Small gifts maintain friendship - at the Sparkasse Miesbach this proverb was implemented very generously. The board of directors and partners met in luxury hotels and had a good time. Now it hit the first officials because of disciplinary law.
Munich (dpa / lby) - After the criminal investigation of the Miesbach savings bank affair, there have now been disciplinary consequences for an official involved for the first time. Because of his behavior as a member of the board of directors of the Sparkasse Miesbach-Tegernsee, the mayor of the municipality of Kreuth, Josef Bierschneider (CSU), who is still in office today, will have his salary reduced by a tenth for 18 months, as the administrative court in Munich ruled on Tuesday. In addition, he must bear the costs of the procedure. After a corresponding agreement, both parties announced that they would not appeal; the judgment is therefore final.
The loose handling of savings bank funds caused a stir in the Miesbach district almost ten years ago and raised corresponding allegations of breach of trust. Spouses also traveled to board meetings in five-star hotels, where there was an attractive tourist program, excellent food and outrageously expensive wines.
Between 2011 and 2013, Bierschneider also took part in such pleasant working stays in Vienna and the Stubaital. From the beginning of the hearing, the judge made it clear that he considered disciplinary action to be necessary - in order to protect the reputation of the professional civil service. "As a civil servant, I know as soon as I drive into the hotel that I have no business being in such a hotel on a business trip," said the judge. "Especially when I have a legal state exam."
The lawyer for the mayor, who did not appear in court, asserted mitigating circumstances, but admitted the allegations in principle and, after consultation, also on Bierschneider's behalf, agreed to the agreement on a reduction in remuneration for 18 months.
In the afternoon, the chamber wanted to negotiate against another member of the board of directors. Only the day before it had become known that the Free State wanted to cancel the pension of the ex-district administrator Jakob Kreidl, who had already been convicted. The state prosecutor's office had filed a disciplinary action against him on Friday with "the aim of depriving him of his pension".
