Forchheimer is consecrated

Forchheimer is consecrated

Archbishop ludwig schick ordains two men as priests on saturday in bamberger cathedral. Because of the current restrictions due to the corona pandemic can participate in the service only invited guests. The consecration will be livestreamed from 9 a.M., a recording will be shown on sunday from 1 p.M. On TV oberfranken.

The two candidates for ordination have already been ordained deacons in 2019.

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Colorful oasis for senses

Colorful oasis for senses

A bit of adventure and recreation, new impressions and relaxation at the same time: this is what the perfect vacation looks like – a vacation that you can experience every day in a natural garden. The restrictions in the corona period in particular provide an opportunity to turn the garden into a near-natural garden.

"The natural garden is less work", says katinka uebel. The forchheim native is a trained gardener and not only provides on-site advice on garden design, but was also a source of advice for interested parties at her garden regulars’ table outside corona.

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44 Hongkongers charged with ‘sedition’ – new protests

44 Hongkongers charged with 'sedition' - new protests

Charges against 44 anti-government demonstrators sparked new protests in hong kong. Despite heavy rain, dozens of protesters gathered outside a court wednesday morning where the accused were to be brought before the judge.

43 of the 44 protesters have been released on bail, according to a report in the hongkong newspaper south china morning post. Many of them were also banned from leaving the city at night. One of the accused protesters did not show up for the court hearing. The protesters were accused of rioting and participating in a "riot".

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Charging station for two electric cars inaugurated in sulzfeld

Charging station for two electric cars inaugurated in sulzfeld

At the segnitzer strabe in sulzfeld am main, two electric cars can now be charged simultaneously with regional eco-electricity. Mayor gerhard schenkel symbolically commissioned a new charging station together with jurgen lang, municipal customer advisor at n-ergie aktiengesellschaft. This has two type 2 sockets with a capacity of 22 kilowatts each, according to a press release. Two adjacent parking lots are exclusively for electric cars, which are charged here. "The new electric charging station in our town is another important milestone in the development of sulzfeld am main and now makes it possible for both residents and guests to charge their electric cars here", mayor schenkel said according to the press release. "Electric mobility helps reduce CO2 emissions and plays an important role in our sustainability strategy", according to jurgen lang. The saule will be integrated into the ladeverbund+, a cooperation of currently 60 city and municipal utilities.

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34-Year-old woman dies in knife attack – partner in custody

34-year-old woman dies in knife attack - partner in custody

"I've already seen from afar that I can't help there anymore", says the neighbor whose apartment is directly below that of a young family. On thursday in the early morning hours it ceased to exist in its previous form.
The 34-year-old mother of two children lies bloodied in the garage next to the house. Your 38-year-old life-threatener waits in the car right next to it until the police arrive, according to the neighbor. "He allowed himself to be arrested without resistance", says beate weib, police press officer.

The exact cause of death is now to be determined by an autopsy. Criminal investigators are on the scene in white and yellow coveralls, documenting every detail of the crime. They put on their rubber gloves, take pictures of the scene, and pack apparent trifles into totes.

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“State failure”? The political wirecard case is just getting started

Accounting fraud, suspected money laundering, an ex-intelligence coordinator and a former minister as lobbyists, and unanswered questions about a trip by the chancellor: the dimensions of the wirecard scandal are growing ever larger – and the political process of coming to terms with it is only just beginning.

An investigative committee is becoming more likely. Many questions remain unanswered – one key question is: was wirecard, as a german fintech company and rising borsen star, handled with kid gloves by regulators despite indications of irregularities?

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Weak pc market puts the brakes on intel

Weak pc market puts the brakes on intel

Profits shrank by 14.3 percent to 2.97 billion dollars. In addition, with the imminent launch of the new microsoft operating system windows 8, intel ventured only a very cautious forecast for the current quarter.

Intel chief executive paul otellini explained the results as a result of a difficult economic environment, a reluctance to buy ahead of the launch of windows 8 and the popularity of smartphones and tablet computers. Production is to be trimmed in the final quarter, which will result in a write-down of around 500 million dollars, explained CFO stacy smith. "The caution throughout the supply chain is very rough. We can’t run our factories at full capacity," the head of intel germany, christian lamprechter, told dpa on wednesday.

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Schutzen has its sights set on the 100th anniversary

Schutzen has its sights set on the 100th anniversary

Celebrations will be held from 7. Until 10. June, but already on saturday, 4. May there will be a commersabend.At the commemorative evening, the "schutzen" look back on their 100-year history. During this time, the association has developed steadily. The push sports offer could be under the leadership of today's 1. Honorary shooting master erhard happ, after the air rifle the air pistol was added. Both air guns are fired at the distance of ten meters. Two teams have been shooting with air pistols so far.
The top-ranked team in the lower franconia league had to be withdrawn from competition at the end of the season due to staffing problems. At the suggestion of the then gauschutzenmeister berthold hehn the bow department was founded. Two adult and one school team participate in the recently started season. Especially due to the commitment of the bow trainer marko friedrich, elisa tartler won the german championship a few weeks ago.
In the mid-1980s, the then youth leader frank neder started a targeted youth development program, which was continued by michael meindl and steffen sitzmann. Through intensive training, the schutzen have won numerous bavarian championship titles. Some talents had to start for other clubs, because the disciplines they shoot cannot be offered by the club.

Friendship round for the elderly
Here the brothers tobias and ralf hehn are especially active. Thanks to the establishment of the old-age friendship round in the rhon-saale region about ten years ago and the possibility to push on a laid-up basis, a good the opportunity has been created to bring back to the pushing stand older shooters who had already stopped active pushing sport.
"The inventor of the support slide deserves special reward. This has not only brought the older guardians back to the pushing stand, but our pensioners are also always ready for all kinds of work on the guardian house", according to sport director walter jopp. The thulbaer auflageschutzen dietmar bohlender, karl-heinz dunkel, anton friedrich, walter gluck, albert klubertanz, kurt kolb and gottfried mehling have dominated the auflage group in the age group for years.
When special competitions are coming up, anton friedrich and kurt kolb train three to four times a week. They are the most training hard-working archers of the club. He was honored in 2011 for 50 years of active pushing. Kurt kolb is with 76 years the oldest active guard of the association.
But also the oldest members of the club come again and again to the guardhouse for the king's thrust or for the century shot. Josef veth, with 84 years the oldest member of the club, took part last week in the competition for the 1000 euro of the century shot. The honorary members have also sponsored the ten guardian discs that have been created in the "jubilee disc" discipline are shot out.

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Construction gap with old oak tree

Construction gap with old oak tree

Bernhard panzer basically all members of the building committee were in agreement and agreed to a preliminary building application. On a land at the end of the schmiedstrabe a small private building area may develop. According to the application for a preliminary decision there is the "new construction of one and two-family houses on four possible rear partial areas" planned. It is conceivable that one house will be built first, and the others will follow later.

This "gap" in one part of the village was not only buried by mayor german hacker (SPD). The haundorf city councilor christian polster (CSU) also saw it this way: "A redensification in the district is sensible." Even though it is actually an auben area. But even further outside, houses have been standing for many years. According to polster, the decision on the permissibility of the project had already been made at that time. "Because that’s how a construction hump came to be. And we are now in compliance with them".

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