Summer tour: Member of Parliament Alexander Radwan visits neighborhood meeting in Stein

Created: 07/16/2022, 8:00 p.m

By: Doris Schmid

Listened and asked: CSU member of parliament Alexander Radwan (right) also stopped at the neighborhood meeting point in the Stein district on his summer tour.

© Sabine Hermsdorf-Hiss

Member of the Bundestag Alexander Radwan is on his summer tour in the district.

In Geretsried he attended the neighborhood meeting in Stein.

Geretsried – It was not the first time that Alexander Radwan (CSU), a member of the Bundestag, visited the Stein district.

On Wednesday afternoon, as part of this year's summer tour, he stopped off at the neighborhood meeting place to talk to local residents.

stone has evolved

It was about the topics of integration, youth, social affairs and education.

But also the development of the city and the district were discussed.

Rudi Mühlhans, Managing Director of the Association for Youth and Social Work (TVJA), opened the discussion.

He can still remember well when Stein was subliminally perceived as "Litte Moscow" about 20 years ago.

Many Germans from Russia came to Geretsried at that time.

"Here was one of the largest Bavarian transitional homes with up to 330 people, very closely occupied with corresponding challenges," says Mühlhans.

Thanks in part to federal funding, a lot has happened in recent years.

The municipality can be proud of how the district with its 2,600 inhabitants has developed.

Voluntary services are “the salt in the soup”

"Of course we can be proud," agreed Hans Hopfner, who grew up in Stein and was the only representative of the city council alongside Kerstin Halba.

"But we shouldn't rest on our laurels." It pains him that the construction of the community and youth center has been postponed to 2026 at the earliest.

If municipalities could only fulfill their mandatory tasks due to austerity measures, it would be difficult.

"These are the things that are the icing on the cake in a municipality," he said, referring to the voluntary services such as the construction of the community center.

Mühlhans appealed to the federal and state governments to provide the municipalities with sufficient funds so that they can implement the necessary projects.

"We can look at the statistics right away, how much debt the federal, state and local governments have," Radwan replied.

During the corona pandemic, the federal government took over certain investments from municipalities and states.

"But the appeal is correct."

Opening of the village shop a “brave venture”

Viktoria and Antonello Pedatella want to bring a breath of fresh air to the district.

At the beginning of August they open a small grocery store in Stein to close the local supply gap.

"The first deliveries will come next week," reported the businesswoman.

Mühlhans described the project as a courageous risk.

"It will be a question of solidarity in the district that people accept this shop and generate sales," he said.

Higher prices than at the discounter could certainly be made up for by personal contact and a short, friendly word.

MP asks

Radwan was also interested in the integration of the Ukrainian refugees and former Afghan local workers who live in Geretsried.

He gets the feedback from volunteers that there are first and second class refugees, the MP reported.

The helpers present confirmed this impression and gave some reasons for it.

"The war in Ukraine is very present," said Djamila Brandes, who volunteers.

"Other hot spots fall down back there."

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Helper Trude Hagenauer-Ringer reported that many would ask themselves how the language courses will continue from autumn.

The courses are full, teachers are desperately needed.

"We give what we can," said the retired high school teacher, who teaches Ukrainian refugees together with her friend Hedwig Schütze.

"I'm pretty exhausted now because it's very tiring," she admitted.

Katherine Schreyer-Keil from the AWO youth migration service approached the deputies with the wish to set up a program especially for young adults that would enable them to make up for language and other educational gaps in order to be able to achieve the qualification.

After the round of talks, Radwan moved on to the Ein-Stein youth club.

There he ended the afternoon with a game of table football.

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