Germany firm hoping to buy 50 hectares for data center and solar farm German hosting firm Hetzner Online is looking to build a data center in Gunzenhausen According to NordBayern Hetzner is aiming to purchase 50 hectares of agricultural land next to the Scheupeleinsmühle industrial park in the Bavarian city to the south of Nuremberg and east of Stuttgart The company intends to build a solar park and data center on the site; solar panels would take up 35 hectares (350,000 square meters/3.8 million sq ft) of the site The rest of the site – up to 15 hectares (150,000 sq m/1.6 million sq ft) – would be used for data center buildings Last month Mayor Karl-Heinz Fitz invited all 23 local owners on the proposed site to inform them of the plans with some reportedly saying "they definitely don't want to sell." Hetzner Online is reportedly offering to pay "Farmland plus x" for the land estimated at 5 to 7 euros per square meter Hetzner Online GmbH is in contact with the city of Gunzenhausen,” Mayor Fitz’s office told NordBayern “Talks have since started with the property owners Mayor Fitz would be very pleased if the project were given a chance with the planned generation of energy from a photovoltaic system This would further advance the city of Gunzenhausen.” Hetzner told the publication it was looking for "another location close to the headquarters in Gunzenhausen for a possible new location 1/3 of which is to be used for data center space and 2/3 for the generation of regenerative solar power an area of ​​50 hectares is being sought.” “We are all Gunzenhäuser and would be happy if it worked out here We are still in the early stages and want to see whether there is an opportunity to acquire the necessary land.” Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Gunzenhausen, Hetzner offers cloud, web hosting, and colocation services. The company operates two campuses in Germany in Nuremberg and Falkenstein. The Falkenstein campus comprises 13 buildings over a 100,000 sqm (1 million sq ft) site. The company also has a campus in Tuusula, Finland which was expanded up to 6MW in December 2020 Two more buildings are in development on the site Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia Industrial auctioneers Dechow and Troostwijk auction off more than 2,100 lots and reach prospective buyers from 43 countries CNC processing machines and quality assurance equipment marketed worldwide one of the market-leading industrial auction houses in Europe is responsible for the marketing of Aluminium Gießerei Pressmetall Gunzenhausen GmbH Since 17 December 2021 and up to last week more than 2,100 lots were successfully auctioned on the industrial auction platform www.troostwijkauctions.com in a total of 4 auctions and achieved above-average proceeds "At the heart of the marketing are the die casting plants" says André Maxeiner there has been continuous investment in state-of-the-art foundry facilities from 2004 onwards with the latest technology ensuring high energy efficiency making them extremely attractive for international marketing," explains Maxeiner The Hamburg experts specialise in the valuation and marketing of industrial plants industrial assets with a total area of 30,000 m² were successfully sold within only six months that interested buyers receive detailed information on the machines and plants thus ensuring that they can be put back into operation "Our goal is always to ensure that the machines and plants continue to be used for production at another location Because only in this way can we achieve the best possible result for our customer," André Maxeiner continues CNC machining equipment as well as equipment for quality assurance such as X-ray systems and various vertical machining centres and lathes have been marketed warehouse and logistics equipment as well as IT and office equipment were auctioned online Pressmetall was founded in 1962 as "PMG Gunzenhausen Galsterer & Co the aluminium foundry took up machining as a manufacturing step the company employed 500 people and supplied medium-sized companies as well as globally operating corporations DECHOW was founded in Hamburg in 1904 and has been part of the Dutch Troostwijk Group since 2019 DECHOW is responsible for the German market and is also the exclusive auctioneer for the European market leader for public online auctions of assets DECHOW has a customer base of 1.2 million registered users in 159+ countries in the online auction network More than 1 million individual items are auctioned annually via the modern specially developed online auction platform More than 10 million bids per year guarantee a high level of bidding competition and sales at market-driven prices the auction house offers local expertise with global reach and enables the best results for its clients the Troostwijk Group is represented in 18 European countries and employs more than 350 people fixed assets and real estate on behalf of its clients The annual turnover of the auction group is around 475 million euros for valuations and auctions www.dechow.de www.troostwijkauctions.com I would like to receive the bi-weekly Foundry-Planet newsletter with all latest news Plus the special newsletters – all can be cancelled anytime and at no cost The 29-member youth band Jugendkapelle Gunzenhausen perform at an outdoor concert .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Pati LaLonde | For Mlive.comBAY CITY MI — German food and a homestyle chicken dinner await 29 young musicians of Jungendkapelle Gunzenhausen as they begin an American tour in Bay City Performances also are set in Frankenmuth Saturday and Sunday the public is invited to dine on schnitzel while the band performs at the Atrium for one hour got off the ground in 1980 with Sepp (Josef) Klier opening a music school to give young people the chance to make their own music the school is now home to 280 students who play the German flute the group performs not only traditional music but symphonic and modern music as well during their American tour While 29 students and their chaperones are winging to the U.S. the group is actually comprised of 65 musicians between the ages of 11 and 26 a group of 25 musicians between the ages of eight and 15 “Our schedule at home is busy for every group,” said Ute Kirchdorffer All our members like the partnership between the groups and have friends in each group.” Reservations are needed for the performance and dinner at the Atrium the group travels to Frankenmuth for a 7 p.m 24 performance at Palmer Schau Platz in Memorial Park Rain site is Frankenmuth High School's Bronner Performing Arts Center In honor of the 125th anniversary of the Bavarian Inn 25 at Frankenmuth River Place Festival Platz the public is invited to join the band at the Bavarian Inn for a family-style chicken dinner Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025) © 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. All rights reserved (About Us) The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of Advance Local Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site YouTube's privacy policy is available here and YouTube's terms of service is available here Ad Choices The name will sound kind of strange for American ears. Gunzenhausen. It’s a small provincial town in Southern Germany, 35 miles south of Nuremberg, in a county called Middle Franconia. It could be described as typical southern German: medieval gate towers, ramparts, battlements, a more than 500-year-old church. On the woody hills overlooking the town there are even remnants of the Limes, a Roman border wall more than 2,000 years old. It was here, in this placid-seeming river town of 5,000 people, that a young American soldier named Jerome D. Salinger lived right after the end of World War II, in 1945. The mission of his counterintelligence unit was to hunt down the local Nazis and bring them to justice. He was then with his first wife, a German woman named Sylvia Welter. He married her in a smaller neighboring and very romantic town, Pappenheim, in autumn of the same year. Only sheer coincidence brought the 26-year-old writer to this remote region. But his stay, although it lasted just about nine months, had deep consequences for his future life as well as his oeuvre. Why did he do this? Of course, Salinger was a shy man. He didn’t want to be photographed, not even for the covers of his books. When, in later years, he sometimes visited the library of Dartmouth College, about 20 miles from Cornish, everybody would quietly leave the reading room to allow the famous writer who didn’t publish anymore to be alone with himself. In his famous short story, “For Esmé with Love and Squalor” he offered a vivid picture of what it meant to suffer battle fatigue: shaking, trembling, vomiting, hallucinating, and being sleepless. As a born Gunzenhausener, I recently learned where this drama has supposedly taken place. It is a house next to my former school; I even have been in the room where Salinger used to live. When he seemed to be overcoming his depression he fell in love with the very attractive young Sylvia Welter and married her three months after their first meeting. He was a traumatized young man of Jewish ancestry; she was a young woman from a nation of perpetrators. It was a fateful attraction: What could have been a time of redemption turned into a disaster. Shortly afterward, Salinger and his wife moved to Manhattan, where they quickly separated. A few years later, he followed the path he had identified in “The Razor’s Edge,” withdrawing to Cornish and never talking about what happened in the war to anyone. It was a fearful hallucination. But a circle had closed. Thomas Medicus, a journalist in Germany, is the author of “Homeland: A Search,” recently published by Rowohlt Berlin. Home Delivery Gift Subscriptions Log In Manage My Account Customer Service Delivery Issues Feedback News Tips Help & FAQs Staff List Advertise Newsletters View the ePaper Order Back Issues News in Education Search the Archives Privacy Policy Terms of Service Terms of Purchase Work at Boston Globe Media Internship Program Co-op Program Do Not Sell My Personal Information The name will sound kind of strange for American ears It’s a small provincial town in Southern Germany It could be described as typical southern German: medieval gate towers On the woody hills overlooking the town there are even remnants of the Limes a Roman border wall more than 2,000 years old .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Kyle Campbell | kcampbe8@mlive.comThe 54th annual Bavarian Festival makes its return to Heritage Park in Frankenmuth this weekend.View full sizeFRANKENMUTH MI — Mary Anne Rummel has spent the last couple weeks cleaning her home and preparing food as she and her husband Bill get ready to see friends that they haven't seen in years CNC equipment and quality assurance machines to be auctioned online from 04 January DECHOW, one of the market-leading industrial auction houses in Europe, is responsible for selling the Aluminium Foundry Pressmetall Gunzenhausen GmbH. Until probably March 2022, more than 5,000 lots will be offered for sale in a total of 5 auctions on the industrial auction platform www.troostwijkauctions.com "At the heart of the auctions are the die casting plants" says Eva Traut Project Manager AUKTIONSHAUS WILHELM DECHOW GmbH continuous investments were made in a state-of-the-art foundry from 2004 onwards which ensures high energy efficiency thanks to the latest technology making it extremely attractive for the international market" explains Eva Traut The Hamburg experts specialise in the treatment and recovery of industrial assets Because this is the only way we can achieve the best possible result for our customer," Traut continues DECHOW will have vacated the aluminium foundry by the middle of the year machines for quality assurance such as X-ray systems and CNC machines such as various vertical machining centres and lathes will be offered for sale warehouse and logistics equipment as well as IT and office equipment is auctioned online Prospective buyers can get an impression directly on site .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Lindsay Knake | lknake@mlive.comView full sizeCourtesy Michael BushMichael Bush and Andrea English of Hampton Township shown here on a trip to the Florida Keys in March will marry at the new fountain in Frankenmuth.FRANKENMUTH Michael Bush and Andrea English wanted to have a short and sweet wedding and get on with their lives They'll do so on Friday tying the knot with a minister three witnesses and perhaps a few tourists and even a horse and carriage The Hampton Township couple are marrying at 11 a.m located in Gunzenhausen Platz near Zehnder's Restaurant "It's appropriate," Bush said of the wedding sister and brother-in-law will go to Zehnder's for a dinner The couple's first idea was to marry in Traverse City but that was too far for Bush's 90-year-old mother to travel on July 4 toured the city — which English called "charming," — and they found the fountain The two looked into the fountain and loved its meaning — the bronze statue representing the German immigrants who founded Frankenmuth and found love English is a native of Prince Edward Island Bush and English had to travel back to Canada every few weeks Getting married will allow them to stay in Michigan for longer periods of time the two met on a cruise ship traveling from San Diego to Panama they've spent time together and traveled throughout Canada and the U.S They are still looking for their favorite spot Follow reporter Lindsay Knake on twitter or contact her at 989-372-2498 or lknake@mlive.com .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Lindsay Knake | lknake@mlive.comFRANKENMUTH After two years of work and some last minute tweaking the gentle sound of flowing water filled the Gunzenhausen Platz in Frankenmuth Frankenmuth Downtown Development Director Sheila Stamiris artist Jim Ardis and Bavarian Inn and Lodge President Judy Zehnder Keller stood by waiting for the bottom of the fountain to fill with water "It's like Christmas," Ardis said as they waited to see the water flow for the first time Water started cascading down the center base of the 18-foot than raining down from the edge of a waxed bronze bowl "Water is very calming to the human spirit," Koster said lights will illuminate the water and eventually representing a newly married couple who settled Frankenmuth in the 1840s That doesn't mean the oft-seen lederhosen and dirndl but revolutionary-era clothing with a gown and lace hat for the woman and breeches The details even show the couple's wedding rings worn on their right hands in European tradition The creases in the man's jacket and the woman's gown gave the illusion of movement a famine or drought meant couples could not easily marry Young people from the Bavarian region of Franconia moved to the United States and settled the heavily forested area as a mission and to start a new life "The sculpture is a testimony to their courage and spirit," Stamiris said adding Frankenmuth means "Courage of the Franconians." While the fountain may be styled after fountains in Germany most of the people involved in bringing the fountain from an idea to a completed product are from the Great Lakes Bay Region The foundries for the sculptures were in Bay City and Ypsilanti A world class project is possible in this region He started on the project a little more than two years ago He appreciated Stamiris and Zehnder Keller's vision for the fountain adding that it helped him create the piece sketching out the figures based on watching Bavarian Inn employees dancing "Jim (Adris's) sculpture conveys the whole scene," Koster said The love for each other is evident in the two characters as they gaze into each others' eyes That romance is something he worked to show "This is a natural place for thousands of pictures," Stamiris said "It's the new Frankenmuth Kodak moment." bright flowers and Bavarian architecture made a lovely scene for the fountain and Zehnder Keller said people should walk fully around the fountain for the full effect Workers on Wednesday morning tinkered with the flow of the water Stamaris said crews got an early start thanks to the warm March weather but had to wait for consistent 70-degree days to put on the tile she worried whether it'd be done in time for the dedication ceremony "It's a relief to have it done," she said 111 people from Gunzenhausen will arrive for an 8 p.m The fountain is Frankenmuth's gift to them The sistership came through President Dwight D one of the first few cities to join the program is the longest continuously operating city in the program Zehnder Keller used her knowledge from traveling to Bavaria to help with the project "I think it's unbelievable well done," she said "It's a wonderful piece of work." 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The fish passage will span about 250 feet of the river down from the current dam A series of rock steps will allow fish to meander through The fish passage in Chesaning