Round about Lahr
News and views from Lahr, summarized by Trisha Cornforth

21. 11. 2000
 
   
Lahr will again hold a city festival next year, according to a speech made by Lord Mayor Müller during the city council debate on the budget for the coming for the year 2001.
22. 11. 2000
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Both the town councils of Friesenheim and Offenburg have rejected the compromise concerning night flights from Lahr airfield that was suggested by the Lahr Airport Company.

There was a fire alarm at the Roth-Händle cigarette factory. One
of the machines used for manufacturing cigarette filters and containers caught fire but the flames didn’t spread and there was little damage (photo).
24. 11. 2000
 
Lahr train station now looks a lot more attractive after completion of maintenance work (photos).
25. 11. 2000
 
   
The town of Mahlberg has been awarded the official title of "Solar community" by the German organization for a natural environment because of ist efforts to foster use of solar energy.
29. 11. 2000
   
The Sparkasse (savings bank) in Schwanau-Allmannsweier was robbed for the second time this year (photos).

30. 11. 2000

   
   

The start of the world’s biggest Advent calenda, with the unveiling of the first decorated window of the Rathaus (city hall) in Gengenbach. The Lahr German-Canadian Friendship Club members will visit it on 5 December

01. 12. 2000
   

For the past few days three huge signs have been "decorating" Bunker N 6 on the north marguerite of the former Canadian Force airfield in Lahr (photos).
02. 12. 2000   
   
Two new windmills are now being set up in Orschweier wood and will be known as the Mahlberg Regio-Windpark (photos).