Today in Rhein-Main: A bit of Hollywood in Kronberg

Good evening,

the plan to move the briefing with a colleague to a restaurant is accompanied by a guilty conscience.

Finally, Frankfurt reports a record number of new infections (666.5 per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days).

But, so the argument goes, in order to give the project in question an innocent look, the hosts also want to be supported.

One agrees on a test, although not mandatory.

Because both received their booster vaccinations a long time ago.

With “2-G-plus-plus” it goes to the restaurant.

Marie Lisa Kehler

Deputy head of the regional section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

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The fear of meeting many more guests and thus increasing the number of contacts is unfounded on this evening. Most of the tables in the restaurant remain unoccupied. To make the dreary picture look a little dreary, many chairs have been raised in the back of the restaurant. They will probably not be needed for a long time.

The restaurateurs in Hessen fear that the 2-G-Plus regulation could exacerbate the already tense situation. “Basically it feels like dying for a while. Many are running out of air, "says James Ardinast, who owns two restaurants in Frankfurt with the" Stanley "and the" Bar Shuka "and is deputy chairman of the Frankfurt Gastronomy Initiative, in an interview with the FAZ

The hotel and catering association DEHOGA fears an "immense decline in sales". In many companies this was already around 40 percent in December. Representatives of the industry are calling for further bridging aid to prevent bankruptcies. There is also a lack of perspective as to how things can continue. Because the restaurateurs also fear that the staff could apply to leave the industry. Should normal operation be possible again at some point, there could be a shortage of skilled workers.

The fact that Corona not only prevents a lot, but sometimes also makes things possible, can be seen in the cinemas from Thursday. Then the film "Spencer" will be shown, which tells of Christmas 1991, when Princess Diana (played by Kirsten Stewart) is said to have made the decision to part ways with Prince Charles. The film was shot in the Schlosshotel Kronberg, among other places. Quasi with the relatives of the royals. Because the builder of the Kronberg Castle, Victoria, was a daughter of the Queen of the same name.

The hotel had to be closed for three weeks for the shooting, for which a 120-strong film crew came last year. That was only possible because Corona had mixed up the plans anyway. “Under normal circumstances, we would never have imagined such a project,” says Tina Groth-Müller, Marketing Director of the Prinz-von-Hessen-Gruppe, the FAZ. The country estate of Sandringham House in the county of Norfolk, where the real royal family spent the festive season, was not available for filming. So the filmmakers literally puzzled out their lock. The interior shots come from Hesse, the exterior shots show Nordkirchen Castle in the Münsterland.A total of 378 hours were filmed in Hessen - our author Bernhard Biener knows the stories behind the story.

Shaking things up - Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Die Grünen) can do that. He last did that on Tuesday at the federal press conference. The climate targets would be "missed" - Germany is facing a mammoth task, he said. Our author Falk Heunemann took a look at the contribution Hessen has made so far in an attempt to still achieve the goals. He has looked at the greenhouse balance for Hesse and, despite all the warning words, comes to positive news. Every year, citizens and companies cause fewer and fewer greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. In 2019 it was a quarter less than in 1990.

The bad news: this trend is unlikely to continue. The emissions decrease less and less from year to year. In order to achieve the goal of the black-green state government of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 60 percent of the 1990 levels by 2025, Hessian emissions would have to decrease by 1.5 million tons per year. The Rhein-Main business editorial office explains which adjustments could still be made and why, in addition to road traffic, some cowshed are also being targeted, nitrous oxide does not have a really funny effect on the balance sheet and Frankfurt Airport is excluded from the calculation.

And in addition, there should be a new endowed professorship at the University Hospital Frankfurt for public health +++ craft businesses cannot complain about a lack of orders.

Often, however, there is a lack of material +++ we give tips on how to make hot soups for cold days.

Because: Eating and drinking keep body and soul together.

And that's especially important these days.

Stay healthy,

Marie Lisa Kehler

The

for Thursday

It stays dry at temperatures up to 3 degrees.

Every now and then the sun pushes through the clouds.

Have your birthday

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Thursday January 13th

Ernst Ulrich Scheffler

, Frankfurt architect (78);

(independent), Lord Mayor of the City of Rüsselsheim (66);

, Managing Director of the Peter Fuld Foundation, Frankfurt (62);

, founder and managing director of the organic delivery service Querbeet GmbH, Reichelsheim (61).