Orla exhibitors satisfied with response - energy crisis also an issue at the trade fair
Created: 10/04/2022, 10:00 am
The Goggomobil was just the eye-catcher.
According to Karl Neuner (left), the Stadtwerke concern electricity, gas and district heating.
© Alfred Schubert
The 23rd Oberlandausstellung (Orla) was smaller than its predecessors and the weather did not cooperate.
Nevertheless, the exhibitors were satisfied with the visitors in a survey on Sunday, the penultimate day of the fair.
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- "The demand is huge," said Andreas Reßle on Sunday afternoon.
The visitors crowded around the small model house, which shows the construction of solid wood walls and ceilings.
In his opinion, the fact that so many visitors came to his stand is due to the climate debate and the energy crisis.
Carbon dioxide is stored in wooden houses, and they also need less heating energy than other buildings.
There was also a rush at the stand of the “Wechner” company.
The Peitingen company informed the visitors about heat pumps.
According to Maximilian Barnickel, these machines only need a fifth of the electricity of a conventional electric heater for the same heat output because they use ambient heat.
In view of the rising energy prices, the great demand for heat pumps among visitors to the Orla, which opened last Thursday, was to be expected.
Standing in line at the rural women's stand
Another attraction was the stand of the peasant women, who were again running their café.
The queue of people waiting for coffee and cake stretched across the hall in the afternoon.
"We are satisfied," says Christine Sulzenbacher about the course of the Orla.
On Sunday alone, the penultimate day of the fair, the women farmers sold "80 cakes and pies and 600 Kiacherl".
Edible was also the subject of an exhibition on old fruit varieties that were once found in meadow orchards in the foothills of the Alps, but are now almost extinct.
The "Apple-Pear-Mountains" campaign wants to follow suit and save it.
These varieties include the tomato apple, which produces up to 1,000 kilograms of apples per tree and is only found in Rohrdorf near Rosenheim, as well as the Pollinger Klosterapfel and the Eberfinger Magdalenenapfel.
Visitors were also interested in newer varieties, such as the "Prinz Albrecht von Prussia" from Kamenz in Silesia, the scab-resistant "Topaz" from the Czech Republic, the "Florina" from Angers, the "Dorschbirne" from the Austrian Mostviertel and the "Bavarian Weinbirne”, which is suitable for the production of must and schnapps.
Eva Bichler-Öttl and Georg Loferer informed the Orla visitors about old fruit varieties that are suitable for meadow orchards in the foothills of the Alps.
© Alfred Schubert
Klaus Gallenberger also noted that culinary delights are in demand among visitors to the exhibition.
The antiquarian came with 1,500 books.
Cookery books were very much in demand, but travel guides also found many buyers.
Bus operator Benjamin Koch also noticed that travel is in demand again after the restrictions of the past two years.
He came to the Orla for the first time because he expected the right audience for what he was offering.
"Most bus passengers are 50 plus," he knows from many years of experience.
This generation was strongly represented at the consumer fair, and the demand was corresponding.
"Italy is a long-running favorite," says Koch, and the interested parties wanted to go to Lake Garda and Venice in particular.
The converted Goggomobil at the Stadtwerke stand was an eye-catcher
A visual attraction at the Stadtwerke stand was a restored Goggomobil that had been converted to electric drive.
According to Karl Neuner, the talks revolved around other topics.
The main focus was on electricity and gas prices, and many visitors wanted to know when they would be able to connect their house to the planned district heating system, which would be supplied by an energy center planned near Dietlhofen.
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The booth of TSV Weilheim was "well attended" according to deputy youth leader Dominik Juckel.
Many families came on Saturday and Sunday to find out about what the association had to offer.
Most of the interest has focused on three areas: Asian sports, swimming and dancing.
About two thirds of the visitors were looking for courses for their children, only one third wanted to do sports in the club themselves.
The “Wieshof Naturkueche” and “Kathis Schmankerlkammer” were also about culinary delights.
The picture shows (from left) Christian Dunz, Elisabeth Doll, Katharina Hess and Maria Tafertshofer.
© Ralf Ruder
Despite the "relatively devastating bet", the presence on the Orla was "a success" for the traffic patrol, according to chairman Martin Hackl.
Around a quarter of the visitors who stayed at the stand were more interested in the work of the association.
The simulators, on which reaction tests for drivers and cyclists could be carried out, were particularly in demand.
Many have also tried the glasses with which you can practice driving virtually.
As in previous years, numerous visitors who came by bike had them checked by the traffic police.
Small repairs were done immediately free of charge.
According to a BDM representative, “almost only colleagues” came to the stand of the “Bundesverband Deutscher Milchviehhalter” (Federal Association of German Dairy Farmers).
This was probably due to the fact that the topics of the BDM only directly affect farmers.
The professional organization wants to ensure that the farmers can set the milk price themselves and thus be paid appropriately.
Alfred Schubert
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