70 years of the Geretsried CSU local branch: Stoiber highlights the party's national political importance. “Let us take the 70th anniversary as an opportunity to move into the future with courage and confidence,” said the mayor.

The success story of the local association can be read in a 90-page commemorative publication written by Michael Müller. The local CSU, founded in 1954 under Waldemar Kölling, gradually caught up. In 1970 it drew level with the SPD, and in 1978 it achieved an absolute majority.