Today in Rhein-Main: Expensive waste disposal

Good evening,

One would have thought that now that Opel is making money again after many years of losing money, the automaker in Rüsselsheim would calm down. But far from it. The pressure continues, rumors waft through the company, Opel is good for a new headline almost every day. Most recently, it was said on Wednesday that employees in the development center had been advised to change jobs and, with reference to the costs, threatened to relocate their tasks to Morocco. There are two possibilities: 1. The management brings calm into the company, through precise communication with the workforce, above all, 2. They appeal to the workforce not to tell anyone about the unrest. Opel opted for the second option.Management and the works council call on the workforce to exercise restraint in dealing with information from the company in public. Helpless that.

Manfred Koehler

Deputy head of the regional section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and editor-in-chief of the business magazine Metropol.

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Not really convincing either: In the Rheingau-Taunus district, the fees for garbage disposal are expected to rise extremely, so for emptying the common 120-liter bin, 4.46 euros more per month and thus 13.10 euros will soon be due. For the first time, the costs of disposal would really be passed on, it is said. Oliver Bock, our correspondent for this district, complains in his comment about the lack of transparency of the municipal own operation and also that the public should only be informed when the new prices have been firmly decided. It almost sounds as if the management of this in-house operation coordinated with the ladies and gentlemen at Opel.

An important construction project in Frankfurt is comparatively transparent: the Hotel Intercontinental is to be rebuilt and expanded with additions. It will be closed until the end of 2024 or the beginning of 2025, and 70 apartments are to be accommodated in the extension on the south side, i.e. towards the Main. It's not that easy, residents complain that trees have to be felled for this. But it sounds like a well-structured process with the involvement of important stakeholders. Others have not yet reached that point, see above.

And in addition, Deutsche Bahn wants to apply for planning approval for the first section of the planned high-speed line from Frankfurt to Mannheim this year +++ shows the artist Kara Walker in the Schirn an overview of almost three decades of her graphic work +++ the Frankfurter Ordnungsamt has a restaurant in the Bahnhofsviertel temporarily closed due to blatant hygiene deficiencies - we'll leave out details here.

I wish you a pleasant evening

Yours Manfred Köhler

The weekend tip The

Brentano family once made their holiday home in the Rheingau into one of the centers of romanticism on the Rhine.

Today it houses the “Allendorf im Brentanohaus”, a classic and modern wine bar.

“Regional Rheingau Sunday cuisine with a Mediterranean influence” is on offer there.

And of course there are wines from the Rheingau, which are known to have inspired the old Goethe.

One on the menu is even named after the poet prince: The Goethe wine grows right in front of the house and is a typical Rheingau Riesling.

"Allendorf im Brentanohaus", Am Lindenplatz 2, Oestrich-Winkel, phone 0 67 23/8 85 40 70, Internet www.allendorf.de.

The

for Friday

Fog in the morning, which is replaced by thick clouds and showers at noon.

In addition, a maximum of 15 degrees.

At night values ​​around 5 degrees.

Have a

on Friday

Günther Oettinger

, President of the EBS University for Economics and Law, Wiesbaden (68);

, managing director of the sports agency Motion Events GmbH, race director of the Frankfurt Marathon (62);

(SPD), Lord Mayor of the state capital Wiesbaden (59);

, Bishop of the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck (58);

, Frankfurt gallery owner (53);

, organizer of the World Club Dome music festival, Frankfurt (51);

, former trainer at Eintracht Frankfurt (50);

on Saturday

Hans Friderichs

(FDP), former CEO of Dresdner Bank AG, former Federal Minister of Economics, honorary citizen of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (90);

, Chairman of the Wetterau Society, Hanau (72);

, founder and chairman of the Frankfurter Kunstverein Familie Montez (62);

, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Management of Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt (56);

, board member of Bauverein AG, Darmstadt (52);

, managing director of OFC Kickers Offenbach (47);

, Chairman of the DGB District Hesse-Thuringia, Frankfurt (44);

On Sunday

Jürgen Weber

, Honorary Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Frankfurt (80);

, CEO of OFB Projektentwicklung GmbH, Frankfurt (64);

, Head of the House of Hesse, Chairman of the Board of the Hessian House Foundation, Kronberg (55).