For 37 years, Karl Spitzer was a water officer in the community of Weyarn.
Now he wants to cut back and has handed over the honorary position to Andreas Gast.
Weyarn - Spitzer was adopted by the local council with a big thank you, lots of applause, a certificate and a present. In his laudation, Mayor Leonhard Wöhr (CSU) left no doubt as to how valuable Spitzer's voluntary work was for the community. "You were our reliable and helpful Aquarius and a huge stroke of luck," said Woehr. Spitzer worked as a trained water master for the Munich municipal utilities, so he was always up to date with the latest know-how and made this knowledge available to his home community on a voluntary basis. He was even on duty at night and initiated and accompanied many innovations "persistently and conscientiously", such as setting up an emergency supply, changing the technology from analog to digital and electronic control.
Mayor Woehr gave a laudatory speech
Weyarn was the first municipality in the district to receive an emergency action plan thanks to Spitzer.
"And the supply associations have always been able to rely on you and your advice," Wöhr continued.
Last but not least, the community and the fee payers would have saved a lot of money thanks to Spitzer's commitment.
Spitzer was also a member of the municipal council, so that the finances of the municipality were also important to him.
"A wonderful job"
That Spitzer enjoyed his voluntary work and that his work for the state capital was very beneficial to him could be heard in his own words.
The latter enabled him to assess what was really necessary for the water supply in Weyarn and what was not.
The contrasts would have fascinated him.
"In Munich we had pipes with a diameter of 1.60 meters and large tunnels, here in the community it was 20 or 40 millimeters," he said with a smile.
"Water is the most important food there is," he said with conviction, "and it is a wonderful task to make sure that it is available to everyone." (Christine Merk)