Attention, Maypole! The Maypole back adorns Bavarian tradition with risks from 1 may the Bavarian village squares. Joining forces, the strong men of the municipalities on the day or in the evening of 30 April set up the Maypole. The organiser must ensure that all volunteers and spectators are secured. Because annual Maypole accidents. The Organizer is a club, the Board of Directors shall be liable in the event of an emergency with his personal fortune.

The German voluntary work Association informed the Board members and protects you against personal liability. Munich, April 27, 2009. To greet the merry month may hold villages and towns in Bavaria may celebrate and build a maypole. Decorated with colorful ribbons, a wreath, characters or Guild sign is the pride of the municipalities of the Maypole. Young and old are, when on the eve of the diarchy or on the 1st of may the maypole is erected. In the city of Munich maypoles only by crane may be set up which the consequence of a fatal accident at the beginning 1980s. But many Bavarian communities, it is still customary to bring the Maypole only with the help of Poles and man power in the vertical.

There were many accidents, sometimes resulting in death. This reports the newsletter of the PR agency Xpand21 on behalf of the Association of German volunteering. The question of responsibility if something happens to the Organizer bears responsibility. In most communities, this is a club. But often the legal liability insurance does not apply. Because it is only insured which serves the purpose of the Association. And the Maypole setting up doesn’t belong, except for a maypole Club, to the statutory duties. A number of supplementary health insurance are required to be as an Association on the safe side. Lack the additional insurance, which can be costly for the Association and its Board.