Michael heger becomes new tourism director

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Michael heger becomes new tourism director

Michael heger is the future new director of bamberg tourism& congress service (TKS). The 48-year-old has worked as team leader for marketing at TKS since 2005 and now succeeds andreas christel, who is retiring at the end of the year after 17 years at the helm of TKS.

After studying political science in bamberg and marburg, michael heger initially worked for the german central office for tourism in frankfurt am main. He then worked for five years in marketing and public relations at the diakonie neuendettelsau. At the end of 2004, the munich native returned to his city of study. In his new role as tourism director, heger wants to do justice to bamberg’s burghers as well as its visitors.

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"In addition to the classic destination marketing, i would like to focus more on the sustainable development of tourism in our city. I am passionate about tourism and consider travel to be an elementary need of today’s people, one that also connects them to the people – and as an economic factor, tourism undoubtedly strengthens the regional job market. But in what we do, we must always keep in mind the impact of tourism on the life of the city", according to michael heger in the press release of the city

Tens of thousands of people demonstrate in moscow

Tens of thousands of people demonstrated peacefully in moscow against police violence and for free elections, despite massive attempts by the authorities to intimidate them.

Saturday’s rally in the russian capital was the largest in many years. At the demonstration, which was permitted this time, the people demanded the registration of independent candidates for the city council election on 8 december. September. "Freedom for political prisoners!", chanted the crowd. The opposition politicians, including alexei navalny and ilya yashin, who are in custody, are meant here.

The organizers spoke of more than 50.000 participants, the police of about 20.000. This was considered a great deal, because the leaders of the protests have been eliminated by imprisonment," chanted the crowd. In addition, russia is still on vacation and many people are therefore on vacation. And it rained until the beginning. The authorities had allowed the rally for up to 100.000 people allowed.

Mass arrests during the rally did not occur this time, they began only after the end of the demonstration. According to figures from the citizens’ rights portal OWD-info, police detained around 350 people nationwide at solidarity rallies for the moscow protests. According to the report, there were about 250 arrests in the capital. The police initially spoke of 136.

After the approved rally in moscow, many people gathered in the city center. The organizers had not ruled out in advance that there could be other actions declared as a walk. On live television images, police with batons in the district of kitai-gorod east of the kremlin blocked streets and parks. Arrested people were repeatedly seen being led away and shoved into police buses.

Recently, the police had repeatedly used violence against demonstrators. Over the past two weekends in moscow, there have been a total of about 2400 arrests. This triggered international criticism.

Saturday’s riot on sakharov prospekt was attended by many young people in particular. On social networks, videos of police violence against demonstrators had triggered widespread outrage. Prominent musicians such as the rappers face, oxxxymiron and the groups IC3PEAK and krowostok also took part in the rally. This has never happened before. Lyudmila ulitskaya, a well-known writer in germany, and journalists also appeared on the protest stage.

"We have the power here!" people shouted about. Or – unusual for russia – "freedom, freedom". A speaker shouted from the stage: "do we need such a president??" the crowd answered in chorus: "no!Posters read something like "give back the elections to moscow"!" or "here we vote!".

In part, there were serious technical problems, so that speakers could not be heard. Once again, mobile communications were largely paralyzed: phone calls or mobile internet use were not possible.

The lawyer lyubov sobol was again temporarily detained. She is a member of the team of kremlin critic nawalny and has been on hunger strike for weeks. She posted a video on twitter showing police forcibly opening a door to her office and entering it. After that she wrote: "russia will be free."The officers had already detained sobol for hours a week ago on his way to an unsanctioned rally. Many people in moscow had their names on signs.

Opposition protests aim to get all candidates on the ballot for city council elections in four weeks. Government critics are not allowed there because of alleged formal errors in their registration applications. The call for the rally was also supported by well-known bloggers with millions of followers to send a message against police violence.

Parallel to the protests, the city organized – as it did a week ago – entertainment such as a festival in gorky park. Russian media watchdogs also want to prevent videos on youtube of unauthorized actions from promoting further protests. The media regulator roskomnadzor called on the internet company google to ensure that its subsidiary youtube does not carry out such advertising. Otherwise, it will be considered hostile interference in russia’s internal affairs and will be responded to "appropriately".

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.

Flexible sales areas
The architects have also incorporated wolfgang groll's ideas and suggestions. The management consultant is in charge of the local shopping project on the site of the former rewe market, which has since been demolished. For example, it should now be possible to flexibly arrange special sales areas in the entrance area (such as bakery products with a bistro or a fresh meat/fish/delicatessen counter). At the same time, the glass facade should remain free of fixtures or advertising to ensure an unobstructed view into and out of the store. Neighboring concerns were also taken into account in the design of the building's exterior. The previously planned staircase between the warehouse and staff rooms on the upper floor can be dispensed with thanks to the new structure.

Because the staff rooms are being moved downstairs, the "culture floor" is growing. The flat areas will be used to enlarge the checkroom or kitchen, for example, and the hall itself will grow slightly to a capacity of around 350 to 360 people.

Foyer separately usable
The foyer will now be used separately for exhibitions or receptions. A new backstage area should also be multifunctional, with flexible connections to or separation from the hall.

Because the area previously planned as the entrance hall to the market is now only the entrance foyer for the "culture floor" is, we can also dispense with various expensive fire protection measures. Six additional underground parking spaces can be created in the basement by moving the staircase to the hall and reducing the amount of storage space not needed.

Exchange of blows in the city council
The presented optimization concept was approved by the city council with 14:5 votes. Fundamental criticism came from thomas soder (CSU): "we don't know for whom or what we are optimizing." so far there is neither an operator for the market nor a concept for the cultivated area. "If they evade all working groups, it is easy to claim that nothing is happening", countered mayor markus zirkel (SPD).

And second mayor ludwig wolf () added: "we are already further along." after that there will be an information event. Udo hoffmann (SPD) was pleased about the changes: "it's nice to save money and have more benefits." edgar stark (CSU) had a few more suggestions and wanted to know if it would also be possible to optimize the optimization. We can certainly add to the details," markus kraus from the building authority told him.

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