Founding the association was a struggle back then

Founding the association was a struggle back then

According to a certificate, it is done on "1.11.1912 at a fruit-growers’ meeting in gunzendorf, after a rough fight, we succeeded", to found a fruit growers’ association. The number of members was given as 22. Until 1932 this association was one of the pillars of the village community and very active. After that, however, the process came to a standstill as a result of the nazi "gleichschaltung". It was not until 1950 that it was awakened from its dormant state by the then district technical advisor stocklein – but without attracting any particular attention.

Only in the run-up to the incorporation, in the second half of the seventies, one remembered the very demanding effects of the more than 60-year-old association for the village community. The activities of the citizens and their commitment to the village, even after the incorporation, manifested itself not least in the increased activities of the gardening club since that time. 1975 anna brutting was elected chairman of the association. With it as the "engine membership increased in ten years from 18 in 1975 to 63 in 1980. In 1986, with the financial support of the municipality, the "haus der bauerin" (house of the farmer’s wife) was built to set up a room as a club room.

It is already a tradition that the fruit and horticulture association takes over the organization or the composition of the procession at the harvest festival. The french custom of decorating an easter fountain is also cultivated by the club members. In addition, the participation in the georgiritt and a day trip. A special "candy is the carnival ball. Special highlight are the sketches performed by the members, also with local themes.

On the occasion of the anniversary, a memorial stone was blessed at the entrance to the village by curate alexander berberich and pastor martin kuhn after the solemn church service. The castle kindergarten gunzendorf contributed a poem and song to the ceremony. After that the procession of the local associations with the guests of honor, the patron mayor johann kalb, the district administrator and the president of the district parliament gunther. Denzler and the district advisor alexandra klemisch , to the community center. The celebration was accompanied by the gunzendorf brass band. Activities for the children and a plant exchange bourse rounded off the program.