For health: Haushamer councilor Gerhard Klante stops

Created: 09/30/2022, 06:03

After many years as a municipal councilor, Gerhard Klante (l.) asked for his dismissal for health reasons.

After Mayor Jens Zangenfeind appreciated Klante's work in the group, the committee unanimously agreed to the request.

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Hausham – The Hausham municipal councilor Gerhard Klante (free voters) has resigned from his honorary position.

The committee paid tribute to the 73-year-old for his many years of commitment.

Gerhard Klante (73) sat for the free voters in the municipal council in Hausham for 14 years.

Now the former middle school teacher has asked to be released from volunteering for health reasons.

The body agreed to this unanimously in a recent public meeting and said goodbye to it with prolonged applause.

Mayor Jens Zangenfeind previously reviewed Klante's work and recalled his outstanding social commitment.

Klante justified his decision with health: "I only have one life and that was pretty much on the brink, so I would like to enjoy it a little bit more." always achieved a lot for Hausham and brought it forward.” The head of the town hall assured Klante that, even if the committee was incredibly sorry, there was full understanding for this decision.

Thank you for your social commitment

Before the vote, Zangenfeind emphasized Klante's exemplary commitment: "You weren't just a good advisor, you were always there immediately when people needed help." Klante's social commitment was incredibly broad.

Even before the wave of refugees in 2015, he was committed to integrating asylum seekers well, and when Corona took mankind in a stranglehold, he was one of the first to become active in the circle of helpers.

"You weren't too bad for anything.

Not when it came to resolving complaints from neighbors in refugee shelters, nor when interviewing around 300 people in the Auerberg settlement.” Because the “Socially Integrative City” funding project didn’t work a good seven years ago, Klante went on a real slog for several weeks Doorknobs cleaned to get an idea of ​​what the people who live there really want.

As Zangenfeind said, that was an important reason why the playground was renovated and the soccer field on Nagelbachstrasse was built.

As a reminder of his time on the municipal council, Zangenfeind Klante presented a belt buckle with the coat of arms of the municipality of Hausham and the words: “What you have done here left traces, namely traces of humanity.” After the vote, as a formal legal act was necessary, the list successor is now informed according to the result of the last municipal council election and sworn in at the next municipal council meeting.