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Silent center should speak

Silent center should speak

Shortly after the federal elections and one year before the state elections, the questions asked by the tourism and congress service on the weekend are not without danger: where does bavaria stand?? What is going well in the free state, what can be improved?? And where do we want to go together? The bavarian state government wants to receive answers from 30 citizens from bamberg and the surrounding area for the so-called citizens' report 2030.
"The participants of the citizens' conference help with their commitment that the rulers make the right decisions for the people – that is, for all of us", mayor christian lange (CSU), who will give the opening speech on saturday, is looking forward to the event.
The composition of the citizens' conference is remarkable. As margit aufterbeck, the project manager at ifok, the company running the event, explains, the aim in selecting the participants was to obtain a good, colorful mix of society – i.E. Men and women with and without a migration background, from all educational backgrounds and age groups. 500 citizens were randomly selected by the registration authorities and invited to participate by letter. For bamberg, around 60 men and women had registered, of whom 30 were selected accordingly. "By this procedure one also gets the silent middle and not only the persons who always speak out of their own accord", says margit aufterbeck.
Each of the eight citizens' conferences will deal with different topics. The event on saturday and sunday in bamberg will discuss education, migration and integration, work and social security in old age, and citizen participation in the future.

Democracy in action

Mayor Christian Lange attaches great importance to the two days: "what will be worked out this weekend will not be a paper that will gather dust in some filing cabinet and be forgotten. No, it will be the basis for a rough online participation of all citizens of bavaria." for him this event was "democracy in its purest form" and at the same time it will be the start of the jubilee year. "In 2018 and 2019, we will celebrate two anniversaries: 200 years of the free state of bavaria and 100 years of the bavarian constitution", explains long.

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Guttenberg beauties were the model

Guttenberg beauties were the model

What angels look like? How attractive they could be? An eternal question of art history. Seven weeks after the end of the war, on 6. June 1945, someone comes to guttenberg who soon asks this question: constantin von mitschke-collande, an important painter of spate expressionism.

At his side his young wife hilde and their four year old daughter constanze. Her pack consists of two backpacks, everything else – including hundreds of paintings that were in his studio in the castle – was stolen by the flames during the bombing of dresden in february 1945.

Music

Reinhold stark led for the last time

Reinhold stark led for the last time

The fans of cultivated instrumental orchestral music living on the obermain became aware once again at the autumn concert in the pater lunkenbein hall on sunday evening what a jewel the ebensfeld music association is after all. About 350 listeners were offered a varied program from legendary film music to musical works to rock sounds.

Italo-western-movie-music by ennio morricone, the one from "the life of brian well-known song "always look on the bright side of life" or the waltz "by candlelight – already the prelude of the concert with the 40 musicians paying wind orchestra could be heard. The ensemble also took the audience on a journey to africa with a medley of songs from the children’s film "the jungle book". As lively and cheerful as the musicians played, the audience saw bar baloo and mogli dancing through the gymnasium in front of their eyes, as the melody to "try it with gemutlichkeit" played sounded.

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Association of cities and municipalities: municipalities are suffering from the diesel crisis

Association of cities and municipalities: municipalities are suffering from the diesel crisis

Shortly before a new "diesel summit" with chancellor angela merkel on monday, the german association of cities and municipalities has criticized the course taken by the federal government.

"The declared goal of avoiding driving bans in any case could not be achieved," said uwe brandl, president of the german association of cities and municipalities, to the german press agency. Even about a year and a half after the first "diesel summit" at the chancellor’s office, municipalities are still facing rough challenges.

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Kauerndorf: the csu does not want a full extension of the state road

In the context of a local meeting, both have clearly taken a position.The matter is also becoming somewhat explosive, because building director siegfried beck from the state building authority will explain the advance acceptance again on monday evening at the meeting of the municipal council. There is also a letter from a burger (the BR reported). Finally, the agenda provides not only for a discussion but also, if necessary, for a resolution on this anticipatory acceptance.

The position of the CSU municipal caucus with the two deputy mayors heinz mosch and melanie schieber as well as municipal councilor klaus wollnik is clear. CSU local chairman stephan heckel-michel announced it at the local meeting also in the wording: "in the interest of all involved, the state building authority and the municipality of kodnitz, the road users, but especially also the affected citizens not only in the settlement, but also in the villages of kauerndorf and folschnitz are to be talked to eliminate the danger spots, but that with minimal intervention."

School

“Feel-good climate” like in the family

Athletic, individual, creative, artistic – and ready to successfully meet the challenges of professional life with solid school knowledge and skills acquired in internships. This is how the students of the freiherr-von lutz middle school presented themselves at the "open day" to the many visitors who came to see the school building and its wide range of activities in the areas of school knowledge and careers, drama, school band and sports.

"The middle school in munnerstadt is in an excellent position and it is impossible to imagine school life without it. The teaching staff, led by principal ulrike freifrau von und zu der tann, does an excellent job not only of imparting academic knowledge, but also of preparing students for professional life and communicating social values.", praised the two mayors, helmut blank from munnerstadt and harald hofmann from nudlingen, in unison. Both mayors emphasized that they and their committees want to ensure that the middle school can meet the ever-increasing demands in terms of material equipment and with a view to the digital age.

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.

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Respect for service to mankind

Respect for service to mankind

The caritas association for the district of kronach has been in existence for 40 years. In the context of the jubilee year, an anointing of the sick service took place in zeyern. Invited by regional dean thomas teuchgraber, the caritas social station steinwiesen and the parish council of zeyern.

The social station offered a transport service to the church, which was gladly accepted. Numerous seniors came to the service in the parish church of st. John the baptist. Leonhard to receive the sacrament of strengthening. Regional dean thomas teuchgraber gave everyone a heartfelt burial – especially the newly ordained deacon markus grasser as well as the new pastoral assistant for the pastoral area of kronach, sarah-maria rock-damschen, who joined in the service. In his sermon, the regional dean explained how fitting it was that the 22. September deacon markus grasser celebrated his first service as a deacon in the pastoral area of kronach in zeyern with the sick and joyfully proclaimed the gospel for the first time. A deacon, for example, promises at his ordination to spend his life caring for the poor, the sick and the needy. He thanked the employees of the social station in steinwiesen for putting this basic ecclesiastical principle of service to the sick and weak into practice in their work. For this, he expressed his deepest respect and appreciation to them.

Auto

Heavy goods inspection on the a3: 25 violations

Heavy goods inspection on the a3: 25 violations

A few decades ago there was a standing term "concerted action". It matches exactly what happened at the aurach-nord rest stop: police, customs and the veterinary office of the city of erlangen checked trucks weighing more than 3.5 tons.

"Waves out especially trucks that look like they have a cow aggregate", thomas zwiener of the veterinary office calls out to police chief inspector willy eger. Eger and his young colleagues are responsible for directing vehicles to be inspected from the highway to the rest area. "Many more pass by than we accommodate here. That's why we have to choose, by feel and by experience", says eger.

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Researchers expand search for extraterrestrial civilizations

researchers expand search for extraterrestrial civilizations

The non-profit institute has been listening to the universe since 1984 – so far unsuccessfully. With the rough observation campaign stretch the "E.T.-researchers" extend their search to red dwarf stars.

The researchers of the seti institute (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) work with modern radio telescopes to pick up possible radio signals. "Red dwarfs – the faint sparkles of the cosmos – have received little attention from seti researchers in the past," institute staffer jon richards explained in a news release. "This is because researchers have made the seemingly plausible assumption that other intelligent species should reside on planets orbiting stars similar to our sun."