"Bad Tölz - Rare Photos, Forgotten Stories - 1920 - 1950": This is the name of the new book by Christoph Schnitzer, Sebastian Lindmeyr and Martin Hake.
On 165 pages there are real pearls of Tölz history to be discovered.
Bad Tölz - The roaring applause after the presentation of his new book "Bad Tölz - Rare Photos, Forgotten Stories - 1920 - 1950" made Christoph Schnitzer a bit embarrassed.
The audience's encouragement was definitely deserved, because the few photos and text passages presented by the Kurier editor give an idea of how much work has gone into this new, second volume.
The close relationship between Hans Scholl and Bad Tölz
However, Schnitzer has two competent supporters. There is Martin Hake, retired mechanical engineer, who has made a name for himself in Bad Tölz primarily with his research and knowledge of Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann. "He swims through the depths of the Internet with powerful thrusts," said Schnitzer of his colleague. Above all, Hake is responsible for the historically significant findings about the close relationships between Hans Scholl, the founder of the Nazi resistance group “White Rose”, and the city of Bad Tölz. It was also Hake who found Klaus Borchers, presumably the only living Tölzer who - then ten years old - saw Hans Scholl during his numerous visits to the Isar city.The interview with the vital 91-year-old Klaus Borchers recorded in the video is "a highlight of the two-year research," says Schnitzer.
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They received deserved applause for the presentation and the new book: (from left) city archivist Sebastian Lindmeyr, author Christoph Schnitzer and researcher Martin Hake.
© Hans Staar
300 photos and their story saved from oblivion
Sebastian Lindmeyr is no less important in the research for the new publication.
The city archivist frankly admits that he is quite proud of the book.
At the same time, however, he emphasizes: “A customer like Christoph Schnitzer is a huge stroke of luck for every archivist.
He benefits from my work, but I also benefit from his.
We pass the balls to each other. "
The main merit of those involved is that they unearthed a multitude of newsworthy incidents or events and saved them from being forgotten on 165 pages and with more than 300 photos.
They made Claus Janßen, the chairman of the historical association, happy.
The thing with the Tölz hearse
One of the episodes that many listeners couldn't suppress a giggle when they were presented was a very delicate one: In 1929, the Tölz city administration wrote to various health resorts to inquire about how they dealt with deceased spa guests.
Pension owners had demanded that the city hearse should, if possible, only collect the dead at night and in silence.
The city administration examined all proposals - and rejected them.
The hearse was spruced up for 90 Reichsmarks - and continued to drive during the day.
Memories of the Tölzer Motorsport Days
On five pages, the book recalls the Tölzer Motorsport Days in 1927 and 1928, the climax of which was a race for solo drivers and sidecar teams.
Up to 8,000 spectators are said to have lined the race track between the Einbachmühle and the hill near Schwaig.
The machines reached speeds of well over 80 kilometers per hour on the route that was not asphalted at the time.
A horrific accident ended the spectacle once and for all.
A team had crashed into a tree, the driver and passenger were killed.
Gazers are said to have even stepped on the hands of one of the dying people.
The story of two remarkable women
The book also commemorates two remarkable women: Elise Heufelder, who was elected to the Tölz city council in 1919 for the newly founded Bavarian People's Party.
And finally Christl-Maria Schultes, who grew up in the forester's house in Oberenzenau.
She made a name for herself as an aerobatic pilot - and ended tragically: In 1931 she crashed while attempting to circumnavigate the world near Passau.
The amputation of the badly injured left leg ended his career as a pilot.
Max Duffek and his strange bet: getting around in a million ways
The authors have raised Max Duffek from the darkness of the past.
Born in Abensberg, after his time as an assistant in a Tölz pastry shop, he made a bet with fellow gymnasts that he could move in a million ways.
Pictures show him doing a handstand on the hood of a car, riding an oyster, driving a lawnmower.
Duffek spent the rest of his long life winning the bet and marketing himself around the world.
Volume 3 is already in progress
It's also about Tölzer cheese, the Franzmühle, the Eichmühle swimming pool, the drama about the new fire engine and the major fire at the Moralt company, the Walchensee power plant, the rafting, which is why Karl Valentin Bad Tölz couldn't stand and and and ... "The book has proven the efficiency of the Tölz historians, ”says Christof Botzenhart, cultural representative of the city council.
“A very, very great achievement - with a crazy effort.” It can be revealed that Schnitzer is already collecting material for Volume 3 (from 1950).
It should appear in 2023.
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The book:
Bad Tölz - Rare Photos, Forgotten Stories (ies) - 1920-1950, price: 24.80 euros.
Available in the local bookstore, Tölzer Kurier branch, Schnitzer petrol station, Ludwigstrasse 36 and on the Internet at www.isarfloesser.de
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