“It was a very instructive time”

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Kitzingen how could it be otherwise?? Their last working day was ash wednesday. Daniela sandner has left kitzingen after eight years. As the director of the carnival museum for many years, she played a key role in shaping the institution in luitpoldstrabe. Now she is looking for a new professional challenge in munich.

Do you still remember your first day in kitzingen??

Sandner: I remember having doubts about whether I was the right person for the job. 2012 the new concept for the museum was put out to tender and an exhibition agency was commissioned with it. New employees were needed and i was asked. Until then I had no relation to carnival at all. I was something of a carnival muffin.

That has changed?

Sandner: of course. Over the years, I have met so many people who have dedicated themselves to this cultural asset with a great deal of heart and commitment. This impressed me again and again.

They have remained in the carnival museum even after the new conception.

Sandner: yes, first as a research assistant and from 2014 as head of the team.

A rough step?

Sandner: at 28, i was relatively young for such a position, but i knew the people involved. That helped me.

Why did you decide to do this work?

Sandner: because i found the concept super exciting. Presenting a collection that has grown since the 1960s in a new museum – that’s something special.

Especially since the stock has continued to grow.

Sandner: yes, this part of the work was also naturally already. To sift through new donations and purchases and thus to conceive special exhibitions again and again.

They also had to turn down offers?

Sandner: again and again, of course that is not easy. But in the meantime we have stopped accepting orders because we already have tens of thousands in our depot. We also reject traditional costumes or other objects that are "far removed" from the collection. We are a museum for carnival, carnival and fastnacht.

What is the focus of your work??

Sandner: the most important thing was and is always the operational business. We have groups of visitors all year round, and they have to be looked after in the best possible way. So we need good support, active guest guides and, of course, a varied exhibition.

All this was not present in 2012.

Sandner: the closure of the falterturm was a turning point for kitzingen. After that we started from scratch. But this was also a chance for me. I have grown with the museum and can now say that I have developed both professionally and personally in kitzingen. Now it’s kind of fair that I go too.

Fair?

Sandner: let’s put it this way: i leave with a good conscience. My successor can build on structures that have grown up and develop his own style. I am 34 years young. So a career change still makes sense.

Where will you work in the future??

Sandner: as a consultant in the bavarian state association for the preservation of local history. It has more than 8000 members. Among other things, I will be responsible for press and public relations.

Will you miss kitzingen?

Sandner: certainly. I have met so many interesting and likeable people here, I have always had the support of the board, and I have grown fond of the city and the region. It was a very instructive time here.

What have you learned above all?

Sandner: being spontaneous and flexible. Time and time again it was: "watch out, BR will be here in five minutes, why don’t you give us a quick interview?. Of course I was also the contact person when the heating failed or there was no paper left in the printer. And at conferences, I’ve been in a room with 300 carnival participants. After that, nothing can faze you (laughs).

Is kitzingen a good location for cultural institutions?

Sandner: there are so many initiatives and offers here. Kitzingen has a very rough potential culturally. The visions on the part of the city have been lacking in the last few years.

Have the people of kitzingen accepted the carnival museum??

Sandner: we pay around 6000 visitors a year, so there’s still room for improvement. The fewest of them come from kitzingen and the immediate vicinity. Of course, it would be nice if this would change in the future.

That’s why her successor will worry. Is it already fixed?

Sandner: the application discussions are underway, I am sure that we will find a very good successor.

To whom or which you wish?

Sandner: that it continues as well as before – possibly even better.

Egloffstein to shine brighter in the future

Three employees from the municipal utility company in forchheim came to show the market town council in egloffstein the "forchheimer weg" to explain. He sees such an activity as a holistic affair, said reinhold postler, technical director of the tram lighting division.

This means: first of all an as-is condition must be determined. From this follows the priorities, which are ranked according to urgency, and future plans. After all, the street lamps should not be left to their own devices, but should be maintained regularly.

Benjamin voth, who is responsible for calculating the brightness of the street lamps at the public utility company in forchheim, calculated that a 100 percent conversion of all the street lamps in egloffstein – around 100 of them – would save about 80 euros.000 euros could cost. This includes the replacement of around ten lamp posts and the testing of the stability of all the posts.

Around 12.000 euro there was a grant from the state. The electricity saving – currently around 42.000 kilowatt hours a year, in the future around 13.000 – amounts to around 5400 euros a year, voth calculated. Since this project has a lead time of at least six months and the next call window begins in the spring of next year, the market town can spread the project financing over two budget years. All the local councils agreed. This was the result of the unanimous decision.

new exhibition shows michael schneeberger's life's work

Michael schneeberger from kitzingen has made a name for himself as a meticulous tracker of jewish history in his hometown, the district of kitzingen, in lower franconia and even in bavaria. An exhibition in the old synagogue presented by the forderverein alte synagoge kitzingen in cooperation with the johanna stahl center in wurzburg presents the life’s work of schneeberger (1949-2014) and shows his development. The exhibition was opened on 21. European day of judaic culture opened and is still open until the 27th. September on view daily from 10 a.M. To 5 p.M.

At the opening ceremony, around 50 participants learned how schneeberger came into contact with judaism and tirelessly traveled in jewish footsteps throughout the region. The chairman of the forderverein, margret lother, emphasized that the work of the tracker, who was one of the founders of the forderverein, has always resulted in new connections to living witnesses and their descendants all over the world.

Mayor stefan guntner thanked for the fact that the exhibition can be shown at all in this difficult time, but also warned that the social life must get going again. He did not know schneeberger personally, but was aware of the importance of his work for the town. One indication of this is that contacts still exist with descendants of jews who once lived here.

The director of the johanna stahl center in wurzburg, dr. Rotraud ries, recalled michael schneeberger, who grew up in a protestant family in kitzingen, who in the sixties on his way to school daily passed the synagogue, which was then used as a warehouse and workshop, and was surprised that no one cared about the history of the jews in kitzingen.

His interest in judaism grew, so that he emigrated to israel in 1982. When he returned three years later, he fell so ill that emigration became an illusion. 1986 finally schneeberger converted to judaism.

Suffered from low interest

When the reconstruction of the synagogue was completed in 1993, he intensified his research on the remaining jewish citizens, made countless contacts all over the world and, among many other publications, published the book yiskor, in which he traced the history of the individual families. Research assignments, especially from the USA, were the result. A photographic image of the rodelsee cemetery with all its details, created together with christian reuter, was shown in many cities.

In a film clip, brigitte zalder reports how much her brother michael suffered from the lack of interest among the general public. It was only through his reprinting that the annual commemoration on the 9th anniversary of schneeberger’s death became possible. November to the pogrom night at the synagogue became the rule.

In another film clip, former city councilor renate fabian emphasizes that without michael schneeberger, neither the old synagogue nor the forderverein would have existed. Only in this way was schneeberger often able to point out with melancholy what germany had lost in the way of valuable people and their culture. The ceremony was musically accompanied by the string duo bluhm.

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