Expensive Reader,
When two snowflakes meet, one says: Come on, let’s create some chaos in Hamburg. Some other says: Oh, you’ll be able to do it your self.
A colleague instructed me this comic story within the canteen line, and actually, for a couple of days now in Hamburg you’ll be able to hardly ever take a step with out being drawn right into a dialog about what the workers of the iciness carrier in truth do.
I remember the fact that. However it impacts the flawed folks.
Other folks from the iciness carrier don’t seem to be envied at paintings, they’re suffering with out noticeable good fortune of their movements: main roads are completely satisfactory, all others – in addition to pedestrian and bicycle paths – are icy and in part slippery, everyone seems to be preventing for themselves.
However this isn’t a failure of the iciness carrier, however its challenge: highways are loose, the remainder isn’t vital. And this mandate is a political determination – which will also be made in a method, but additionally in some other. The truth that it was once affected how it was once is even plausible – in a town that handiest will get snow as soon as each and every 15 years, snow elimination sources are understandably restricted and you’ve got to start out someplace.
However this is a mistake to prevent a couple of meters away. And simply because a call is credible, it does no longer should be proper – this one isn’t, as it endangers the well being of hundreds of Hamburg citizens, and it’s what it’s: for plenty of of them, state failure starts with a poorly wiped clean sidewalk.
There is not a lot time left to speak about all this (and with a bit of luck trade) – the previous day’s snow is readily forgotten as quickly because it thaws. However now the ice is at the street, fast, pragmatic answers are wanted now. Is it in point of fact important for 100 inspectors to move throughout the town and test whether or not the homeowners of Hamburg properties have correctly evacuated with the intention to impose fines if important? If everybody had a shovel and a bucket of salt of their palms, the iciness carrier would have 100 extra workers. And possibly the folk recently operating at the marketing campaign for the Hamburg Olympics – simply an concept – is also helpful for a couple of days? It could be a powerful sign for concord, flexibility and sportsmanship.
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WHAT IS IMPORTANT TODAY
Because of the anticipated snow hurricane, categories in sure colleges in Hamburg might be canceled the next day to come, Friday. “We are monitoring the situation and in particular we are communicating with the German Meteorological Service,” stated a spokesperson for the varsity management. Colleges can be notified once more these days of the present laws. As a result, folks can normally come to a decision whether or not their kid must move to college or no longer if there’s a demonstrable chance of him going to college. If the latter, the youngsters would should be withdrawn from college. As well as, person colleges “could decide, based on experience, to limit or cancel classes on Fridays,” the spokesman stated. On the other hand, emergency help will have to all the time be introduced, which, if important, will also be arranged collectively via a number of colleges.
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As a precaution, Deutsche Bahn is lowering intercity site visitors from this afternoon because of iciness climate. She expects “noticeable disruptions in rail traffic” in the following few days, in line with the announcement. The limitations due to this fact have an effect on, amongst others, the long-distance delivery connections from Hamburg to Norddeich-Moll, Kiel, Westerland/Sylt, Rostock, Binz/Rigen and Copenhagen. Shoppers who purchased a price tag for shuttle from Thursday to Saturday can use it later, the railway introduced.
Because of iciness stipulations, the Hamburg Soccer Affiliation (HFV) has canceled all novice league, buying groceries and pleasant fits as much as and together with Sunday. The affiliation introduced that the prevailing box stipulations don’t permit common stipulations for enjoying on sports activities fields.
In brief
• On Tuesday night time, 44 kilograms of cocaine had been seized from an condominium in Schnelzen. Consistent with the police, 3 males had been detained all over the motion • Circle of relatives, buddies and fans stated good-bye to actor Rolf Becker at a shifting memorial carrier within the Trinity Church in St. Georg • The choice of unemployed in Hamburg relatively lowered via 207 to 92,581 folks in December in comparison to the former month. The unemployment price stays at 8.2 p.c, the Hamburg employment company introduced. A yr in the past, the speed was once 7.9 p.c
FROM THE HAMBURG EDITION © Jan Hubner/Imago Within the leopard’s cave
Financial disaster? Loss of professional hard work? An organization in Wedel can hardly ever save itself from orders and programs. Discuss with to Vincorion Complex Techniques, which manufactures tank electronics. Learn an excerpt from the ZEIT article via Christina Lasker right here.
The razor cord at the fence glistens within the autumn gentle; it’s nonetheless new. The manufacturing unit premises within the Wedel business zone had been handiest not too long ago secured, at the pressing recommendation of the police. As a result of right here, close to the state border in Hamburg, is Vincorion Complex Techniques GmbH, a protection corporate – and one of the vital booming firms within the area. The corporate has been shrinking for many years, however now it’s getting order after order. And with expansion comes higher friction: increasingly more folks observe, however on the similar time some others radically reject the corporate. In the summertime, unknown folks even set fireplace to the CEO’s automotive.
Within the gate you’ll be able to get an concept of what drives the climb. At the display at the wall, Leopard tanks rotate elegantly like sports activities vehicles. However the Leopard is likely one of the maximum robust struggle tanks on this planet. Wedel produces complicated digital portions in addition to power provide techniques for different tanks equivalent to Puma or Boker. Vincorion additionally provides turbines for the Eurofighter and air protection techniques such because the Patriot and Iris-T. Ukrainian infantrymen use it to fireside rockets from Russia.
Within the development throughout from the gate, Cajetan von Menzingen bursts into the administrative center. The 51-year-old engineer – go well with, red blouse, horn-rimmed glasses – has led the corporate since 2023. Till not too long ago, he was once in a gathering a few new giant order: Vincorion is to broaden cellular turbines for the Bundeswehr. Such turbines are meant, as an example, to offer energy provide to box hospitals within the match of a blackout in towns equivalent to Hamburg because of sabotage. What feels like disaster and conflict is on a regular basis lifestyles for von Menzingen. Vincorion works on emergency answers. The top of the corporate needs to make use of this for additional expansion.
Learn the unabridged model at zeit.de to learn the way the particular takeoff manifests itself with the converting climate.
SENTENCE © Andreas Weiss
There was once no operating water, it was once heated with a cannon range, and the usable house is handiest 44 sq. meters.
ZEIT editor Oskar Piegsa at the reopened Stolterfocht book place, as soon as “a place of intellectual resilience and cultural new beginnings in the young Federal Republic”
THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO
5 Hamburg press photographers Klaus Bodig, Jürgen Joos, Andreas Laible, Ronald Savatzki and Stephan Vallocha have put in combination a complete illustrated ebook referred to as Hamburg Shut Up – Iconic Press Pictures and Its Historical past from the Nineteen Eighties to These days. A choice of her pictures from politics, industry, tradition and presentations will also be observed on the Haspa department in Deutschlandhaus till the top of January.
Haspa department Gansemarkt, Valentinskamp 95; Mon, Wed, Fri from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to six p.m
MY CITY Honey ice cream (Wilhelmsburg) © Nikolaus Thielen SCHNAK HAMBURGER
Within the good looks salon in Ottensen. The beautician in short puts a white, spherical UV nail filing lamp along with his palms and drums on it: “Glass ball”. Buyer: “So what does the crystal ball say for next year?” – “That I will sit here next year as well.” – Buyer: “I hope with joy.”
Heard via Vibke Nielsen
