As of: March 1, 2024, 8:00 a.m
By: Friedbert Holz
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The 9 a.m. Club, led by Gisela Gerigk (4th from left), is currently dealing with the topic of coffee, hence the utensils on the table.
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The club is not in the public spotlight.
The ladies from the 9 o'clock club are still active.
Altenerding - They meet every 14 days in the Protestant community center in Altenerding, greet each other familiarly, and look forward to this meeting among women: the members of the 9 o'clock club.
This discussion group for women has existed since 1978. On average, around 15 mature women sit around the square table and have animated conversations.
Although this course is offered by the Catholic Education Center, which is also the sponsor, the Protestant Christians offer them a spatial home here.
Most members are 60 plus, but still very active and open to things in life and to general world events.
Gisela Gerigk (73), who has headed the group for around eight years and also works at Tafel Erding, came to this group via a detour.
“I first led a mother-child group and saw the ladies from the 9 a.m. club.
So I thought to myself that it could be nice without children and I joined.” At that time the director was Renate Foysi, she was supported by Christine Breil, who is still there today.
Nobody knows exactly how it was founded.
But they suspect that by the end of the 1970s there were already women who wanted to “shove out” a few hours just for themselves and pursue their own interests – in addition to their career and family.
“Over all these years, we haven’t become tired when it comes to activities,” says Gerigk, “we still have a lot planned and each time we come up with a different, exciting topic.”
This could range from current climate problems to avoiding plastic waste and crafts for bazaars to the topic of women in the Bible.
“We also discuss interesting books, invite speakers and organize nice excursions,” says the director.
The agile women's troop was already on the Rose Island in Lake Starnberg, was shown the so-called energy points in the Frauenkirche in Munich and completed memory training in the city library.
They talked about the wives of previous federal presidents, looked at prominent CVs and visited the Erdinger box workshop.
They are by no means religiously affiliated and have very different approaches to the group.
For example, Margot Köhler (77), who has been there for 35 years: “Over the years I have grown very fond of the other women; we also help each other outside of the club.
What fascinates me is that we don’t just chat, but talk about previously discussed content and accumulate new knowledge in the process.”
Monika Krönert (80) is also enthusiastic about this colorful bouquet of topics: “I go home every time with lots of new impressions.
We don't leave out any current topic, even if it is difficult.
I think it’s great that there’s a very good sense of cohesion in our club and no clattering at all.”
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They only had to suspend their meetings during the corona pandemic.
They were only able to start again in autumn 2022, at that time in the large church hall.
“It was very cold there,” remembers Gerigk, who calls her members on every birthday and also checks in when she is sick.
But she doesn’t want to be a pre-gymnast: “We work on our topics together.” Everyone took part.
“We are not strange, but wonderful.”
All dates are in the community bulletin.
You have to pay eight euros per person per meeting, one euro goes to the community center and the rest to the Catholic Education Center.
Anyone who would like to have a taste first is invited twice for free.
There's coffee and cake if available - and so are the club ladies.
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