Anton Lechner is the mayor of the small and peaceful Bavarian village Waldbrunn. Apart from failed plans to sell the seedy railway station to a group of investors everything seems to be all right. One day he gets a letter from the head of the district authority, Dr. Schröder, who plans to suburbanize Waldbrunn because of its debts. During his visit he gets captivated by the soft brown eyes of Bärbel (Dorle Buchner - Lechner's daughter). While they have sex in his hotel room Lechner tries to get money from the local cooperative bank, but the nightly tunnel excavation fails and damages his own guest-house.