Every preferential vote went to Damberg

On the path from Gasthof Schoiber The chairman of the “Section 2 Schlüsselhof/Neuschönau” knows about the Dambergwarte Andreas Boeck every stick and stone. For each of the 223 preferential votes that the Steyr SPÖ candidate received in the 2021 local council election, he hiked up the Damberg, every week, whatever the weather. “It’s perhaps not an everyday way of saying thank you,” explained Böck.

At first he set off alone with his backpack. After he posted his hikes on Instagram, companions joined him. “We had some great conversations along the way,” says Böck. Among other things, he tied the knot with Mayor Markus VoglEU parliamentarian Andreas Schieder and the mayor of Ortisei Annemarie Wolfsjäger the hiking boots. During the final summit assault of these days, SP municipal councilor Alexandra Riedl ahead and blew up balloons from a child’s birthday party with the numbers “2.2.3.” on them at the Dambergwarte.

To everyone’s surprise, City Councillor Katrin Auer and the Federal Chairman of the PRO-GE trade union, Reinhold Binder from Micheldorf, both top candidates for the National Council election, climbed the mountain, which had covered a total of 33,450 meters in altitude. The 223 preferential votes at the time in the local council election were a very good result, but they were not enough: SP veteran Rosa was called To the dismay of the party leadership, vom Resthof overtook the chairman of the Young Generation with 260 preferential votes, who, to their delight, will be running again.