They stole a plaque with the name of the town. A year later, they sent an anonymous letter

First they stole a sign from an Italian town, and less than a year later they sent an envelope with compensation. An unusual story happened in the small town of Andrich in northern Italy. According to the suspicions of the local mayor, the perpetrators were fans of a famous German footballer whose name sounds exactly the same as the name of the small settlement.

An unusual situation occurred in Andrich near Belluno in northern Italy . Almost a year ago, a sign with the name of this town was stolen. Suspicion fell on fans, fans of footballer Robert Andrich from the club Bayer Leverkusen and the German national team .

As it turned out, recently the mayor of an Italian town received an envelope and inside it he found 400 euros in compensation for the theft of a plaque .

The daily "Corriere della Sera", reporting on the belated repentance of the thieves, emphasizes that they probably couldn't believe their eyes when they saw the board with the name of their favorite footballer . They were also not discouraged by the inscription below on the large board informing that it is the name of a smaller settlement that is part of the town of Vallada Agordina and is located at an altitude of 1,130 meters above sea level.

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Apparently, in a fit of fan frenzy, the tourists tore down a large white metal board placed on two posts and took it away with them.

As the daily reports, after a long time, the football star's fans regained common sense, they sent an anonymous letter to the mayor of Andrich, Fabio Luchetta . In the envelope, he found four 100-euro banknotes and an article cut from the local press about an unusual theft that had caused a wave of indignation there. This is how the senders explained the reason for the donation.

The letter was sent from Austria, and its contents caused astonishment in the municipal office. The mayor immediately decided to allocate the received sum for a new plaque with the inscription Andrich . It was immediately made and installed.

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During this event, the residents recalled that almost a year ago a group of German-speaking tourists had stayed there. "But we can't accuse them of theft, because we have no proof that it was them," the mayor said.

An unusual theft with a happy ending became the inspiration to recall the history of a small Alpine town in the region where the surname Andrich often appears.

"You could therefore think that there is a link between this area and the footballer's ancestors, because many people from the Belluno area emigrated to Germany after the war ," explained Luchetta. He revealed that an invitation had already been sent to the footballer, who was born in Potsdam in 1994. There has been no response so far.