As of: March 15, 2024, 4:33 p.m
By: Dieter Dorby
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Recognition for loyalty to the club: Some long-standing members were honored in the presence of (from left) Mayor Gerhard Braunmiller.
Our photo shows Hermann Kaffl (40 years), secretary Rainer Hartmann, Hans Epp (25), Georg Köck (40 years), treasurer Hans Maier, Ensign Andreas Lechner (25), second chairman Georg Fritz, chairman Josef Eham, Hans Weiß ( 40), Sepp Schweinsteiger (50), Klaus Kirchberger (40) and Sepp Christoph (40).
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Asking was of no use.
In the early elections of the general meeting in the Miesbacher Schützenwirt, the two open positions on the board of the Parsberg-Wies-Miesbach veterans and reservists association remained vacant: that of secretary and - even more precariously - that of chairman.
Parsberg/Miesbach - A situation that poses an existential question for the club - a year before its planned celebration of its 150th anniversary.
Chairman Josef Eham and secretary Rainer Hartmann informed the members a year ago that both wanted to hand over their offices to new, younger hands in 2024 and step down.
Disillusionment followed at the meeting: no member was prepared to take over the leadership of the association.
“We didn’t find anyone.”
“We didn’t find anyone,” says Eham with his typical smile.
Nevertheless, he is serious about the matter.
“We wanted to appoint a new board right now so that they have a year until our anniversary celebration,” explains the 78-year-old former city councilor, who, together with Hartmann, is now temporarily running the club’s business.
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Eham has already identified the core problem: Since compulsory military service was suspended, it has become increasingly difficult for the veterans and reservists' association to find young people.
Members who experienced the war themselves have now died, and reservists are also becoming rare.
Up to 50 years in the club
The honors showed how loyal the old guard is to the club founded in 1875.
15 members were honored: Four received the silver badge of honor for 25 years of membership, ten the gold medal for 40 years and one received the certificate of honorary membership for 50 years of loyalty to the club.
Mayor brings fusion into play
In his welcoming speech, Mayor Gerhard Braunmiller, guest of honor, thanked the association for maintaining memories of the events of both world wars.
He praised the fact that the fallen and deceased were being remembered and that foreign missions with the Bundeswehr were also being discussed as topics.
Alfons Rauch, chairman of the Schliersee sponsorship association, complained that, despite the increasing number of release dates in 2023, there was little attention paid to club life among the Schliersee population.
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As Eham reports, Braunmiller brought a merger with the Schliersee veterans into play as an emergency solution.
An initiative that, according to Eham, had no result.
He hopes that after his resignation there will still be someone willing to take over the club.
Another meeting is planned to take place in a month - the exact date has not yet been set.
Without a chairman, the association is threatened with dissolution - perhaps before the 150th anniversary.
But Eham hopes that someone will still be found.
Because he definitely doesn't want to continue as chairman given his age and 25 years as chairman.
ddy