Gilbert becaud sang about him. He exists as a special postage stamp, as the title character in the opera, as a cartoon character in several films (most of which have little to do with the original), and even a dwarf planet is named after him – we’re talking about antoine de saint-exupery’s "the little prince".
Probably the most widely read french author of the 20. The world-famous (children’s) novel was written in 1942,
After several serious rail accidents with deaths and injuries, german railroads (DB) plans to equip some 600 older signal boxes with additional safety technology over the next five years.
In a first step, up to 50 signal boxes nationwide are to be modernized this year, a DB spokeswoman told the deutsche presse agency. On the list of the first facilities to be targeted for this purpose is the interlocking in aichach near augsburg, where a passenger train collided with a stationary freight train in may 2018. The 37-year-old driver of the bavarian regiobahn train and a 73-year-old female passenger died, 14 passengers were injured, some seriously.
"The vast majority of the greens want to achieve the steering function to climate-neutral action with a higher price. We social democrats believe that the state must first create certain framework conditions, especially for low-income earners, so that society can change its ways. I’ll put it this way: the greens are acting neoliberally," mutzenich told the berlin newspaper tagesspiegel.
"It may have something to do with the fact that your voters have high incomes on average," he continued. "In my hometown of poland, too, i observe that the grunes are making a policy that is very much tailored to their own clientele. We social democrats want structural changes, but we want to implement them in such a way that we include as many people as possible and not just certain, mostly financially privileged groups."
More than 5.8 million facial images are currently available in the databases of german security agencies for inquiries by police and customs authorities. This is the result of a response from the federal government to a question from interior affairs expert andrej hunko (left).
The department of the federal criminal police office (BKA) responsible for politically motivated crime and espionage also had a further 3124 photos "stored ready for research" at the beginning of january, as the interior ministry goes on to explain. However, the image database of the state security department is not accessible to all users of the police information network.
At the general meeting of the CSU local association in bad staffelstein on monday, district administrator christian meibner (CSU) spoke positively about the introduction of former vehicle registration plates in the district area. Specifically, it is about the reintroduction of the letter abbreviation STE, which was issued until the dissolution of the district of staffelstein in 1972.
After the decision of the bavarian state government in january, the district councils can now decide on the reintroduction of the former license plates. Although he, as district administrator, can decide on this alone, he wants to wait for the decision of the district committee next monday. Meibner, however, has no doubts that he, as a native citizen and head of the district, is happy about the possible return of the old license plates.
The construction boom continues unabated. Construction sites in bamberg’s bacon belt are in particular demand. But here, municipalities can hardly offer free plots of land to those willing to build. The bulk is in private hands. A large number of them are building jerks. In total, the FT’s research revealed that there are currently around 100 vacant community sites. While the standard land values here are up to about 300 euros per square meter, privately owned building plots can easily pay up to 500 euros. Municipalities are reacting to the continuing demand and are increasingly designating new building areas, especially in their own districts. This will mean a good 800 new plots in 2020/21. The FT has inquired where there are how many sites and where new ones are planned in the foreseeable future. We also shed light on the prices. A detailed report with an overview of vacant land and where and when new building sites will be on the market, you will find in the premium area.
Even the sky showed some understanding when the start of the inauguration of the redesigned market square in schwarzach was to begin. The rain actually stopped a few minutes before the ceremony, which was attended not only by the guests of honor but also by a large number of burgers from the community. The tables and benches set up in the new town center were wiped down once again, so that it was later still possible to dine dry under the open sky.
"I’m glad you came here despite the lousy weather," said schwarzach’s mayor lothar nagel, first burying the people for whom the community’s new center was created, namely the burghers. The square and the buildings around it support the center of the town, many generations, according to nagel, have helped to build it.
The relocation of jahn forchheim was also a recurring topic in 2018. At the beginning of the year, at the new year's reception, mayor uwe kirschstein (SPD) had already brought up the subject. At the time, he had said that the club had not done its homework in terms of relocation.
This "provocation the members of the jahn forchheim board of directors do not like the idea, saying that the relationship of trust "has been destroyed in one fell swoop".
A few days before the anniversary of the controversial main-danube canal, the planned construction of two new locks is causing a stir. One option would be to build the locks at the existing site, which would mean a five-year closure of the waterway, said the president of the water and shipping directorate sud (WSD) in wurzburg, detlef aster, on friday to the news agency, dpa. "We assume, however, that this option is not economically viable."
The alternative is a new building next to the ailing kriegenbrunn and erlangen locks, aster stressed. According to WSD, this variant costs between 160 and 180 million euros per lock. The two locks had already been refurbished in 2008 and 2009. The safety standards, however, were only sufficient for ten years. Therefore, a new construction is inevitable.
On saturday, 18. August, and sunday, 19. August, the michelau district of neuensee celebrates its village festival. The event is one of the highlights of the year in the district of lichtenfels and attracts numerous visitors from near and far. It is above all the culinary delicacies that make the festival, which is celebrated right in the middle of town in front of the old school, so popular. The schwurbitzer strabe in the core area of the village is therefore already closed from the morning onwards. The traffic from sonnefeld in the direction of schwurbitz and zettlitz intersection will be diverted via michelau. But since the bridge in marktzeuln is closed anyway, the additional impact on through traffic was kept within limits.
The event is under the auspices of the 2. Mayor dirk rosenbauer, who opened the 27th neuenseer. Village festival will be opened with the tapping of beer. For the festival the village community has again organized one of the biggest smokers in europe.