{"id":8633,"date":"2019-10-04T12:10:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T11:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/zu-besuch-bei-gluecklichen-doerflern\/"},"modified":"2019-11-15T11:02:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T10:02:11","slug":"a-visit-to-happy-villagers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/en\/a-visit-to-happy-villagers\/","title":{"rendered":"A visit to happy villagers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Leaving rural areas to migrate to the cities? This is no issue here\u2014the inhabitants of Hirschlanden in the Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis district erected a community centre, saved their day care centre for children, organize world championships and brew their own beer. Let\u2019s go for a walk with the parish council chairperson Martin Herrmann through a remarkable village. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2005, Martin Herrmann, the parish council chairperson, considered not assuming the office again that he had held for ten years. The most important ideas were implemented and the longing for more leisure time was strong. But his village thwarted his plan. The \u2018Herschlanner\u2019, the locals, had everything they needed, except for a restaurant. The town hall building had been vacant for many years and Martin was wondering what to do with it. \u201cSo I said: Well, I\u2019ll do another term.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8495\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_038.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8495\" class=\"wp-image-8495 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_038.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_038.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_038-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_038-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martin Herrmann, parish council chairperson of Hirschlanden.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The man with the firm handshake, wearing a leather jacket and designer stubble, sits at a wooden table on the first floor in the former town hall. Looking through the window, you see the farms and roofs, green hills and meadow orchards of the Bauland natural region. Of course, the result of the idea is not just another pub, but another success story of the village of 400 souls in the east of the Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis district. \u201cIt is easy to produce a flash in the pan,\u201d says Martin. \u201cBut we wanted something that works even on a long-term basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8615\" style=\"width: 1810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_158.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8615\" class=\"wp-image-8615 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_158.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_158-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_158-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_158-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hirschlanden: a village of 400 souls in the east of the Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis district.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since 2007, the restaurant has been open on Saturday evenings. The villagers take turns to cook meals: five dishes at least, among them a vegetarian dish. The ingredients are local and the prices low. Students from the village serve the meals and beer that was brewed in the little brewery. The concept attracts so many visitors that the villagers had to reserve a room for themselves\u2014on some days they wouldn\u2019t get a seat otherwise. Even the politician Winfried Kretschmann paid a visit once.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>But the village wasn\u2019t given the fruits of the project as a present. The state and the EU granted subsidies as a support and the residents worked some 1,200 hours on their project. The state, however, does not grant any money for the establishment of restaurants. So, the Hirschlanden villagers integrated a museum in the dining room: Innumerable colourful enamel plates from local breweries hang on the walls and green bottles with embossed writing as well as proper grey beer steins are exhibited in the showcases.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019ll do it, as long as you\u2019ll join in.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On the ground floor, Martin presents the silver brewing vessels. The village is very proud of having the smallest German brewery registered with the customs authorities. The village-made \u2018Hirschbr\u00e4u\u2019 beer is served exclusively here in the restaurant. It is meant to be an unusual beer: \u201cWe use rare grains,\u201d says the parish council chairperson: einkorn, black oat and hulless barley.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_061.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8518 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_061.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_061.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_061-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_061-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now it\u2019s time to take a walk through the village. The baroque organ in the church dates from 1789, the year of the French Revolution. However, Hirschlanden had its own turning point in history in the 1990s: The villagers erected a community centre building with their own hands. Martin had just returned to his homeland then. Previously, he had reported from disintegrating Yugoslavia as a war correspondent. The villagers implored him persistently to become the honorary chairperson, until he agreed: \u201cI\u2019ll do it, as long as you\u2019ll join in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_140.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8597 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_140.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_140.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_140-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_140-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Hirschlanden locals are good at joining in. The municipality of Rosenberg, to which the village belongs, didn\u2019t have the money to build a community centre. So, Martin went in search of funding. In addition, the villagers generated their own income: Hirschlanden regularly organizes the German championship in screaming, the world championship in pitchfork long-throwing, the dustbin race championship as well as the dachshund race for the Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg Grand Prix at its village festivals. Thousands of visitors come to see these special \u2018Olympic Games\u2019 taking place every three years\u2014and they spend money that the village can use well. So, in 1994, funding for the community centre was complete. The rest was taken care of by the villagers. \u201cWe laid the bricks for a huge house, laid the tiles and covered the roof\u2014we built it by ourselves,\u201d Martin explains. Sometimes there were more hands than needed. So they built a second building: a new youth centre.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_130.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8587 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_130.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_130.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_130-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_130-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The hall of the community centre can accommodate almost all \u2018Hirschlanner\u2019 villagers. This matters, because important decisions are made as a community here. \u201cThe secret to our success is that everybody has equal voices,\u201d Martin says. \u201cAt the community meetings, a 15-year old has just as much a vote as everybody else.\u201d Martin\u2019s small office is located on the upper floor. One of the walls is filled with photos and certificates\u2014witnesses of the large number of meetings and awards in Stuttgart and Berlin: The parish council chairperson has met all minister-presidents of the last 30 years as well as the then Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and the former Head of State Joachim Gauck. Hirschlanden won a gold medal in the 2015 state competition \u2018Our village has a future\u2019 and a silver medal at the federal level.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe are happy when people want to join this somewhat strange village community and contribute to it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hirschlanden welcomes its visitors as a \u2018multi-generation village.\u2019 A welfare group organizes lunch for senior citizens, a transport service to the surrounding towns and hospice care\u2014on a voluntary basis. When the children\u2019s day care centre was on the point of closure, the village launched another lighthouse project: the first certified day care centre with an animal therapy approach in the state of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg. Children look after a little herd of goats here. Even families from surrounding areas send their children to this special day care centre.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bildschirmfoto-2019-10-03-um-21.16.15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8625 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bildschirmfoto-2019-10-03-um-21.16.15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1240\" height=\"918\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Hirschlanden you can\u2019t notice any migration to the cities. The number of inhabitants is quite consistent, Martin says. Newcomers are welcome, as long as they join in: \u201cWe are happy when people want to join this somewhat strange village community and contribute to it.\u201d The 56-year old was re-elected parish council chairperson in 2019. What kind of project could make him serve yet another term? He laughs: \u201cThis term is the very last one.\u201d But he wants to implement yet a few ideas during his honorary office period: Hirschlanden shall get a damp biotope\u2014the producers\u2019 cooperative of the village hopes to be awarded the organic certification label for the fruits of the meadow orchards. Ecology is already a top priority in Hirschlanden: some 30 insect hotels are spread throughout the village and flowering green areas are not mown immediately. An eco-group ensures the connection of biotopes and spaces for wild flowers at the edges of fields. In Hirschlanden it comes as no surprise that you can recharge your e-bike opposite the former town hall and use free Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_013_px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8617 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_013_px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_013_px.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_013_px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_013_px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A crucial point remains one of the last challenges: train connection to and from the village. There is a train track through the settlement, but local trains between Osterburken and Bad Mergentheim only rush through the village. The platforms were taken off some decades ago. Public transport was not fashionable then. However, Martin Herrmann hopes that, one day, trains will stop here. Hirschlanden is quite likely to achieve this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_104.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8561 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_104.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_104.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_104-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hirschlanden_104-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, Martin gets involved as an advisor in other rural areas as well. \u201cEvery village has something that makes it special,\u201d he believes. Even in Hirschlanden there is not always love, peace and harmony. Quarrels happen as well. \u201cWe are not the blissful island here,\u201d says the chairperson. Hard to believe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaving rural areas to migrate to the cities? This is no issue here\u2014the inhabitants of Hirschlanden in the Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis district erected a community centre, saved their day care centre for children, organize world championships and brew their own beer. 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