12.03.2013 г. - Ellwangen Municipulity - Visiting municipal properties and studying about their management from the directors of the objects.
- MSW Plant Ltd. – provides working places (including part-time jobs), performs services for the entire population, maintains municipal buildings, land, roads, parks and gardens, monitors forest fund.
- Electricity, water, heat, two gas stations, ltd’s – stable shareholding of the Municipality; initiatives for modern development of the company (for instance wind generators and other opportunities for producing electricity with citizen shareholders).
- Working visit at a private home for elderly and disabled people – 145 employees; a regulated system of financing the stay – health insurances; pensions; social and private funds; donations
A meeting at the city hall with Karl Hilzenbek and associates.
Browsing the archive, where documents are stored since 17th century.
Visit to Pfalhaym – a small town, created around 1210; population of about 1850;
Wolfgang Zegler – Mayor; quota for municipal councilors (according to village population); no officials in populated areas; public services are provided by officials from Ellwangen Municipality, who are working three times a week for four hours at the city hall.