Kempten - coins, Erasmus chapel, culture of remembrance: the budget of the cultural office was debated for almost 80 minutes in the budget discussions.
Therefore, Mayor Thomas Kiechle felt compelled to admonish: “We are not on the culture committee here, but deal with the budget and I ask you to concentrate on the essentials and not to put personal interests in the foreground.
Such questions can be answered in a one-to-one conversation. ”The renovation of the permanent exhibition from 1986 in the temple district of the Archaeological Park (APC) is to be completed.
Furthermore, the purchase of historical coins and exhibits from the City-X exhibition is planned in the Bürgerraum, which Thomas Hartmann (Greens) asked whether the purchase price complied with a market rule.
According to the head of the cultural office, Martin Fink, the estimated value is determined by a coin expert.
"The coins are unique, for example the gold thaler of the city of Kempten." According to his proposal, the funds planned in his budget for the cultural and historical routes with a focus on Romans in public spaces should be applied to the subsidy for the KKU, since Kempten Tourismus is in charge of the project will have.
Further measures are:
the renewal of the exhibition Kleine Thermen;
The bakery in Chapuis Park is to be renewed and a glass oven built.
Helmut Berchtold (CSU) questioned that the multimedia presentation in the Erasmus Chapel had to be renewed.
“The necessity must be examined,” admitted Kiechle.
Budget funds were made available for cultural events in the APC, such as the APC Summer and Roman Festival, for the new series of events “Craft Weekends” and the Art Night.
City councilor Andreas Kibler (FW-ÜP) praised the program, but pointed out that 85,000 euros would be too much for the one-day “absolute highlight” art night.
Culture of remembrance too expensive?
Berchtold (CSU) objected to the expert costs for the scientific processing of the Nazi era in Kempten and the culture of remembrance.
He doesn't understand why there are costs at all for the topic of culture of remembrance, "that should be done mostly by volunteers".
Prof. Dr.
Robert Schmidt (CSU) suggested asking the university whether someone could write a bachelor's or master's thesis on this topic.
Katharina Schrader (SPD) pointed out that the impression should not be created that all of this is being done with volunteers.
"For this you need preliminary work and corresponding dissertations, experts have to be consulted," she emphasized.
