“Mega!” – downhill racers jocher and ferstl lose olympic ticket

While the german skiing hopes andreas sander and romed baumann waved their hands in disappointment, simon jocher and josef ferstl looked almost unbelievably at the scoreboard at the finish of the venerable saslong.

"It does not want to work out yet. It feels as if insecurities have crept in," said vice world champion sander after his eleventh place in the downhill world cup. Countryman romed baumann finished 18th on the fube of the langkofel with the victory of the u.S. American bryce bennett. "It was saublod, it pulled my skis apart," the 35-year-old analyzed his ride.

All hunting dogs proved their usefulness, whether for tracking or for shooting

In the past few days, twelve dog handlers and their dogs passed the usability test. For this they had met weekly during the last half year under the guidance of rosel holzner and ursula kilgenstein at the altach in habfurt for exercise.

After the hunting horn blowers had opened the day of the test, hermann langguth outlined the necessity of the dogs required by law to be suitable for hunting. Afterwards, rosel holzner, as training manager, encouraged her proteges once again and drew lots for the two test groups.

Time travel with postcards

It was the last item of an extensive agenda of the municipal council. But like most others, the tourist project "time travel through bad bocklet" points to the future, announced mayor andreas sandwall. Arranged thematically, the 600 postcards, some of which are very rare, from the donation of paul and maria schmitz are presented in frames and displayed at ten prominent points such as church st. Laurentius, town hall, spa and tourist info, spa hotel bad bocklet, hotel kunzmann, bucherpavillon, reha and praventionszentrum, restaurant laudensack and castle aschach set up.

Financed by donations

In this way, local residents and guests will be encouraged to take a historical tour of the market town. Additional highlight: "via QR-CODE, reference is made to the homepage of the municipality, with detailed information on the exhibits on the respective board", declares thomas beck. The frames and the necessary flyers will be financed mainly by donations, the spa director adds. The municipal councillors were pleased to hear this, too, and so there was applause at the meeting: for the schmitz couple and the members of the administration, who expressed the commitment of the couple to the donation: "but you have to make something out of it", cleverly implemented.

Gamescom presents digital concept

With the theme "playing into the future", the computer and video games fair gamescom enters its first digital edition in the midst of the corona crisis.

Oliver frese, managing director of koelnmesse, announced the "most innovative product in the international trade fair industry" to journalists. The new digital approach should also become a core component of the fair in the future, even if it can be held with an audience again.

Only twelve chairmen in 125 years

The small animal breeding club kitzingen and surroundings is one of the oldest clubs in town. Since 2011, uwe hartmann has been responsible for the club and the breeding facility. After 125 years, hartmann is the twelfth chairman.

When the town pastor reub joined forces with like-minded people in 1889 to form the rassegeflugelzuchtverein, the aim was not only to spend their free time but also to enrich their menu. At the festive reception at the new breeding ground, the youth section took over the task of presenting the chairmen to the guests. Among them were well-known kitzingen citizens like kommerzienrat august wildhagen, paul schwertfeger, otto zimmermann and last but not least heinrich lang. Schwertfeger was in difficult times for 23 years (1923 to 1946), zimmermann for 15 years (1950 to 1965) and heinrich lang even for 37 years; today he is honorary chairman. He initiated the merger of the two associations in 2000 together with friedrich hummer, chairman of the kitzingen breeders’ association for pedigree rabbits.

Markus schmittlein honored for 25 years of fire department

Markus schmittlein honored for 25 years of fire department

At the fire department’s annual general meeting, meik reibenweber retired from the leadership team after 24 years as secretary. He was thanked with a prasent. His successor is katharina batz. Chairman jurgen gerlicher, deputy chairman uwe schillig and treasurer dirk bornkessel were confirmed in their offices.

Commander markus kaiser certified the 25 active a very good training, which was reflected in the course statistics. Twelve missions were carried out, among others to several fires. On the first christmas holiday, the service members jolted out to clean up a rough oil damage. Statistically 43 services were completed by 191 participants. The active members of the team also took part in drills and training sessions.

Singing club “waldeslust” rothenhof celebrates with foundation member

singing club 'waldeslust' rothenhof celebrates with foundation member

The "waldeslust" choral society celebrated his 100th birthday at the beginning of march. Anniversary with a nice service in the st.-marienkirche in einberg. Pastor margret rucker held a small funeral service. Afterwards choirmaster wolfgang friedrich on the piano and the longtime honorary choirmaster frank steiner on his violin opened the concert. The jubilant choir sang the song "throw your concern to the lord" pastor rucker the theme for the devotion. The choir from ebersdorf, the "pikolinis" participated, who enthused all present with lively gospel songs. The mannerchor gestungshausen enriched the devotion with their performances. Heartfelt musical pieces by the two soloists on piano and violin followed.

Afterwards, all invited guests went to the club’s pub, the birgitt rosenbauer inn in rothenhof, where the official part began with coffee and cake. The honorary president of the french sangerbund, peter jacobi, was only able to attend the devotion, however.

Church administrator honored – erika gerspitzer bids farewell

church administrator honored - erika gerspitzer bids farewell

There were three occasions at once on sunday in the parish church st. Ludwig marktbreit at the sunday mass: the outgoing members of the church administration were bidden farewell and the new ones were introduced. After six years, erika gerspitzer takes over new tasks, according to a press release.

New members of the church administration are: martin adam (church administrator), willi deschner (accountant), thomas seitz (secretary), marie-luise zurhake, monika jacob, klaus lempert, marion frischholz, and klaus grillmeier. In the future, they will be responsible for the structural and financial interests of the church foundation st. Ludwig marktbreit represented by the obernbreit and marktsteft branches.