After 2020 there will be no forest Christmas market in Jetzendorf this year either.
The municipal council decided unanimously on Tuesday evening.
Jetzendorf
- The local politicians have come to the conclusion that, because of the pandemic, it would be irresponsible to hold this climax in the climbing park forest during Advent.
The discussion showed that the councils of the big politicians find it difficult to proclaim in public that Christmas markets are possible, but the responsibility for this is shifted to the municipalities.
“On the one hand, it is announced that Christmas markets can send a signal towards a return to normalcy, but at the same time the local authorities are required to avoid crowds”, grumbled Mayor Manfred Betzin (non-party). "They are just trying to pass the buck on to us," said the angry mayor. He asked the local council how this could be implemented at the Jetzendorfer Christkindlmarkt without having to separate celebrating groups in front of the stands.
Betzin could well imagine the possibility of a one-way street regulation, "but anyone who knows our Christkindlmarkt knows from experience that people stand together in front of various drinks and food stalls and then nobody wants to hear anything about the spaces between them".
They don't want to go to the 2G regulation, "because that wouldn't be our Christmas market".
Local councilor Simon Fottner (party independent) also emphasized that the Christmas market would not be feasible if the hygiene regulations were observed.
The doctor Dr.
Stephan Skoruppa (party independent).
He described it as "a mess to shift such important decisions to small communities".
For a year now, he has been able to determine “from top to bottom only botch in government work” with regard to Corona.
So Skoruppa spoke out very clearly against holding the Christmas market, "because if someone is infected here, anger is inevitable for us".
Josef Sedlmeier (party independent) found out during discussions in the shooting club, which belongs to the group of clubs represented at the Christmas market with a stand every year, that 2G is not wanted: The club does not want to exclude unvaccinated citizens.
The “Plan B” considered by Stefan Gottschalk (Lampertshausen voter group) met with little enthusiasm. That would be to set up stands distributed across the districts or to go to a very large site like the Jetzendorfer building yard. "But even there, gatherings in front of the respective stands could not be avoided," objected the mayor.
Betzin also emphasized that a number of neighboring communities would forego their Christmas markets for the same reasons.
The view that fewer visitors would come out of fear of Corona, as CSU councilor Ludwig Pfleger suspects, the other council members did not want to share.
Another problem associated with the hygiene obligation was addressed by the councilor Manfred Breitsameter: “We need a mobile crockery”, said the SPD man.
According to the mayor, if clubs want to act as organizers of their own accord, they should report to the municipal administration as soon as possible and assume full responsibility.
According to reports, no club board wants to put on this shoe.
