Thanks to a noble donor, Unterschleißheim has a town hall clock. The benefactor is Irmgard Stronk, whose name will definitely mean something to many of the elders in town. She is the widow of Wolfram Stronk, who was an influential figure in local politics for decades. He was second mayor from 1972 to 1978 and from 1979 to 1990 he was third mayor and also managed the business in the town hall for a time when mayor Hans Bayer (SPD) became seriously ill and died in 1989. Martin Reichart, City Councilor and Chairman of the Free Citizenship, has now announced that Irmgard Stronk would give 20,000 euros for a town hall clock. She only wishes that this would already be ticking on the facade on her 100th birthday. “This woman is really fit,” said Reichart.
Martin Reichart announced this because Irmgard Stronk has a special connection to the Free Citizenship. Wolfram Stronk and Irmgard Stronk moved to Unterschleißheim in 1946. There he launched the Freie Wahlgemeinschaft in 1954, which merged with the Bürgerverein zur Freie Bürgerschaft in 1972. Until 1991, Stronk headed it.
Only recently there had been a discussion in the city council as to whether a town hall clock should be purchased. The starting point was that the desire from the citizenry to attach such a clock was repeatedly expressed. A place on the west facade to the left of the main entrance to the town hall and community center would be ideal for this. Because of the relatively high costs, however, the city councilors hesitated to afford such a thing in financially difficult times. The decision remained open and was to be made in the budget deliberations. Now Irmgard Stronk takes that away from the city councillors.
Mayor Christoph Böck (SPD) was pleased with the offer and announced that the administration would try to purchase and assemble the desired clock, of which the donor also enclosed a sketch in her letter, by the end of May. However, the schedule is a bit ambitious.