Rooty scent filled the packed st. James church. Many men and women had brought herb bushes with them, which are traditionally used for the feast of the assumption of the blessed virgin mary to be bound and blessed. Although it was not so easy this year to look for herbs in the wild: "everything has dried up," laughed christine neubauer, christine neubauer from tutschengereuth, for example, regretted that she had put together a bunch of her own watered garden: peppermint, clover, golden rue, thyme and blood drop made a handsome bouquet. "It’s going to be in the house all year", laughed christine neubauer.

400 years of sodality

For them it was not only a pious duty to attend the festive service with auxiliary bishop herwig gossl. "I am in the sodalitat, already my parents-in-law were members", the tutschengereuther paid off. The marianische herren- und burgersodalitat bamberg, a catholic lay association with currently 330 members, was already confirmed by rome in 1618. Exists now for exactly 400 years and celebrated on the occasion of this anniversary their titular feast "maria himmelfahrt" just especially wordig.

Professor peter bruns celebrated with the suffragan bishop, deacon georg paszek fulfilled his part of the service, organist florian walz supported the powerful congregational singing with all stops, and cantor ulrich bosch sang the kyrie or the hallelujah with a warm baritone.

An intimate atmosphere prevailed in st. Jacob, enriched by the consecration of a votive offering to the mother of god, which sodality prefect martin sauer held out to suffragan bishop gossl on a velvet cushion: a silver heart in which the names of all the members are engraved. "This votive offering is a sign of what we should do in every service, namely open our hearts to christ and sincere faith", the auxiliary bishop declared, blessing the gift and "all who are included in it".

From "imagine to the worship of mary

In his appealing sermon, he managed to bridge the gap from the song "imagine" of the beatle john lennon to the strong belief in god, to the veneration of mary, whose admission into heaven is "the last consequence of her orientation towards god and mankind" be.

It was also consistent for both celebrants and worshipers to openly declare their testimony of faith. In the "little procession of mary we went out through the mountain area, past houses decorated with female yellow flags and flowers to the st. Faithful church and back again.
The center of the procession was, of course, the holy of holies, which the priests took turns carrying in the monstrance under the baldachin. All the prayers, litanies and songs were sung to the mother of god, but always as a mediator to her son jesus christ. The "O heavenly queen" sounded all the more moving: "we give you into your hand our homeland, our frankenland…"

Yes, in this friendly demonstration of french piety nothing was missing that belongs to a good procession: a brass band – the music association of muhlendorf under the direction of johannes luft -, the decorated silver madonna, curious spectators at the side of the road, police cars as roadblocks or sanitarians of the malteser relief service for possible emergencies.

Residents with shining eyes

Only one thing was unusual and therefore all the more eye-catching: in rows of chairs the elderly residents of the walburgis home watched the event unfold. Helpful nurses had placed them in the gate area and made sure that even old eyes began to shine.

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One of originally more than 100 pink ribbon ladies’ days has taken place at the bad kissingen golf club. It is a nationwide campaign that focuses on breast cancer and the chances of early detection of the disease, according to a press release from pink ribbon germany. Since the 1990s, the "pink ribbon" has been used to promote the fight against breast cancer used worldwide as a symbol for commitment against breast cancer.

In compliance with the safety conditions related to the corona pandemic, the golf course turned pink, as the participants of the pink ribbon ladies day entered the day of play dressed in pink or with pink accessories. Ursula lingstadt-dachrodt, ladies captain of the golf clus, said that 28 players had taken part in the tournament.

A project of the heart

Katharina muller of pink ribbon germany says: "this year many tournaments have already been cancelled due to the pandemic. This hits our organization very hard. The pink ribbon germany women’s day series has long become a heartfelt project. We get so much input and encouragement from our golf ladies every year that we are just thankful. We are happy that the decreasing number of infections allows us to relax the golf courses and to hold ladies’ days for our good cause under safe conditions. The reach we are achieving with this engagement in germany is invaluable to us and we are pleased to be able to reach women and their communities in this positive way."

In addition to the attention generated by the pink-ribbon-deutschland-damentag-series, the women raise funds for donations. The proceeds make the pink kids project possible – an initiative of pink ribbon germany in which young people whose mothers have or have had breast cancer help other young people in the same situation. Those who would also like to donate to projects of the pink ribbon germany campaign can do so on the campaign’s website.

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These insects were the only organism found regularly in the early stages of the formation of the fairy circles. The grass root-eating sand termites reduced the grass growth in the vegetationless flats, according to jurgens. Other experts vehemently contradict the biologist.

Fairy circles occur in hundreds of thousands in the arid land near the southwestern coast of africa. Each of the points, drawn as if with a compass, is surrounded by a wreath of tall grass at a closer look. From the bird's perspective the red spots are almost priceless. With diameters up to about 20 meters, they give the impression that the earth had freckles.

In his study, he has raised research on this phenomenon to a solid level of data, jurgens told the news agency dpa. His results were distinguished from earlier scientific assumptions that the bald spots were caused by rising natural gas or ants.

During his study between 2006 and 2012, the biologist investigated a 2000-kilometer stretch of desert from central angola to northwestern south africa. At the bare spots he measured the proportion of soil moisture. His finding: when he stumbled on fairy circles, he also found populations of psammotermes termites in the bare spots and surrounding vegetation. Jurgens found that the insects destroyed all the grasses – which are grounded for a short period of time during rainfall – by killing the roots. All that remained were the empty eaten and circular flat.

According to the study, due to the lack of vegetation, rainwater cannot evaporate at fairy circles. The precipitates seep into the sandy soil and are deposited. This reservoir allows termites to survive in the dry season. At the same time, the subterranean water also provides plants with sufficient moisture, causing a lush ring of vegetation to grow on the edges of the bare spots.

"The termites thus provide a masterpiece of ecosystem design," jurgens emphasized. It is an impressive example of the sustainable use of scarce resources.

However, according to a report in "spiegel online," other researchers consider this explanation to be less than plausible. "I am not convinced that psammotermes allocerus plays a causal role in the formation of the circles," the magazine quotes termite researcher vivienne uys from the plant protection research institute in queenswood, south africa. "In the fairy circles i examined, termites were rather rare," said michael cramer of the university of cape town in south africa.

Walter tschinkel of florida state university in the u.S. Said the report lacked observations that termites were actually destroying the grass. It is also unclear why the patches mostly formed circles, when termites often created long tunnel networks in the ground. "The tunnels, however, do not show any relationship to the circles," tschinkel said, according to "spiegel online".

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After unsuccessful efforts to end civil war in libya, UN envoy to crisis country quits. The united nations confirmed on monday in new york that ghassam salame had submitted a request to that effect.

Salame himself also wrote on twitter that he had asked for his dismissal: "I have tried for more than two years to bring libyans together, to contain foreign intervention and preserve the unity of the country (…) today i have to admit that my health does not allow this kind of stress any more."UN spokesman stephane dujarric said secretary-general antonio guterres would seek a "swift transition".

After the fall and death of the long-time ruler muammar al-gaddafi in 2011, a civil war broke out in libya involving numerous militias. The powerful general chalifa haftar fights the internationally recognized government of fajis al-sarraqh. His self-styled libyan national army (LNA) launched an offensive last year on the capital tripoli, where the saraj government is based. Haftar’s troops were able to advance to the gates of the city.

The resignation of diplomat salame, born in 1951, comes at a particularly critical time for the country and is another setback. The lebanese had taken over from german diplomat martin kobler in the summer of 2017. None of the mediators so far has succeeded in setting the north african civil war country on a course toward peace.

Salame also suffered repeated defeats. Last spring, for example, he planned a UN peace conference. But about a week earlier haftar ordered his offensive on tripoli. The peace conference never took place.

Instead, salame’s mission became increasingly difficult due to the growing interference of foreign powers. Hafar is supported, among others, by egypt, the united arab emirates (uae), saudi arabia, but also by russia. Sarradsch in turn receives help from turkey. The turkish president recep tayyip erdogan sent his own troops to the country at war with its citizens.

In recent weeks, diplomatic efforts to end the crisis have intensified. But even a conference with the international powers involved in berlin this january could not calm the situation. The arms embargo was lifted, but according to the UN, it is still being violated. UN secretary general antonio guterres explicitly named the UAE, agypt, russia and turkey and spoke of a scandal. EU announces monitoring mission to increase pressure on arms suppliers.

A ceasefire declared in the spring is very fragile. In addition, important participants, including representatives of the parliament in eastern libya, which is affiliated with haftar, did not attend the talks on a political solution to the conflict, which were pushed forward by salame and began last week in geneva.

For some time now, the federal government has been making increased efforts to mediate in the civil war. For germany, a solution to the conflict is of great importance, among other things, because the main refugee routes from africa to europe via the mediterranean passed through libya.

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Whether human, whether animal, whether skyscraper in new york, everything laughs, wobbles happily three-dimensional, everything is united in the coarse teeming james rizzi cosmos, into which also the spectator is irresistibly pulled. After the very successful exhibition in 2008, this unmistakable and original world of art can now be experienced again here in coburg in a rough retrospective in the gallery in der remise. One thing, however, is no longer to be expected this time, the encounter with the artist, who won numerous fans during his visit to coburg at that time. James rizzi died in december 2011 only 61 years old.

So now a train of – yes reverence has come into the contemplation of rizzi's jagged and wavy little figures, which are drawn all over the world, but also too well suited to occupy plates and cups and many objects of everyday use. Products from rizzi's goebel edition, porcelain and hand-painted glass, also complement the lively exhibition in the wiesenstrabe. Isn't that a way to make our world lighter and brighter??

In any case, rizzi held on to his unabashedly childlike view of things, still dancing above all fears and threats, whether the sun, moon and stars, marsmanns, indians, city slickers, fairground visitors and ballplayers in the stadium, dogs and cats and green slatted animals in "good vibrations".

Rizzi reacted to the oppressive density of the modern world, its twitching irritability, its tempo, its shrillness with idiosyncratic, comic-like humor. The painter's two dimensions were clearly too limited for this, so rizzi jumped into the third dimension, achieving that unmistakable intensity and liveliness that is so infectious in its serenity. From a duplicate he often cut out minutely to the smallest elements, what could be captured objectively, and attached his critters with invisible (foam) prints above the actual picture.

In rizzi city
James Rizzi has not captured a typical moment of life in each picture. He has condensed entire life films, stories in thousands of aspects into a single picture. It takes time to try to grasp this, a very enjoyable time of contemplation, with which rizzi is playing another trick on the turf of our present day. In the lawn it leads to the calmness of the contemplation. And now everyone sets the pace. "Nothing is as pretty as a rizzi city", heib one of his paintings, nothing is as inspiring as a rizzi city.

Because the busy exhibition organizers of the glazerei spath, beate heller and bernd hohenstein, have maintained a good relationship with bernd feil, rizzi's long-time friend and publisher, for years, he was now prepared to give this rough number of works, some of which were in his private possession, to coburg. Among them are also some early puffings of the new yorker, so that in a charming way its development can be traced selectively. There are simply line drawings and striking nudes that bear witness to rizzi's precise analytical eye, paintings in which the world has been broken down into individual parts. Or already three-dimensional a painting from 1978 "washington square park" painted in an even freer stroke. One of the works shown here gives then nevertheless a view freely behind the happy scurrying rizzis: "making something out of nothing" from 2005. There rizzi's world teems around a dominant center, the coarse black nothing.

An artist for everyday life

James Rizzi was born in 1950 in new york city, where he was born on the 26th of. December 2011 also died. He studied art in florida. Already during his studies he was engaged in the combination of painting and sculpture and developed the technique of 3D-graphics, which he often used. As his popularity grew, galleys and museums began to take an interest in his work, but rizzi also found a broad field of activity beyond painting, designing records/CD covers, music videos, and objects ranging from phone cards to rosenthal porcelain, among other things. Numerous solo exhibitions and awards were the result, james rizzi is one of the most popular contemporary artists of pop art. Rizzi has been involved in charity work in germany on several occasions.

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Three women, one opinion: shopping on sundays is out of the question for them. And they didn't need opening hours after 6 p.M., said traudl hartmann (60), barbara fiedler (53) and pensioner agnes s., which we addressed in the morning in the fubganger zone. For the recurring demand for a relaxation of the store closing time they show no understanding.

Fiedler, who travels a lot as a guest driver, formulates her point of view as follows: "people also have to get some rest once in a while." Hartmann, a teacher and school psychologist, says she doesn't go shopping on sundays because the day is "sacred to her, and not just in a religious sense.". As agnes S. She thinks that the predominantly female employees should also be considered; they were the ones who suffered.

The three bamberger women were not allowed to use the second open sunday, which is demanded by the city marketing association. He preferred to have four, as allowed by law. But the decision is up to the municipal bodies. And the city council has so far rejected all proposals by a majority.

On the other hand, oberburg mayor andreas starke (SPD) says he has been "instrumental in strengthening the city center" a further sales open sunday favorably. Because he knows "that many individual traders would like to be treated equally when it comes to setting sales open sundays. What is possible in the surrounding area is what retailers are striving for in the city as well." An example: hirschaid offers three opportunities for sunday shopping – twice in the whole market town, plus in august in the industrial area.

Since 1997, bamberger businesses have been allowed to open their stores on the first sunday after the start of the autumn plarrer. This was last seen on 4. October the fall. According to city marketing chairman alfons distler, it was once again a complete success. He sees the popularity as proof that there is a need for more open sundays. Claus hofmann, governor of the bavarian retail association, also wanted less strict regulations for sundays. He asks: "why are there different rules for the gastronomy than for the trade??"

If you look around at smaller stores, the enthusiasm for open sundays is not great. "It is not worth it", brigitte groh, who runs a hosiery shop in hauptwachstrabe, is quite frank. She also thinks nothing of extending the opening hours. After 5 pm there is not much going on, which is why she usually closes at 6 pm. The employee emphasizes that this does not mean that they are inflexible and refers to the customer information in the shop window. "If necessary, we are open on all days longer – up to the local times" stands on it. This pragmatic approach is a good idea. Asked if there was ever a need for 8 p.M., the store manager replied: "not even in the christmas business!" She finds it "interesting, that in bamberg there are always calls for the liberalization of the closing time of stores, although the existing possibilities are hardly exhausted.

Apart from grocery stores, only one store in the city center is open until 8 pm: C&A. It would not be done if it was not profitable, emphasizes branch manager bernd lammel.

The karstadt department store, on the other hand, where city marketing chairman distler has the say, is "already" doing something at 7 p.M. According to him, a general extension to 8 p.M. Is currently being tested. For december it is firmly planned. Distler is sure that consumers will use the hour more in the pre-christmas season. The city marketing chairman again has high expectations for the bamberger shopping night. The next one is scheduled for 4. December be. Distler speaks of the strongest sales day of the year.

This may be true for large houses, but by no means for the retail trade as a whole, we hear during our research in various small businesses. One store manager describes in particularly drastic terms how she remembers the last shopping night: "drunk, vomiting, spilled gluhwein" – ringing tills, my ass. The woman did not want her name to be published because she did not want to get into trouble with the supporters of the law.

How do people who often work nights and weekends in other industries view the recurring debates about closing time?? For martina pebler of the hofbrau restaurant, it is "no problem", to work when others have the day off. But that is a "very individual thing" and depending on the family situation, she finds. Police press officer klaus linsner speaks out clearly against further relaxation "precisely because i know what it's like to have to work at weekends and at night".

In search of advocates of liberalization, we deliberately approach three young women. No way: the female students, each 24 years old, are also happy with the way things are in bamberg. Even open sundays do not appeal to them. "Too full" be it to them there.

The city's press officer, ulrike siebenhaar, speaks of a "highly emotional" event topic and a "sore point with many. What makes it so difficult to find a solution that everyone can live with is that there are no clear fronts. Even in church circles, he says, there are people who accept sunday sales because they begin after church services.

The official statement of church representatives is clear and negative. For pastor matthias wunsche, acting catholic dean of bamberg, it is ultimately a question of values: "how important is the possibility of unlimited consumption and the priority of the liberal economy versus the protection of social structures and the demand for non-commercial and non-consumer-oriented components of human life??" A calibration would be unilaterally detrimental to the employees, his protestant colleague otfried sperl fears. He sees "the danger that man's right to one day of rest per week, which is laid down in god's order of creation, will fall prey to total arbitrariness."

And although the retail trade looks enviously at the county, its "boss" is, district administrator gunther denzler, a supporter of the existing law on the closing of stores. He, too, fears that a relaxation would be to the detriment of employees, families and voluntary work.

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The formula 1 immediately tweeted a video with michael schumacher. "He is a very talented driver," he said in the interview of a british broadcaster before the 2007 season. Schumacher was then for the first time in horsepower retirement. About whom he spoke? Lewis hamilton.

The briton started his career in the king's class of motorsports at that time. At the end of this year, this hamilton will most likely have replaced schumacher as the most successful driver in the history of formula 1.

"I don't really know what to say about these things," hamilton professed after winning his 88th race. Career victory on sunday had made clear. Three still missing from schumacher's 91 grand prix victories. "We, all the drivers, have grown up watching michael drive" hamilton told us. "What is happening now is a far cry from what i dreamed of as a child."

Title number seven at the end of this season no longer seems doubtful anyway, after hamilton and mercedes solved the problems with the tires within a very short time, despite the three-week stress test. That makes him "proudest of all," stressed team boss toto wolff.

His team does right what ferrari does wrong. The scuderia experienced another disaster weekend, even if vettel saved seventh place and the car seemed at least somewhat improved with the new chassis. But the retirement of charles leclerc due to a defect was a hard hit. In addition, there was the dispute over the right tire strategy, which the parties involved played down after the race in their usual manner. Former formula 1 driver ralf schumacher, on the other hand, spoke plainly as a sky expert: "sorry, ferrari, that's not on at all. A team fighting for the world championship that can't even manage to communicate properly."

But this year ferrari won't even be competing for the world championship. That makes actually only one. Four hamilton wins in six races this season, 37 points ahead of max verstappen, who has to settle for the role of mercedes splitter at the red bull. Valtteri bottas, hamilton's teammate, finished third behind verstappen in spain. Total frustration for 30-year-old finn: "right now i just wanted to be somewhere else than here."Understandable with a world championship backlog of 43 points.

Hamilton, meanwhile, was enjoying the moment, buzzing about one of the best races of his career. 24 seconds ahead of verstappen, 44 ahead of bottas, the rest was lapped. "I was in the perfect zone i always dream of," enthused hamilton.

Some felt reminded of ayrton senna, who had experienced a drive like "in another dimension" at the 1988 monaco grand prix qualifier. "It was beyond my imagination."Hamilton did not experience it the way senna did, however. But he is humble and feels honored every time he is mentioned in the same sentence as drivers such as schumacher, senna and five-time champion juan-manuel fangio.

The fact that he ultimately decided in the car which tires he wanted to finish the race on and voted against the strategists' choice is proof of both the 35-year-old brit's undisputed standing in the team and his understanding of racing. In almost 14 years of formula 1, hamilton has matured into a complete driver. Once a test-drive muffin, he has long since realized that even tasks that don't make any sense are part of success. Hamilton has perfected himself.

92 pole positions and 24 more than schumacher so far. With his spain victory, he also overtook schumacher in the total number of podium places (156:155). He can set the record for grand prix victories in three races – at the grand prix in mugello, of all places, where schumacher's former team ferrari celebrated its 1000th victory. Wants to celebrate grand prix participation.

In the race before – the italian grand prix in monza – hamilton can mathematically win the 100th place. Mercedes clinches victory in formula 1. "Who is going to stop this man??" the swiss tabloid "blick" asked. Schumacher, who hasn't been in public, let alone on a race track, since his serious skiing accident at the end of 2013, and whose successor at the silver arrows is hamilton, probably already suspected it then.

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The man is serious. This becomes clear not only when looking at the comprehensive draft for a "municipal election program bamberg" of the party volt clearly, on which hans-gunter brunker with its 25 comrades-in-arms works since six weeks. 1.3 percent of the people of bamberg voted for volt in the european elections 2019, now the young pan-european party also wants to run in the municipal elections 2020 – with hans-gunter brunker as a candidate for the office of mayor of badenburg.

"I liked bamberg design. This has been my home for many years, I have grown fond of the city", says the 52-year-old, for whom the time has come for a change in bamberg. The married father of three has been working as a freelance actor, speaker and presenter since 2013. Previously, the doctor of chemistry was, among other things, a consultant at mckinsey and managing director of a biotechnology company. "I was able to gain a lot of experience and my view is relatively broad. That's important for someone who wants to be active in the community.", says brunker. "In bamberg, there is a sense that the citizens are really interested in their city." when the native of bad bruckenau joined volt, he found "the right people with the right goals" hit. Although his party is still small in bamberg, volt is growing very strongly and has unusually committed members.

Supporter list required

"Many people didn't know us at the time of the european elections, but we did a lot of campaigning and were able to make up considerable ground by the election date." brunker is also preparing his team for the upcoming municipal elections – in order for volt to be able to run in the elections, 340 supporters must first sign up on lists in the town hall. "That will be the first major challenge, says the candidate for mayor. But the goal is: "we want to be a strong faction in the city council."

The nomination meeting is scheduled for november, by which time the election program will also be ready. Already now, economics is emerging as one of the focal points. "We need an economic basis that enables us to finance what is important to us", says brunker. His party wants to focus on the strengths of bamberg as a business location and develop them further: "we must create sustainable jobs." it therefore makes sense to demand companies that will still be able to offer jobs in 20 years' time.

The major employers such as bosch will remain important for him in the future as well. "Such companies are always evolving. We must offer them incentives to establish their forward-looking fields with us." brunker sees a future field in the medical valley, in which bamberg could play an even stronger role: "as a location for academic training in medical professions, we were able to create jobs and at the same time we already had the urgently needed specialists in the city."

According to the volt plans, the opnv should take on a different role and become more attractive for people. Brunker could envision a 365-euro ticket for everyone, not just for schools and trainees. "But we are also looking at the question of whether a special tax of seven euros per capita and month could be used to do without ticket revenue altogether."

For the volt candidate, "something has gone wrong in the housing market; bamberg has missed the boat on development. Brunker wants to see more social housing construction in public hands again. When designing new residential areas, social segregation must be prevented, because "only in this way can we maintain the very good community spirit that we have in bamberg.

Lobby for cultural workers

Many cultural workers know brunker as chairman of the interessengemeinschaft freie darstellende kunstler (association of independent performing artists). In this function, he advocates, among other things, better demands for independent theaters. "There are indications that housekeeping will become more difficult. But that does not mean that we can still make more short work of the art demand." independent culture in particular needs a better lobby in the city council.

The topic of citizen participation also plays an important role in the volt program: "why not present certain projects in an understandable and transparent manner and obtain a test vote from the citizens of bamberg??" this way, the city council and administration could get a feel for the public's opinion early on – and avoid surprises like the muna referendum.

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But rivals general motors and volkswagen are catching up; in the second quarter, GM was already able to overtake its japanese competitor.

The toyota group, which also includes daihatsu and hono motors, sold a total of 4.9 million vehicles, the group announced on friday. Number 2, general motors, increased sales by 3.9 percent to 4.85 million cars, followed by VW with around 4.7 million cars and an increase of 5.5 percent.

While GM sold 2.49 million cars in the three months to june, according to the U.S. Business news agency bloomberg, the toyota group sold just 2.48 million. VW sold 2.39 million cars. However, the wolfsburg-based company is working its way up to the world’s leading carmaker GM. VW narrowed the gap to its detroit rival in the 1. Half year to around 150,000 pieces. A year ago, the gap was still around 220,000.

While the U.S. Made strong gains in its home market, it suffered losses in europe and, to a lesser extent, south america. However, volkswagen has also suffered recently from the weak car market in europe.

The VW group has set itself the goal of becoming the number one in the industry by 2018 at the latest. Wolfsburg must overtake GM and toyota to do so. Toyota topped the list last year. The fact that the japanese were able to defend their position in the first half of this year was mainly due to robust sales in north america.

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"What we know is that the new laws make such a manipulation attempt, as we have experienced in gottingen, impossible," said health minister daniel bahr (FDP) on thursday in berlin. According to the german press agency (dpa), public prosecutors have meanwhile filed charges against the former head of gottingen's transplant medicine department.

Two days before organ donation day, bahr launched a nationwide campaign with celebrities. "I don't see, when i'm diagnosed with brain death, that these valuable organs are burned or buried," said actor klaus J. Behrendt ("crime scene"). He, like olympic biathlon and weightlifting champions kati wilhelm and matthias steiner, advertises on crude posters for organ donations.

As a result of the transplant scandal, the number of donors fell by 12.8 percent to 1046 in 2012. In the first quarter of 2013, there was a drop of 18 percent to 230. "Every jolt costs human lives," warned bahr, urgently appealing for trust. "We have the strictest rules for organ donation in germany in international comparison," he said. "It is no longer possible for one doctor alone to decide on the position on the waiting list."Today a six-eyes-principle is in force, among other things unannounced examinations were added.

According to bahr, of the 12,000 people on the waiting list, three die every day because there is no suitable organ.

Since july 2012, it has become known that the gottingen doctor is alleged to have reported false health data of patients of the university hospital to the company eurotransplant from 2009 to 2011 in order to give preference to his own patients when receiving a donor liver.

The braunschweig public prosecutor's office accuses the 45-year-old professor of medicine of, among other things, attempted manslaughter in several cases. The authorities would not confirm that charges had been filed.

Since january, the doctor has been in custody under investigation for risk of absconding. Manipulations are also alleged to have taken place in other clinics.

Official audits of all transplant clinics are making progress, doctors say. "In the meantime, the review of the liver programs is nearing completion," doctor president frank ulrich montgomery told dpa.

A year ago, after 15 years of debate, the bundestag decided that all citizens of the federal republic of germany over the age of 16 would in future be asked about their willingness to donate organs after death. According to bahr, the health insurance companies have so far sent information and donor cards to 40 million insured patients.

The gruns urge swift further reforms. This had to come in the remaining three weeks of the session until the parliamentary elections, demanded fraktionschefin renate kunast. "If this does not succeed, a campaign is wasted money, because trust will not return in this way."

More is planned. An expert opinion is currently being prepared to clarify how violations in transplant medicine can be better sanctioned, as bahr told dpa. The health ministry is also to approve the important regulations of the federal medical association in this area. Vice chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group johannes singhammer (CSU) told dpa: "it is a major step forward that the guidelines will in future require state legitimation."

With the establishment of a transplant registry, bahr then wants to improve the removal, placement and use of organs. "This is an important goal."SPD health expert carola reimann told dpa that fewer transplant centers are needed.

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