Communication meeting place and resting place

Singers of the singing club Sängerkranz Watzenborn-Steinberg around construction manager Ronald Wehrum had been industrious as craftsmen and thus not only created a new resting place. It is also a reminder of the old tradition of this communication meeting place at the former milk collection stations. This is where people used to meet and chat and get the latest information about village life, Wehrum remembers from his youth. The singers came up with the idea at the regulars' table, "cancelled choir rehearsal". The rehearsal was actually cancelled that evening, so there was plenty of time to talk about the "good old days" over a beer. This brought up the milk bank, where fresh milk was collected in large cans from the surrounding farmers early in the morning and in the afternoon from the former Grieb milk centre in Giessen. That was several decades ago. From the initially fixed idea, it quickly became clear that we wanted to do this. Due to the pandemic, it took two years to implement the idea. The mayor of Pohlheim and the magistrate had already been asked beforehand and signalled the town's support for this piece of living village history. The Douglas fir wood and the concrete foundation slabs were financed by the Sängerkränzler themselves. The building yard helped with the fastening of the terrain and foundation edging. On Friday and Saturday, the men pitched in and screwed and drilled so that the 2.40 x 0.90 metre bench would be suitably stable and available for walkers. The milk cans provided by Klaus Harnisch and Hartmut Reitschmidt from the Weiherhof were firmly screwed to the bench at the side of the seat at the end. Soon there will be a sign to remind people of the history behind the bench. The milk bench will be officially inaugurated and celebrated with choir singing, of course. This is planned for the spring. The exact date will follow.