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Hidden object: After a three-year compulsory break due to the corona pandemic, the city of Wolfratshausen again invited new residents to a reception in the Loisachhalle on Sunday.
The focus was on the girls and boys born in 2023. © Sabine Hermsdorf-Hiss
The city of Wolfratshausen invited guests of honor to the Loisachhalle on Sunday.
The focus was on the 2023 birth cohort - there were plush toys for the girls and boys and a thick information package for the parents.
Wolfratshausen - Because of the corona pandemic, the city had to take a forced break: After three years, all children born in 2023 and their parents were invited again to a new citizen reception in the Loisachhalle on Sunday morning.
“The children have to pay for their own alcoholic drinks,” emphasized Mayor Klaus Heilinglechner with a wink.
Squeaky playgroup: City welcomes new residents with plush wolf and free doughnuts
According to the head of the town hall, “everything was pushed forward” by the social and family officer of the Wolfratshausen city council, Gerlinde Berchtold.
She initiated the literally squeaky-fun meeting, which took place for the first time in 2016.
According to Berchtold, more than 140 girls and boys saw the light of day in Loisachstadt last year.
The city council “will soon have to deal with the construction of a new daycare center,” announced the SPD politician, who emphasized the statement: “Child and youth work in our city is exemplary.”
Emmi Müller was one of the invited guests.
The one-year-old brought her brother Leo (3) as well as her mom Kristin and dad Timo with her.
The family has lived in Wolfratshausen for around 20 years, and Kristin Müller says she feels well informed about what the community has to offer.
“Today, of course, we are here because Emmi is invited” – and perhaps the new citizen reception would provide “the opportunity to exchange ideas with other families,” says the 33-year-old in an interview with our newspaper.
Gerlinde Berchtold, the social and family officer for the Wolfratshausen city council, welcomed the young guests in the Loisachhalle on Sunday morning with a plush wolf.
© Sabine Hermsdorf-Hiss
There will be plenty of information for visitors to the reception on Sunday: Wolfratshausen's police chief, First Police Chief Inspector Andreas Czerweny, and his colleague, Police Chief Inspector Stefanie Seebauer, will be available to answer questions at a stand.
What Czerweny, who generously distributes small key rings in the shape of police trowels, plaster boxes and bright yellow reflectors, is particularly pleased about is that many children and their parents with a migrant background have accepted the city's invitation.
“I think that’s great,” says Czerweny.
City Councilor Berchtold emphasizes that “the police protect us all” and that young and older citizens “can turn to their friend and helper at any time.”
Music students and the city band give samples of their skills
Present at an information stand next to the police in the Loisachhalle are the commander of the Wolfratshausen volunteer fire department, Andreas Bauer, the managing director of the municipal housing association (StäWo), Robert Alischer, Dr.
Sonja Weißbacher (family sponsors/children and youth support association Wolfratshausen), Thomas Fritz (head of the municipal utilities), representatives of the adult education center, the Koki (early childhood network) at the district office, the municipal cultural manager Andreas Kutter, library manager Silke Vogel and the head of the municipal music school, Manfred Heller.
Some music students enriched the reception of new citizens musically, the same applies to the city and youth city band with Christian Tomsu at the conductor's podium.
Hidden object picture book, balloons, crayons and free doughnuts
Those around whom everything revolves this morning naturally cannot gain much from the greetings and the flood of tips and contact addresses that waves through the Loisachhalle.
Much more interesting are the colorful Wolfratshauser hidden object picture book, the blue balloons, crayons, soda and the free doughnuts.
It's also great for crawling around on all fours on the polished wooden floor in the Loisachhalle.
After about an hour, Timo shifts back and forth in his chair a little restlessly.
“Maybe we can still dance,” muses the three-year-old.
In the afternoon there was a reception for adult new residents in the Loisachhalle.
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