Today in Rhein-Main: Which Hessen choose the Federal President

Good evening,

a little insight into the day-to-day work of the editors: on Thursday we were long occupied with the question of whether trains honk or whistle in front of a level crossing when a warning is needed.

We had written about a train honking on the Frankfurt-Königstein railway, but trains whistled, says one reader with "head-shaking greetings".

That's almost as tricky as asking whether Coca-Cola is better or Pepsi, whether it's "backte" or "buk", and whether you're a Schalke or Dortmund fan in the Ruhr area.

We'll handle that.

Manfred Koehler

Head of department of the Rhein-Main editorial team of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

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So far, no one has ever claimed that cars whistled, except just before the scrap yard from the last hole.

The Astra models that recently rolled off the assembly line at Opel in Rüsselsheim are a long way off, however, as they are brand new.

500 have already been built, and production officially started on Thursday in the presence of the Hessian Prime Minister and Economics Minister.

A good sign for the Opel location, and actually also a good sign for industry in the region as a whole.

Will those who are allowed to elect the Federal President on Sunday travel to Berlin with a whistling train or a honking car?

Does not matter.

In any case, there are also a number of residents of the Rhine-Main area among them, on the one hand politicians like Boris Rhein (CDU), President of the Hessian state parliament, on the other hand celebrities named by the parties, such as the virologist Sandra Ciesek and Özlem Türeci from Biontech.

The Rhein-Main-Zeitung gives an overview of the lucky ones.

And while we're at it: What was the name of the body that elects the Federal President?

Would be good for "Who wants to be a millionaire" as an 8000 euro question, at least.

brood, brood.

Right!

Federal Assembly.

And in addition, Deutsche Börse AG was able to increase sales and profits last year, how nice when one of the most important corporations in the region is doing well +++ despite the pandemic, only one of the 127 cinemas in Hesse has closed in 2021 +++ is taking over the city of Hanau a toy store to save it.

I wish you a pleasant evening

Yours, Manfred Koehler

The tip for the weekend

Azko Iimori made a name for herself with sushi and patisserie, as a café owner and eloquent entrepreneur.

Now she has Japanese-French cuisine served at a high level in Frankfurt's Gallus district.

In the fine-dining restaurant Iimori Kaiseki, which opened a few months ago and is furnished in a slightly baroque style, the head chef is German and the sous-chef is Japanese.

Together they bring dainty dishes to the plate and manage the not inconsiderable feat of giving their dishes their very own character, which can best be described with the term "savory mildness".

Iimori Kaiseki, Mainzer Landstrasse 125, Frankfurt, Telephone 0 69 / 24 75 31 11,

Internet www.iimorikaiseki.com

The

for Friday

There are frequent rain or sleet showers with temperatures up to 7 degrees.

In the night clearing sky and minus 3 degrees.

have

on Friday

Thorsten Morawietz

, Director of the Dramatic Stage, Frankfurt (55);

, head coach at Eintracht Frankfurt from 2018 to June 2021 (52);

, director of professional football at Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball AG (48);

, track and field athlete at USC Mainz, 2019 world champion in decathlon (24);

on Saturday

Hendrik Hollender

(CDU), head of the city council in Friedberg (73);

, member of the board of directors of Bankhaus Metzler, president of the financial center initiative Frankfurt Main Finance (60);

, managing director of the Pfungstadt brewery (57);

, designated mayor of the city of Nidda (47);

On Sunday

Vittorio E. Klostermann

, managing director of the publishing house Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt (72);

(SPD), former mayor of the city of Offenbach (70).