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First he inspired the people of Munich, now he comes back with a new task - the Christmas tree from Hohenpeissenberg

2023-01-13T07:08:49.737Z


First he inspired the people of Munich, now he comes back with a new task - the Christmas tree from Hohenpeissenberg Created: 01/13/2023, 08:00 By: Theresa Kuchler The time for the Christmas tree on Munich's Marienplatz is over: this week the dismantling work on the Hohenpeissenberger fir started. 10,000 euros recovered © Bernd Lindenthaler With the Christmas tree, the last remnant of the Chri


First he inspired the people of Munich, now he comes back with a new task - the Christmas tree from Hohenpeissenberg

Created: 01/13/2023, 08:00

By: Theresa Kuchler

The time for the Christmas tree on Munich's Marienplatz is over: this week the dismantling work on the Hohenpeissenberger fir started.

10,000 euros recovered © Bernd Lindenthaler

With the Christmas tree, the last remnant of the Christmas market in Munich disappeared this week.

Those involved from the district, who are known to have been allowed to serve mulled wine there, are now taking stock – and the Hohenpeissenberger tree is returning to its homeland in a special form.

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– A little melancholy resonates when the mayor of Hohenpeissenberg, Thomas Dorsch, thinks back to the Christmas market in Munich.

After all, "a piece of Hohenpeissenberg" was allowed to shine in the middle this time: On November 21, the lights were switched on on the 25-meter-high silver fir tree, which a local family donated to Marienplatz.

Now the Christmas market is over and the lights are off.

The tree was cut down on Wednesday.

As reported, the communities in the district were allowed to take turns running a stand in Munich City Hall this winter.

Hohenpeissenberg had two turns.

"It was a special experience," says Dorsch, who helped out himself.

The helpers, more than 20 volunteers each, took turns serving mulled wine in shifts.

As the mayor says, they had plenty to do on both days.

"It was exhausting," says Dorsch, "but all the helpers were enthusiastic about it."

"Mordsgaudi" at the mulled wine stand of the Steingadener

Also at the mulled wine stand in the community of Steingaden, they had a lot of fun, says Mayor Max Bertl.

The people of Steingaden, who donated the Christmas tree for Munich in 2020, were allowed to run their own stand on Marienplatz for the entire duration of the Christmas market.

Unfortunately, the location of the stand wasn't ideal and "people weren't so keen on spending," regrets Bertl.

He would have liked the stand to generate more revenue.

Nevertheless: "It wasn't a top-up business."

A good 300 people from Steingaden volunteered for the stand in Munich and helped with the organisation, set-up and sale of mulled wine.

"Fortunately, finding the helpers wasn't a problem," says Bertl gratefully.

"We stood together as a village."

33 days of perfect advertising for the Pfaffenwinkel

A "consistently positive assessment" of the Christmas market in Munich is also drawn from the district office of Weilheim-Schongau.

As part of the business promotion, represented by "Farm Holidays" and the Pfaffenwinkel Tourist Association, the district was able to present itself well over 33 days - through discussions with the Christmas market visitors, but also through the media and brochures.

"For the Pfaffenwinkel region, it was a kind of kick-off event after the Corona period, which the district used sensibly," says the press office.

The time in Munich has also paid off financially.

According to the district office, the 10,000 euros in loading and transport costs for the tree, which should be recovered from the sale of mulled wine, were “one hundred percent covered”.

A total of around 11,000 liters of hot drinks were served.

In addition to mulled wine, this also included non-alcoholic punch.

Tablets on the benches refer to the history of the wood

Now that the Christmas market is over and the fir tree has fulfilled its target, the tree will disappear from Marienplatz.

The Munich fire brigade put the tree on the ground on Wednesday, removed the branches and divided it into three to four segments for transport.

The sawn tree is now being returned to Hohenpeißenberg, where the team from the building yard wants to turn it into benches.

As the district office reports, the wood is roughly split in the sawmill and cut into appropriate pieces by the building yard in order to finally build it into seating.

What the benches should look like is not yet clear.

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Provided with tablets that tell the story of the wood, the benches are to be distributed in the region.

This is how the more than 50-year-old silver fir finds its way back to its homeland after its short career as a Munich Christmas tree.

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