Kulmbach has a new rescue station

Kulmbach has a new rescue station

Bavaria-wide, 6,300 rescue service employees at 350 locations are on duty 365 days a year about 1.9 million times for people who need help. In the district of kulmbach, the total number of deployments is between 13,000 and 15,000 per year.

"The previous rescue station in kulmbach had reached the limits of its capacity, so a decision had to be made", said district administrator klaus peter sollner at the official handover of the new ambulance station at the clinic.

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Pilgrimage, holy water and truthfulness: festive service for the zeiler kappele church festival

For the parish of augsfeld, whitsun monday has become a traditional pilgrimage day for several years now. So the fub pilgrims and those who came by car celebrated together with the faithful of the PG "at the vine of jesus" and other visitors the festive service for the consecration day of the zeiler kappele. With the dipping of the easter candle into a holy water vessel, pastor michael erhart blessed it. He was pleased that the purchase was made possible by a donation. Now you can also take home holy water from the kappele.

The sermon was given by pastor michael erhart to diaconate candidate andreas hofer in the course of his training. Hofer took up the decree of pope francis, who last year decreed that whit monday as a day of remembrance "mary – mother of the church" should be committed. "Seen together with the kirchweih of our kappele, the three festivals could not be closer together", so the preacher. Based on the scripture passage in which mary learns that she will have a child through the work of the holy spirit, he spanned the arc into today’s time.

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The battle is finally lost

The battle is finally lost

For more than ten years the people of neukenroth have been worried about their oak tree. It was a slow decline of the tree giant. The extreme summers of 2018 and 2019 have now given it the rest. The more than 200-year-old natural monument has finally lost the battle. The once powerful crown looks almost accusatory and ghostly at the same time.

Every local knows the mason’s oak and it is as much a part of the townscape as the church st. Catherine. Nature conservation has been in place since 1937. The appearance has been imposing to date. After all, the oak has a height of 25 meters and a trunk circumference of 4.50 meters. There are estimates of twenty solid cubic meters of lumber.

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A book full of history: researchers get to the bottom of the history of the habberge district.

Summer 2002: former district administrator walter keller sits with stephan diller in habfurt's lazzarin ice cream shop on the torgraben. They speak animatedly to each other. There is one problem: the historiography of the district has many gaps in its research. Diller, who has been commissioned to write a chronicle of the town of habfurt, cannot close these gaps on his own – he needs reinforcement. So the two men decided to found an association for scientists and laymen who are to get to the bottom of local history. Two and a half years later the idea becomes reality: the historical association landkreis habberge is born.

15 years, 20 books, 13 supplements, numerous excursions, seminars, meetings and dialect days later, the first anthology is now available. He tells local history(s) on 346 pages. One of the authors, for example, addresses the question of why "the insignificant village of frickendorf has become such a magnificent bridge". Another contribution sheds light on the history of "the oldest chess pieces north of the alps" – found near zell am ebersberg.

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The traffic lights on the b 286 are still not in place

The traffic lights on the b 286 are still not in place

The first section of the newly created link road from the B 286 to wiesentheid and abtswind has now been inaugurated. However, vehicles are not yet allowed to drive on the section, which serves as a further exit for the expressway: the fine markings are still missing at the intersection, as are the signal loops that will control the future traffic lights there.

Without this the crossing together with the road may not be opened for traffic, it was said. The highly sensitive loops are expected to be installed by the beginning of january, according to frank braun from the engineering office responsible for the project.

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Industry sees no further increase in smartphones

Industry sees no further increase in smartphones

The industry expects sales to again reach around 25 million units, as in the previous year, the industry association gfu reported in frankfurt on monday. In 2015, the number of smartphones had already grown by only 4 percent, although the average price was on the rise.

On average, consumers spent 392 euros per smartphone, a good 7 percent more than in the previous year, the association reports from its market analysis.

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The cross with the cross chapel

The cross with the cross chapel

The construction site is visible from afar, the scaffolding has been standing for about two months. The cross chapel in sthashausen must be renovated. The roof is leaking. The members of the parish council made themselves a picture of the damage these days.

Architect georg boswald-von brunn is satisfied with the progress of the work – even if there have been some delays due to corona. A large part of the damage to the windows has already been repaired; in the future, the condensation running off inside will be drained off via a "condensation gutter" that is invisible from the outside. Several streaks had formed on the natural sandstones.

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The triumph of supermarkets: discounters are losing out

The triumph of supermarkets: discounters are losing out

Faced with powerful wage increases, consumers in germany are increasingly indulging in a little luxury when it comes to food and drink. Edeka, rewe and co in particular benefit from this.

According to a study by the gesellschaft fur konsumforschung (gfk), the sales of supermarket chains increased twice as much as those of discounters in 2018. "Consumers are willing to spend more money on high quality products. This is a trend that plays into the cards of the supermarkets," said gfk trading expert robert kecskes.

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Primary election in the U.S. State of wisconsin

Primary election in the u.s. state of wisconsin

Despite the corona epidemic in the u.S., voters in the state of wisconsin cast ballots tuesday to determine who should run for democrat against president donald trump.

However, the two candidates, moderate ex-vice president joe biden and left-wing senator bernie sanders, had declined to go through with the election because of the health risk. Governor tony evers had ordered a last-minute postponement of the vote on monday, but a court reversed his order.

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Cucumbers, spices, yellow grapes

For the generation of our grandparents, it was a matter of course that the harvest from the garden was preserved for the cold season. Preserving and canning were the order of the day in summer and autumn. A community of six families in hannberg has been back to it for about 15 years and preserves cucumbers for consumption in the current year.

This action started rather small, with the cucumbers from the own garden. But very quickly the action took on more extensive forms, so that additional purchases had to be made. Rough value put the active on the fact that only components from the region are used.

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