It is becoming increasingly difficult to get children and young people interested in reading books. To counteract this development, the geroda book team has come up with something: since 2013, heidrun scholz, helene wirth, rosi halbig and heidi rodl have been inviting children from the kindergarten abenteuerland to spend two afternoons each year, in order to convey the fascination of books to them at an early age.

In the course of a "book driving licence they get to know the rooms and are sensitized for the handling of books. The team also hopes to attract prospective readers in the future, because even if the number of readers has not dropped, they would like to keep their bookstore open in the long term.

Almost everywhere in germany burned in the night of 9. To 10. November 75 years ago the synagogues, jewish businesses were plundered and people of the jewish faith were also taken away by brutal hitler supporters. The hatred of the jews was not only felt in the larger towns, but also in the countryside, where the jews had to fear for their lives.

Adelsdorf was no exception. However, kristallnacht did not begin here until the morning of the 10th. November. Because they had been on duty elsewhere the night before, an SS task force from forchheim, together with members of the adelsdorf NSDAP local group and men from the nearby reich labor service camp, attacked the jewish population in the village and the adelsdorf synagogue in the early morning.

"The mood was different from other school closings. The children were reserved, you could see their concern. No one cheered exuberantly, because they were of course aware of the issue", tells jutta aumuller, head of the johann-baptist-graser elementary school in eltmann.

What happens next?

After the closure of all schools until after the easter vacations, the heads of schools and kindergartens in the district were at first at a loss. No one knew how the next few weeks would unfold. Aumuller: "we have no experience in such situations and have to shimmy from day to day. The situation can change any day."

It's shortly before noon: it's getting hectic in the kitchen of the vocational school in kitzingen. It is stirred, cut and fried. "Now the "heibe phase" begins, says bernd hartner, pastry chef at the wurzburger ratskeller and member of this year's selection committee.

Four trainees take the practical part of their final examinations to become cooks today. And for six prospective restaurant specialists, the day is also a serious one. Six weeks earlier, the trainees received a basket of ingredients from which they were to create a menu for six people. This was then presented during the oral examination.

At the halay point of the school year on 15. February, when his students only received their interim reports, wolfgang hitry already received his retirement certificate. After more than 36 years as a teacher at vocational high schools, 13 of them at the FOS/BOS kitzingen, he has held out to the maximum age limit. However, his students made it easy for him because of his even-tempered nature, according to an FOS/BOS press release. Born in 1953 in schweinfurt, berlien moved to weiden and erlangen, then to aschaffenburg, after finishing high school, military service and university. In 20 years of travel on the "popular" A3 from his home in wurzburg, he was allowed to make about 20 circumnavigations of the earth, after the train station in front of his house was closed. In 2006, he succeeded in moving to nearby kitzingen, where he often reached by bicycle, initially as temporary subject supervisor for german. Two years later he was promoted to director of studies. In addition to teaching german and sports, he organized and moderated the "literary quartet" at the school and was a member of the jury for the literary competition of the district of kitzingen. His colleagues will miss him dearly, and not just on mondays during the weekly crime scene debriefing, according to the school’s message.

It’s early in the morning, the cool autumn air is whistling through the air. Annika fischer-weib, trainee painter and varnisher, is at her current construction site: a kronach pharmacy. Erecting scaffolding, masking and painting – these tasks are part of her job and at the same time one of her passions.

The 17-year-old made a conscious decision to pursue this training after graduating from secondary school. She remembers: "i already knew my boss markus beforehand, because we play in the same music club. My internship with him made me realize that this is exactly the right thing for me to do." she has been an apprentice at markus schnappauf’s painting business in wilhelmstal for just over a year now.

In addition, he is also after the new elections chairman of the fire department association. He is assisted by the deputy commander sascha wagner, who has already been in office for one year and was elected for six years, and the deputy chairman of the association christian ullrich. He was confirmed as well as thomas hufner for six years in office. Confidence men are matthias zink (new) and patrick bohn (re-elected). Karsten kohlhepp was newly inducted into the active fire department with a handshake from commander thomas hufner.
In 2019, a number of group and rough training sessions were again held, during which various topics and scenarios were trained and practiced. Various training courses were also attended by the rupboden firefighters. That all this training and instruction is not in vain was particularly evident last year, when the rupboden fire department had to go out on ten real operations.
Also the children's fire department has made great progress in the past year. There are currently 33 children registered from the coarse municipality of zeitlofs. "Particularly pleasing is" according to commander thomas hufner "that ten of the children come from rupboden." the children's fire department meets monthly in various parts of the village.
The money earned from festivities such as pool parties and fun fairs was also well invested again. For by far the most time-consuming and costly project in 2012 was the refurbishment of the schoolroom in rupboden. The room was already very old and in urgent need of renovation. Mayor wilhelm friedrich praised the efforts of the firefighters for the village community of rupboden. His thanks went to the entire fire department team, especially for the successful renovation of the old school. He was very pleased about the newly founded and very active children's fire department in the municipality of zeitlofs.
The fire department has 35 active members, twelve honorary members and six passive members. In 2019, a total of 920 hours were worked, including 147 hours of active service and 659 hours of club service, including the school renovation with well over 500 hours. Not including hours of help at festive events in rupboden.

New round for the planned development area am graben in kleinlangheim. The development plan has actually been in place for a long time, but now the councilors have made further improvements in their meeting on tuesday.

In april, it was already decided that there would be restrictions on the use of the area, i.E., that no businesses would be allowed to locate there. The reason for this was mainly the expected traffic and larvae pollution. Two weeks later, the council decided that these restrictions should not apply to children’s playgrounds or other social purposes. With these regulations, the development plan has been changed and must now be resubmitted to the public authorities in a supplementary procedure.

For the twelfth time, the school-business working group distributed a homework booklet to all students in the last two grades at the start of the school year. In addition to the school- and homework-oriented calendar, the booklet contains a wealth of information and tips for the transition from school to working life. The booklet, which was published in an edition of 1100 copies on the initiative of the working group, was sent to all students in the relevant grades at the various schools.

The booklet not only contains important tips on starting an apprenticeship, choosing the right career and making a promising application, but also current offers from numerous companies in our region. With the help of advertisers, the booklet was distributed free of charge to future school leavers at the beginning of the school year.

"Don't get me started on the small fire departments", warned district administrator eberhard irlinger (SPD) at the meeting of commanders. Well aware that mayors and municipal councils are always looking for "synergy effects" cross-eyed by merging small local fire brigades. Irlinger, on the other hand, sees many advantages in the system.
81 volunteer fire departments and one industrial fire department currently exist in the county, he informed. If you put some of them together, the number of active ones will probably decrease. The district administrator opened the floodgates to the commanders and managers of the fire departments who had gathered in the ebrachtal hall for the service meeting. In order to recruit more young people for the fire departments, irlinger wants to start campaigns at the schools.
3120 active firefighters according to statistics announced by district fire chief harald schattan. In addition, there are more than 10,000 passive and claiming members, including 388 honorary members. A whole row of them could welcome district fire inspector hubert johna at the event. But also many mayors and the police showed by their presence their solidarity with the defense forces.

Rescue with the turntable ladder
According to statistics presented by thomas birkner, there were a total of 2119 calls for service in the county in 2012, 480 fewer than the year before. Most of them, 1140 were technical assistance, 138 were firefighting and 319 so-called "first responder" missions, i.E. Operations before the rescue services were on site. 15 persons could be rescued with the turntable ladder, 64 with the technical rescue service. However, two firefighters were also injured during operations.
A concern of district fire chief harald schattan is the introduction of an honorary card for men and women who have been volunteers in the fire brigade for many years. In other cities, the honorary card has already proved its worth, he reported. It would allow volunteers, for example, concessionary admission to palaces, castles, museums and many other institutions.
In addition to the state awards, a separate award for special service in the fire department has been created together with the district. In addition, an honorary medal of the district fire department association was established for persons who have rendered outstanding services to the fire departments as special challengers and gonners.
Preparations for handling the new digital radio have now been completed, according to schattan. 800 endgerate have been ordered by rough order. As soon as these arrived, the lessons could be started. It is a misconception to assume that one can simply flip the switch and immediately use digital radio. Initially, it will be necessary to work with both analog and digital radio.
Schattan also drew attention to the new legislation on smoke detectors that came into force on 1. January came into force. Obligation to renew exists until the end of 2017. By then, all owners of dwellings had to have complied with this legal obligation. The district fire chief thanked all the instructors who – under the leadership of manfred schattan – were responsible for planning and conducting the courses.
"The topic of firefighter licenses is finally off the table", schattan was pleased to report. There is an agreement between the municipality and the driving school for the examination of applicants. The costs were borne by the municipalities. Mayor friedrich gleitsmann (CSU) explained that only a week ago the wachenroth fire department received a new vehicle of the type geratewagen logistik 2.