The market town of Murnau actually wanted the biographies of the local dignitaries to be scientifically examined. But when this will happen is currently unclear because of Corona. Meanwhile there is still a memorial stone of the Bund Naturschutz in the moss, which among other things commemorates the former honorary citizen Max Dingler.
Murnau - In October 2017, the Murnau town councilor Max Dingler removed from the list of honorary citizens. In addition, the committee moved away from Lorenz Sonderer, winner of the Citizen's Medal. Your Nazi past was the reason. At that time, the representatives of the people made another decision: All dignitaries who were born before 1930 should be checked by means of a scientific report.
Raim-Buch is available
In fact, a researcher should have got the job in spring 2018. At the time, however, this plan was abandoned. The market community wanted to wait until Dr. Edith Raim was published over the years between 1919 and 1950. This is now the case.
Order placement unclear
But Corona changes everything. "Due to the current financial situation, it is unclear when the contract can be awarded," said Zenzi Oppenrieder, Managing Director of Rathaus. According to her, the community has been in contact with various research institutions and renowned scientists for a long time and can be advised. A decision has not yet been made.
Story "do not delete"
The recent council meeting also dealt with dignitaries. Welf Probst (Free Voters) spoke of the new board hanging on the second floor of the town hall (stairwell). It lists honorary citizens, donors and donors et cetera. The name of the zoologist, conservationist and dialect poet Dingler is no longer there. Probst suggested listing him with a brief explanation of when and why he was removed from the list of honorary citizens. "That would be more honest," he said when asked about Tagblatt. Probst would do the same with Sonderer. He regards the status quo as “historical chatter. I think it is important that history is not deleted, even if it is uncomfortable. " Probst, however, would not advocate naming former honorary citizens like Hitler, Himmler and Goebbels. After the war, the municipal council revoked these and other National Socialists' honorary citizenship rights.
Stone in the moss
Meanwhile, the Federal Nature Conservation Association continues to deal with the Causa Dingler. In the Murnau Moos, at the former Moosberg quarry, there is still a stone with a bronze plaque. This honors Dingler and Ingeborg Haeckel. The Bund Naturschutz placed it in 1995. According to information from district chairman Axel Doering, the majority of the district board decided that the stone should be removed. But before you take action, you first want to study the Raim book. Conservationist and honorary citizen Haeckel can also be honored appropriately elsewhere, Doering believes.
Put in context
The Garmisch-Partenkirchner speaks of an “bad situation. The stone should never have been erected. You have to be careful who you honor ”. In his opinion, the mined stone could be placed in the castle museum and put into the right context with an additional panel.
"Stumbling block" instead of a memorial stone
The publicist Jakob Knab, retired director of studies from Kaufbeuren and known for his criticism of incriminated barracks names, also values this. His minimum requirement is an additional sign next to the memorial stone, which Dingler classifies historically and critically - "so that it is not a memorial stone, but a stumbling block". In the case of a person in contemporary history, one always has to take the overall personality into account. Knab contributed to the fact that the name Max Dingler secondary school was canceled in 2011.
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