancellor angela merkel (CDU) relented in brussel on friday and accommodated the euro worriers. Some partner countries were in a "very complicated situation" because they had to pay high interest rates on their bonds, merkel defended the decision against criticism from home.

The summit decided that crisis countries will be able to access the euro bailout fund more easily in the future – and will have to meet fewer conditions in the process. The ESM rescue fund is also to be able to grant direct aid to banks from highly indebted countries under certain conditions. This will then also relieve the burden on their national budgets. All 27 eu countries agreed on a 120 billion euro growth package to boost the crippled economy. Almost half of it comes from the EU budget.

Finance

Animal art

Animal art

When people can’t do it, the animals have to do it. To raise money for a new lowen enclosure, animals at the heidelberg zoo have painted pictures that have now been auctioned off – with great success.

The example should set a precedent. The first place to go is the financial sector. There have already been studies in which monkeys were given the task of deciding whether to buy or sell shares. They did not come off worse than the so-called experts of the genus homo sapiens. Bonus payments were no longer a problem, since they were no longer measured in millions of euros but in kilos of bananas. So it would be a good solution for countries like germany, where the citizens can’t limit these bonuses by referendum like the swiss do now.

Finance

“Mv” turns 80: power man and multifunctional

"I was in the trenches almost every day, poison arrows were whizzing around me," the powerhouse and multi-functionalist once said proudly and confidently about his day-to-day battles.

Whether as president of vfb stuttgart and the german soccer association (DFB) or as a CDU minister in the country, mayer-vorfelder brilliantly managed to hold on to various top positions for years despite extreme headwinds. His strong track record, tactical savvy and glittering network helped him, even though he was a hard-nosed and often uncompromising conservative. "I was an argumentative politician," said the jubilarian in an interview with the dpa news agency.

Finance

Tarpaulin for hallstadt market barn optimized

Tarpaulin for hallstadt market barn optimized

The heart of hallstadt's new center already has a clear face – at least in the architects' illustrations. Now the interior is also gaining in contour. The architecture office schettler& wittenberg from weimar has incorporated changes and suggestions for improvement into his plan and presented it to the people of hallstadt.

The design has been optimized, especially with regard to a clear separation of the various future functions. The first floor will be used exclusively for the store, with the associated staff rooms – which were initially planned for the upper floor – and the store manager's office. The upper floor will now be the "culture floor" the aforementioned large hall together with the associated ancillary functions such as kitchen, checkroom and toilet facilities are occupied. The entrances to the two areas – the market and the hall – are also clearly separated. This should allow both uses to be operated independently of each other. But an elevator will make all levels, from the underground parking garage to the culture floor, accessible without barriers.

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World cup affair spoils dfb’s balance sheet – big loss in 2017

World Cup affair spoils dfb's balance sheet - big loss in 2017

The affair surrounding the 2006 world cup has caused the german soccer association (DFB) to suffer a huge loss of image and additional tax payments, and now also a large balance sheet deficit.

The association posted a negative result of 20.3 million euros for fiscal year 2017, as DFB treasurer stephan osnabrugge reported at a press conference in frankfurt on friday. The main reason for this are the back payments to the frankfurt tax office in connection with the 2006 world cup affair.

Finance

Adelsdorf also thinks of Uganda at the parish festival

700 years parish adelsdorf, parish festival and christi himmelfahrt were celebrated on thursday with a rough parish festival in the church parish of st.St. Stephen's day celebrated. The highlight was the auction of pictures, at which pastor thomas ringer, a shrewd auctioneer, was able to put 770 euros into the account for the organ, which cost a total of 350,000 euros.

The day began with a festive service, which was framed by the orffgruppe der barmherzigen bruder gremsdorf – on the organ sab rudolf kiebling. At the beginning of the service, pastor thomas ringer asked a young churchgoer what feast was being celebrated today, and he answered proudly: "father's day!"

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Christian ude at the spd in bad kissingen

Christian ude at the spd in bad kissingen

"I expect good issues from him for 2013, also for the election in september, a good speech and a good presentation. I came because I find christian ude likeable", said josef plener (kleinbrach), an SPD member for many years, who had come to the new year's reception of the bad kissingen social democrats in the tattersall. "I expect christian ude to give an entertaining speech with pointed formulations. But it will certainly not be decisive for the election", said simone bastian (ebern), who does not belong to any party. And armin fischer, the local chairman of the kissingen SPD, was curious to see whether and how christian ude would come across as a sympathizer: "i don't expect him to say that the others are bad and we are better. I wish from him to show that we are good."

Some expectations of the SPD's top candidate for the bavarian state elections in september. And the mood was also expectant when the red cross orchestra played the hopeful song of the bavarian social democracy into the hall at 11 o'clock on the dot. There was still a little time left for the applause, when sabine dittmar, member of the mdl ("no one else can tap as well as he can") and mayor kay blankenburg buried the guest in a manner befitting the occasion, but also made a number of political demands, particularly in the area of healthcare.

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Horst seehofer is a guest in the habberge district

The minister-president comes to hofheim, and nobody notices it. Not quite, but almost. Only about 200 people showed up to bury horst seehofer, the father of the state, the CSU boss, the power man. In any case, there was still plenty of room on the market square in hofheim. No hustle, no bustle, but plenty of sunshine.

When four black limousines (three bmws and an audi A8 in front) roll up in front of the new burgerzentrum, the visitors cheer joyfully. He is not yet to be seen, the minister-president, he sits behind tinted glass. The motorcade stops, seehofer gets out, smiles, waves, shakes a few hands and obviously feels comfortable in the role of the star guest.