Good evening,

Jacqueline Vogt

Department head of the Rhein-Main editorial team of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

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Sunday marks the end of this year's Labor Day.

You can read about the traditional May Day events in the FAZ and the Rhein-Main-Zeitung.

At the beginning of the new week, we also advise you to visit the store in Frankfurt, take a look at the situation in Königstein and the situation in the nursing homes after the facility-related compulsory vaccination came into force.

City and country

: Königstein, says CDU politician Leonhard Helm, has survived the pandemic relatively well to date.

No larger facility, no company, no shop has closed because of Corona, the same applies to gastronomy.

All clubs are still alive, and the exodus from the cities has brought many day tourists to the Taunus on weekends.

So everything is fine in this commune?

On closer inspection, many things are different than they used to be, says the mayor of Königstein.

In an interview with him by Florentine Fritzen, Rhein-Main-Zeitung correspondent for the Hochtaunus, Helm talks about financing the good life, plans for a Ukraine center and a new mood in the city.

Duty and violation:

The so-called facility-related vaccination requirement for medical practices, hospitals, nursing homes and similar facilities has been in force for six weeks.

Before its introduction, some had feared a collapse in care.

This has not happened so far, home providers and hospitals speak of high vaccination rates among their employees.

Nevertheless, the number of unvaccinated health workers is not insignificant.

Personnel without vaccination protection must report the facilities to the responsible health authorities.

The authorities are said to have received 50,000 such reports nationwide, with 3,000 reported for Frankfurt alone.

More on the topic: The Rhein-Main-Zeitung reports and comments.

Mild and spicy:

when, years ago, at the height of his fame, the Bavarian chef Alfons Schuhbeck opened a spice shop in downtown Frankfurt, many were outraged.

Because diagonally across the street was a traditional Frankfurt company, the Gewürzhaus Schnorr, and the move was quickly read as a story in which a big one pushed out a small one in the end.

But things turned out differently long before the Munich celebrity got caught up in a maelstrom of bankruptcies and allegations of tax evasion.

Birkenstock sandals have been sold since 2014, where Schuhbecksche Gewürze once existed, and the Gewürzhaus Schnorr is still what it always was.

Petra Kirchhoff wrote a small ode to the business, which is now run by the grandson of the founder and offers high-quality products from all over the world, from green teas to jams and chutneys to sweet peppers.

It can be read in the “Course of Business” section, which is published every Monday on the consumer page of the Rhein-Main-Zeitung.