Cider drinkers preserve the culture, help for refugees knows no borders and in Darmstadt-Dieburg tenants are fighting back in court because they are afraid of losing their apartments.

They are to be sued out for “formal reasons”.

The day at a glance:

Marie Lisa Kehler

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

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Tipsy tradition maintenance

: Sometimes it's news like this that just threatens to slip through in the current times.

Pour yourself a decent glass of apple wine to celebrate what the culture ministers of the federal states and Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth (Die Grünen) have decided.

The cider culture is now part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Yes, you read that right.

Not only the noble "Stöffsche", but also everything that goes with it.

The Bembel, the meadow orchard, probably even the hard wooden benches in the cider bars.

Oh yes, the sociability is certainly part of it.

The application for admission was made by the association Apfelwein Centrum Hessen with the support of the Hessian Ministry of Culture.

Our author Matthias Trautsch sat down and the completely bureaucratic justification,

Only the most necessary:

When asked what they need to find their way in their new life, which they never asked for, they often only name the bare essentials.

deodorant

Shampoo.

If it doesn't cause any trouble, a bit of face cream too.

They forgot to pack them when the war broke out.

Thousands of refugees who had to leave their embattled homeland of Ukraine arrive in Hesse every day.

Women and children, some seniors.

The state and the municipalities, numerous initiatives and private individuals work hand in hand.

Our author Theresa Weiß was there when some refugees arrived who were being accommodated in a hotel at the Konstablerwache.

The Jewish community in Frankfurt organized this place to stay and also the care for the people who arrived there.

In addition to the emergency shelters that the cities and districts are currently building,

there are also hoteliers who help to accommodate people.

The question of who will later bear the costs has not yet been clarified in detail, but it does not seem to be a priority for many helpers at the moment.

After an appeal last week, according to the Dehoga Hotel and Gastronomy Association, accommodation in Hessian hotels was made available for more than 7,000 war refugees from Ukraine.

Lawsuit against tenants:

More than 60 tenants from 36 Vonovia apartments could soon be on the street in Pfungstadt.

The building supervision of the Darmstadt-Dieburg district currently wants to have the apartments vacated “for formal reasons”.

Tenants and owners argue in court.

The background of the story reads like a wild ride through the legal jungle.

The apartments were built in the early 1960s to house military personnel from a nearby barracks.

Military personnel have not lived there for a long time.

And that's exactly the problem.

Because the building permit from 1961 only refers to housing for military personnel in connection with the former barracks, according to the building supervision.

Therefore, the current tenants lived there illegally.