Who put the most beautiful maypole in the Dillingen district?
Whether with or without a garland, spruce wreath and colorful ribbons: Numerous small and large birch trees in the Dillingen district are now adorned with the street edges. But which one of them is the most beautiful? Dozens of readers sent us their best pictures of the Maiele, you can win a candlelight dinner at the Landgasthof Schlössle in Finningen. Now you are asked: Vote online about the most beautiful maypole in the Dillingen district.
The stories behind the creative birch trees could not be more different. Some are waiting for 26 years for the children to get the husband to give the wife a maypole. Others attach particular importance to stability and concret massive plates with a weight of more than one ton in the ground so that neither wind, weather nor any thieves can move the piece of jewelry unintentionally. Some value the length, the others more on the jewelry of the narrow birch trunk: Numerous entries have reached us again this year when we started the search for the most beautiful maypole.
Maypole voting in the district of Dillingen: These touching stories are behind the pictures
Not only the couples were allowed to participate. The Wittislingen children’s fire brigade also set a tree. The youngest participants are just four years old: Lilli got the tree from the best friend and neighboring boy Florian. And you can’t be too old for a maiele either: at least that shows the story of Isolde Hietmann from Hohenreich. Before the freightache, she still said to her seven grandchildren, six grandchildren, that you don’t have to be sad if you were not given a maypole. « I have never got a maypole either, » writes Hietmann. The next morning the 70-year-old did not believe her eyes: in front of her house there was a tree with a heart on which « grandma » stands. « I have the world’s best grandchildren who make their grandma very happy, » writes Hietmann about the picture.
Voting: You can now vote on the most beautiful picture – or the most beautiful story from Tuesday, 12 p.m. Our Online voting then runs until Sunday, May 11th, 11:59 p.m. Until then, you can give your favorite your voice. The winning picture can then look forward to a dinner in Finningen. We keep our fingers crossed for all participants.
