Today in Rhein-Main: The two sides of the bicycle boom

Good evening,

a big bike fair is starting in Frankfurt, the Hessian state court has a new president and in Flörsheim something is being done to protect against flooding.

And Frankfurt's Lord Mayor Peter Feldmann is once again making negative headlines.

At the end of a warm summer's day, news and news from the region.

Jacqueline Vogt

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

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About wheels

: This industry must be doing well, actually.

Anyone who can, rides a bike, bike paths are being built everywhere, pedaling should keep you fit and protect the climate.

So if you have bicycles to offer: a good thing, one would think.

The average sales price per bicycle and e-bike is increasing.

If a new two-wheeler cost just under 500 euros in 2011, it was just under 1,400 last year. Dealers' business should therefore be good.

Before the "Eurobike", the most important trade fair for the bicycle industry, which will take place in Frankfurt for the first time from Wednesday, the Rhein-Main-Zeitung asked around in the industry.

Short preview: It's not going completely smoothly.

About protection:

The dyke on the banks of the Main between Flörsheim and Eddersheim is a good 100 years old.

The popular Main Cycle Path runs partly in front of it and partly along it, with a view of the river or, inland, of gardens and fields.

That is, writes Andrea Diener, correspondent of the Rhein-Main-Zeitung for the Main-Taunus district, "nice, but unfortunately no longer up to date, the building has to be renovated".

The people of Flörsheim have known this for a long time, since 1997, but only now are things getting going.

Diener reports what is to happen and comments on the plans.

About the successor:

Until recently, Roman Poseck was President of the State Court of Justice in Hesse, now he is Minister of Justice in the cabinet of the new Prime Minister Boris Rhein (CDU).

On Tuesday, the Hessian state parliament elected Wilhelm Wolf as his successor at the head of the State Court of Justice.

He has been a member of the State Court of Justice, which monitors compliance with the constitution, since 2015, and a year later he became President of the Frankfurt Regional Court.

About hit-and-run:

Late in the evening, the Bild newspaper reported on a possible hit-and-run by Mayor Peter Feldmann.

It's about a fender bender and a note on the windshield.

Katharina Iskandar quickly checked with the police and the mayor's office.

And

the Hessian farmers' association is also expecting an average wheat harvest for this year +++ SV Darmstadt 98 signed Swedish striker Oscar Vilhelmsson shortly before the start of the season in the second Bundesliga, he is 18 years old and is moving from IFK Göteborg ++ + This spring, around 800 schoolchildren from the Frankfurt area took part in the “My Newspaper” project run by the FAZ and the Polytechnic Society Foundation, and the participants and prize-winners were celebrated in a big gala.

Warm greetings from the editorial team

Jacqueline Vogt

You can also read current reports from the region in Skyline-Blick, our live news blog for the Rhine-Main region, and on the Rhein-Main-Zeitung website at www.faz.net/rmz

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Cloudy in the north, generally dry into the afternoon with maximum temperatures between 27 and 33 degrees.

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Wednesday July 13th

Martin Menger

, CEO of Kliniken Frankfurt-Main-Taunus GmbH, Frankfurt (63);

, dance director of the Staatstheater Mainz (62);

, Director of the Hohe Mark Clinic, Oberursel (60);

, Head of the Central District of IG Metall, Frankfurt (59);

, Frankfurt Cathedral Music Director (58);

, Federal Minister of the Interior, parliamentary group leader in the Hessian state parliament from 2019 to December 2021, state leader of the SPD Hessen (52);

, Managing Director of the design and household goods manufacturer Koziol, Erbach (36);