From the elongated spire of the Saint-Francis church to the town hall of Neufahrn, there is only one step, and Franz Heilmeier naturally crossed it in 2014. Sunday, after the municipal elections scheduled in the Land of Bavaria, the elected representative of this municipality of 20,400 inhabitants, also referent of the parish, intends to keep his mandate, thus extending his availability for pastoral care. “In my profession, I accompanied many people who later began to appreciate me and that helped me become mayor. A kind of mutual respect has been created. During this first mandate, not many people criticized my administration and I should logically win, ” says the 56-year-old man.
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Bavaria is a Catholic region and, in secularized Germany, it is not surprising that Franz Heilmeier, doctor of theology, puts himself at the service of his citizens with the same energy as that deployed in contact with his parishioners . Besides, if Rome had not prohibited
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