There are currently no upcoming/recent events Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here After two years of construction and a total investment of more than 20 million euros TÜV SÜD opened the new Centre for Mobility and Powertrains near Stuttgart today they also offer emission testing for hybrid and electric vehicles there “The new test facility offers all the types of emissions tests required for type approval on all international markets,” says TÜV SÜD The testing institute adds that the new centre doubles its testing capacity for the “mobility of tomorrow” Said emphasis is further stressed by Patrick Fruth CEO of the Mobility Division at TÜV SÜD: “As an industry partner we provide support to the national and international automotive industry plus dedicated assistance with the transition from conventional drive systems to hybrid-electric and electric vehicles.” this makes it “the largest independent laboratory of its kind in Europe” The aim is to carry out 25,000 emission tests per year The testing portfolio covers scenarios for type approvals according to international standards and regulations and conformity of production (CoP) testing as well as tests within the scope of vehicle development TÜV SÜD wants to be a “central point of contact” for carmakers seeking approval of their vehicles in all relevant access markets To address a broad clientele as an independent technical service TÜV SÜD has also set up a special testing level for commercial vehicles and shielded areas for prototypes they use dynamometers to test energy carriers of different types and promise tests for environmental compatibility TÜV SÜD here claims transparency by using a CO2 equivalent the vehicle’s electricity consumption is converted to a CO2 equivalent and included in the result increase proportionately to fuel consumption Taking this as the basis for their calculations TÜV SÜD will also link the new service centre to the existing lab facilities on site Heimsheim will also coordinate the emissions laboratory network with the Pfungstadt sites at the subsidiary TÜV Hessen and in Roztoky in the Czech Republic Also good to know: The German engineering services provider IAV is constructing a new EMC test centre at the same site IAV said the new centre is their response to the automotive industry’s demand for measuring and testing capacities for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) tuvsud.com I agree with the Privacy policy electrive has been following the development of electric mobility with journalistic passion and expertise since 2013 we offer comprehensive coverage of the highest quality — as a central platform for the rapid development of this technology JANZEN Cedar Rapids Tiffany Michelle Janzen The Gazette publishes obituaries on a daily basis. Use the search field above to search for obituaries by name or keyword. Readers can submit an obituary or submit a milestone to The Gazette The obituary must be submitted before 1 p.m for publication on thegazette.com at 6 p.m with the exception of obituaries for Sunday publication A visitation will be held at Stonebridge Church on Sunday and one hour preceding services at the church on Monday with Pastors Randy Scheil and Robin Tyner officiating Arrangements made by Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home Ron and Vicki Hornish of Cedar Rapids; her father- and mother-in-law Keeper and Crosley Grow and Marian Janzen of Heimsheim She was preceded in death by her three grandparents and aunt She graduated from Linn-Mar High School in 2004 and Elmhurst College in 2010 Tiffany was owner of CrossFit The Challenge She was an active member of the Stonebridge Church family and volunteered in the children's ministry Her smile was beautiful and brightened up every room She was a light in our lives and will be forever missed Please leave a message for the family on the web Memorials may be offered towards her sons' futures or donations given to Stonebridge Church The Gazette has been informing Iowans with in-depth local news coverage and insightful analysis for over 140 years independent journalism with a subscription today © 2025 The Gazette | All Rights Reserved -- Text and Photos © Silke Rottermann for Eurodressage It is a good question why it took me a so long time to visit a clinic of Christine Stückelberger I have known Christine personally for almost 25 years and it is thanks to the generosity and patience of her lifelong trainer Georg Wahl (1920-2013) that nowadays I am able to tell apart a well trained horse from a poorly one resembling that of her late trainer: She gets the riders out of their comfort zone in favour of their horses I finally took the opportunity to follow Christine’s teachings again on 27 March 2022 On that glorious sunny Sunday the Baroque Riding Center in Heimsheim hosted the 2nd day of Christine’s first clinic there of 2022 Those who first meet Christine Stückelberger would never expect this petite woman sitting in the corner of the beautiful indoor arena to have such  resilient strength almost 75 years of age All her life Christine’s overwhelming love for horses has been the fuel that drives her Her ambition is to make her students better riders so they can do their horses as much justice as possible The strictness and consequence with which she challenged the riders in the clinic might have been a bit surprising for those who never met her before but it is also exactly what her long-time students appreciate so much And who thinks that training with an Olympic and World champion means finally riding a piaffe when the horse is still heavy on the hand or not sensitive to the leg Maya Thumm and Denaria were the youngest participants with the rider being 16 and the horse 7.It was all about the correct basics for horse and rider alike The horse’s basis can never be right if the rider is unable to communicate on a certain level So no matter if  it were a pleasure rider or professional Christine’s primary focus is first on seat and position and the aids "Back-to-front" riding is the main goal and this is only possible if the rider learns to ride from the seat Not surprisingly  many riders struggled with that classical concept on which many trainers agree but so few insist on - at least in the persistent way Stückelberger does First to go in the clinic on that Sunday morning was a horse girl's typical dream: a shiny black horse with long legs "You have to breathe and feel with your calf your leg needs to be relaxed," she told the rider Soon the mare trotted with a relaxation and a lovely rhythm that was a universe away from the tense disconnected trots with stiff backs we have to suffer so often on the international level "The relaxed and content horse is our goal," Christine stressed and true to her word she got a little cross when tension creeped in the moment the mare should execute a transition into canter on the contrary: Open your legs and put your hand forward," Christine advised What sounded logical is less easy to immediately put into practice like a reflex The horse’s natural movements without tension is what she aims for and she showed the riders how to achieve it via riding with aids used at a minimum the hind-legs are in the right place," said Stückelberger It was a lesson which only focused on the horse feeling well and the rider becoming aware that despite her already very confirmed seat and position there is always room left for further improvement Stückelberger’s merciless strictness and honesty her relentless corrections which pull myself completely out of the comfort zone," said the rider "She is always friendly and the working atmosphere is very nice Everything happens in favour of the horses and should be even more refined This matches my sensitive mare very well as she is somebody who would never accept a 'you must'," Wais commented on her lesson in which there was no piaffe and passage "the movement went through the whole body of the horse and this is the true beauty of classical dressage." Jana Willmann and Tosca in the warm-up frameJana Willmann and her 16-year-old Bavarian warmblood mare Tosca travelled all the way from Munich together with a stable mate and her former jumping horse To her Stückelberger’s clinics are worth every kilometer and the onlooker could easily recognize that horse and rider are familiar with the teachings of the passionate Swiss Minimize the aids and allow the horse to work as much on its own as possible" is the credo which ran like a red thread through all of Christine's lessons It created very harmonious pictures which we unfortunagely see too rarely in dressage sport "If you want to ride a half pass you have to initiate it from your seat The inside hip indicates the lateral movement but the horse also needs to have a certain will to go forward it needs to react promptly to the leg aids or that kind of riding won’t work," she said Only when Tosca was truly with her rider and as refined in the contact as Stückelberger wanted her to be was Willmann allowed to attempt the trot half-passes Only then "the horse can do something on her own and will carry herself." Tosca with more elevation in the working phase.Stückelberger’s words were put into practice and after some attempts Tosca showed fluent half-passes on both reins;  no pushing the horse showing remarkable self-carriage while being correctly flexed and bent In moments like these Christine Stückelberger can be enthusiastic and delighted like a little girl getting her desired Christmas present Strictness and persistence then resolve in prompt and honest praise A short "You did that really well" or "Did you feel that but you have to allow her to work like that" are the clear reward for the riders who lose sleep over the exciting opportunity of riding in front of the Olympic champion of 1976 Praise is her key word when working with horses This can also mean that if a horse has worked extremely well Christine will sent him back to the stables even if there are 5 minutes left to a lesson With horses you cannot really set the clock so sometimes she was also working a bit longer with some horses than the foreseen 30 minutes unit The most interesting part of clinics like these lies in the often wide variety of horses and riders you see It can range from professionals to pleasure riders with the ambitious amateur in between and their likewise different four legged partners On such occasion one can see whether a teaching method of a trainer - no matter how famous -  is working and can be generally applied or not Elke Thumm and her 12-year-old Lipizzan gelding Pluto Pompas grew beyond themselves the horse developing unexpected impulsion within just one lesson.As I have known Christine Stückelberger for a comparatively long time I did not doubt she is part of that group of trainers who can deal with every kind of rider and horse because with her it is always first about correct basics to this date it still stuns  me how much some horses change in just one single lesson because Christine’s advice is so sound and some riders are simply able to put them faster into practice than others "I came to the clinic because I wanted to improve the throughness of my horse Stückelberger has a very straight way of teaching to which I needed to get used to on the first day but today I really tried hard to put her advice immediately into practice," Thumm said Stückelberger giving explanations to Daniela WaisAgain Stückelberger centred the lesson by first focusing on the rider’s seat: "If you want the horse to react promptly you need to open your knee and relax your lower leg they just support the rhythm of the horse," said Christine the little Lipizzan truly became a different horse: one with a more natural will to go forward now clearly using his back and his hind-legs and stepping into a soft contact As a result he started to swing through his whole body It was a true pleasure to observe how this little horse’s expression and impulsion increased "You are a natural," Stückelberger praised and then added something which I wisheshe would shout out loudly to those confusing speed for impulsion: "Because impulsion resides in collection and not in chasing the horse forward." that new way of going created new challenges for the rider in sitting trot "Avoid to compensate this new degree of impulsion by clamping with your knees and legs Instead open your knees and stretch the leg from the hip down to the heels," was the advice "The tilting of your pelvis will then act as a kind of shock absorber and allows you to sit.“ Stückelberger encouraged all riders to find the feel good frame of their horses here a sympathetic Oldenburger gelding.After witnessing several very different horse-rider-combinations in a seven-hour clinic it felt nice to step out side of the cool indoor arena into the glorious sunshine That particular Sunday felt like early summer in late March Even though the person who gave it her all throughout the day was certainly no stranger to me I remembered how beautiful good equitation looks like but also how challenging it is to achieve by the riders The peculiarity of Switzerland’s most successful dressage rider of all times is that she challenges the riders to make everything as easy and stress-free for their horses as possible She works on the riders in that way and by doing so the horses improve as well There was not one minute pressure or stress for the horses because as soon as the slightest tension creeped in had the expertise and eye to detect the cause and helped the riders to eliminate it without bothering their horses This approach is certainly one of the most demanding and difficult ways to teach proper riding but definitely also one of the most profound and horse friendly ones on the planet "We are riding too much with our brains and too little with our feeling "You have to explore what is the feel-good frame of your horse instead of pressing it into the frame you want it to go in.“ "If you ride a horse with a long back downwards Then you will have a hard time getting it up again.“ but you also need to read a book about equitation now and then.“ Silke Rottermann and Christine Stückelberger"If you want to ride a soft transition from canter to trot it is enough to pull at your toes and the canter aid automatically stops.“ "To give with the hand is the key to success." 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