The venerable war memorial on Peitinger the main square next to the parish Church of St. Michael shines again in fresh glow, thanks to the energetic commitment of the veterans Association, has already made the last big cleaning of the year in 2007.

Peiting – Even if heuer had to be omitted due to the Corona epidemic on the great corpus Christi procession was in front of the memorial for the Fallen and Missing constructed a procession of the altar. This year's Initiative for the cleaning of Konrad Gruber, who was also his high-pressure cleaner available. He was assisted in the work of the Association Ludwig Rohm, Hans schlogel and Heiner Schuhmacher comrades.

The free provision of the lift was for the painter, specialist Werner Maier of honor operation thing. The parish of St. Michael, was the power available, the market town of the water. The Board of management Ludwig fork would have to be created like a Hand with. Despite his ailing health he left it, however, to follow the action with. Finally, his heart blood in, in the year of 2012, completed facility.

were at the Time, led to the 150-year anniversary of the veterans and soldiers camaraderie Peiting at the suggestion of Casimir Jocher, the name plaques of the dead and Missing with the memorial together.

not An easy task, that was solved by the local artists Seriously, and Marinus within the FMS but exemplary. Finally, the unique of the Oberammergau sculptor Hermann Schilcher created, 6.50-metre-high and 28-ton Nagelfluh-double-cross with his Pieta in Bronze from 1959 was the largest and heaviest of the war memorial in Germany.

"In the past 13 years, has been deposited but again a lot of moss and dirt," stated Board of management Willi fork now with the cleaning. At the same time he expressed the hope that the admonishing remembrance can take place on memorial day again.

delighted also Peitings mayor Peter East Rieder on the voluntary commitment of the veterans showed: "What's going on here, everything is remarkable." Him was not particularly important that the "horrors of wars" get into oblivion and it to urge future generations to peace.

Everything is going to volunteer

in addition to the dedication for the memorial on the main square is the Peitinger also the God of arable comrades at Mary's Egg at the heart. Markus Mayr is responsible for the whole year to the war memorial at the Eastern cemetery wall. The nursery Thomas Leinauer maintains the tomb of the former Russian prisoners of war Nicolai Nowohadskiy. All of this happens for the market town of Peiting on a voluntary Basis, without anyone from the administration or even the mayor has to place an order.

GERHARD HEISS

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