Wiesbaden Courier May 16, 2019
Jürgen Helbing would like to remain mayor of Lorcher
By Thorsten Stötzer
Published on May 16, 2019 at 3:00 am, last changed on May 16, 2019 at 3:20 am
Jürgen Helbing is applying for a third term in the Lorch town hall for the CDU. A senior citizen's facility and a medical care center are on his agenda.
Jürgen Helbing on the terrace of the Hilchenhaus: Its renovation is one of the highlights of his tenure. Photo: Thorsten Stötzer
LORCH - With 60.8 percent of the vote, Jürgen Helbing won the mayoral election in Lorch in 2007 and replaced Günter Retzmann from the SPD, who had been in office for 18 years and then lost. Even then, he had planned with three periods in the town hall, he explains - and will therefore run again on May 26th. Helbing is happy to highlight what has been achieved so far: The reduction in the city's debt level from 23 million euros to 6.4 million euros is right at the top.
The CDU candidate also cites lower prices for water and wastewater - which were the highest in Germany. The bottom line is that almost all points have been dealt with - with the exception of a senior facility and a medical care center (MVZ). “And I'm right in the middle of it.” As far as the house for the elderly that is to be built on the Lohwiese is concerned, the mayor presents freshly modified designs that come from the investor found in the Westerwald.
"There isn't a three-year-old who doesn't know who I am"
A MVZ to be founded would be another building block so that citizens can stay in the city even at an advanced age. Helbing obtained information in Rhineland-Palatinate and Schleswig-Holstein and advocates a “medical cooperative with several partners”. The municipality should get involved, as well as the local pharmacy and the hospital in Rüdesheim. “Everyone involved is in good spirits.” The background is that the general practitioners in Lorch are all over 60 years old.
FORUM FOR CHOICE
On Tuesday, May 21st, at 7 p.m. in the Lorch community center, Kolpingstrasse 5, the editorial team is organizing a discussion forum with the three candidates for the mayoral election. Sascha Kircher and Thorsten Stötzer will moderate the evening, during which the citizens of Lorch can put the applicants to the test and ask questions about the topics relevant to them. Admission is from 6 p.m., entry to the event is free.
He wants to convince the residents of his program with a brochure, posters, small events and citizens' consultations. He is already present in the city: “In Lorch there is no three-year-old who doesn't know who I am.” From 1993 to 2007, he was always active in local politics as the first city councilor or city councilor. However, the 68-year-old was born in Thuringia. He came to the region via Essen and Northern Hesse and in 1987 bought a house in Lorch. The police and detective had his political home in the FWG for a long time, for which he already fought an - unsuccessful - mayoral election campaign in 1995. In 2010 he switched to the CDU. He appreciates the “network” that he now has. Funding pots are important because "we are not a commercial or industrial location". He is also pleased that ministers and their heads of department hold meetings in the Hilchenhaus, which was also renovated under his responsibility, as is today's community center. Private investors have also invested: this is what the Vincenzstift building, the hotel in the school building and the Rewe supermarket stand for. Although Helbing still wants to lead the city into debt-free status, further measures are emerging: “The train station is a big issue.” The city has acquired half a hectare of land to set up park-and-ride parking spaces and bicycle parking spaces. The old goods shed could be used for youth work in the future.
Helbing also has an eye on around 2.4 hectares of land in the Rhine facilities; they still belong to the country. Between the train station and the former sewage treatment plant, the area could be given a new look. The fixed point is the Federal Horticultural Show 2029, for which he wants to found an interest group. The growth in tourism is already a point on which the Christian Democrat is building.
Tropical approach
50 ways to Tropical City
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Der Campingplatz öffnet am 4.8. um 10:00 h.
Das Festivalgelände öffnet am Freitag um 15:00 h.
mit dem Auto
Achtung Achtung: 2022 ist die B 42 immer noch von Assmannshausen bis Lorch gesperrt. Bedeutet, dass du von Wiesbaden aus, gleich die Strecke über den Taunus/B 260 nimmst. Oder von der B 42 in Oestrich-Winkel oder Geisenheim über Presberg nach Wollmerschied fährst. Du schaffst das!!
Wollmerschied liegt 400 m oberhalb von Lorch. Und des Wispertals. Es liegt an der Grenze zwischen Rheinland-Pfalz und Hessen.
Good Trip.
Absolutely only in roadworthy condition.
We look forward to seeing you again in a good mood in 2021 !!!!
Train: to train station 65391 Lorch / Rhein , RMV bus to Wollmanders fire brigade or call bus (free of charge in connection with RMV ticket) at least 90 minutes before departure (06124) 72 65 913. ATTENTION : The buses can only be used with a Rhein-Main ticket -Verkehrsverbund (RMV ) can be used. Guests arriving with a Deutsche Bahn ticket will definitely need an additional RMV ticket . In the case of ticket controls, the wrong ticket leads to an increased transport fee of € 60.
www.rmv.de/de/Fahrplanauskunft
Attention: ticket machines in Frankfurt / Hbf. do not accept 50 € bills .
From Frankfurt, Wiesbaden and Mainz :
Via the A 66 to Wiesbaden and on to Rüdesheim on the expressway and then merging onto the B42 in the direction of Rüdesheim to 65366 Geisenheim / Rüdesheim. Drive to 65385 Rüdesheim-Presberg. The exit 65375 Oestrich-Winkel via Johannisberg, Stephanshausen to 65385 Rüdesheim-Presberg is also possible. You come to Presberg at a crossing in the Wispertal. Turn right, in the direction of Bad Schwalbach / Wispertal, turn left at Gasthaus Kammerburg, after Wollmanders.
Cologne or Koblenz
It's the same way from the other direction when you come from Cologne or Koblenz. Leave the autobahn in Koblenz and follow the B42 to Lorch on the right bank of the Rhine. Or drive on the other side of the Rhine to Niederheimbach and from there take the ferry across the Rhine to Lorch. In Lorch follow the road to Bad Schwalbach (Landstrasse L3033) for approx. 3 km and then turn left for 10 km on Landesstrasse 3397. 2. Take the exit to Wollmigart, another 500 meters and you are there.
From Naststätten you drive in the direction of Lorch through Lautert, Rettershain, then Wollmigart.
From Bingen you take the ferry to Rüdesheim, from there to Lorch In Lorch follow the road to Bad Schwalbach (Landstrasse L3033) for approx. 3 km and then follow the Landstrasse L3397 left for 10 km. 2. Take the exit to Wollmigart, another 500 meters and you are there.
Good Trip
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