Hibernate ManyToOne with FetchType.LAZY not fetching lazy

I am using Hibernate with spring.

I have a model-class like this.

@Entity
@Table(name = "forumtopic")
public final class Forumtopic extends AbstractUserTracking implements
    java.io.Serializable {

/**SNIP **/

    private Forumcategory forumcategory;

    @ManyToOne(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
    @JoinColumn(name = "FkForumcategoryId", nullable = false)
    public Forumcategory getForumcategory() {
        return this.forumcategory;
    }

    public void setForumcategory(final Forumcategory forumcategory) {
        this.forumcategory = forumcategory;
    }
}

It works in general, but the Category is not loaded lazy, but eagerly after the ForumEntry has been loaded.

Hibernate: 
    select
        forumtopic0_.PkId as PkId19_0_,
        forumtopic0_.CreateDate as CreateDate19_0_,
        forumtopic0_.FkCreateUserId as FkCreate3_19_0_,
        forumtopic0_.FkLastUserId as FkLastUs4_19_0_,
        forumtopic0_.LastChange as LastChange19_0_,
        forumtopic0_.FkForumcategoryId as FkForum10_19_0_,
        forumtopic0_.PublishCategory as PublishC6_19_0_,
        forumtopic0_.State as State19_0_,
        forumtopic0_.Text as Text19_0_,
        forumtopic0_.Topic as Topic19_0_,
        forumtopic0_.FkTpUserId as FkTpUserId19_0_ 
    from
        forumtopic forumtopic0_ 
    where
        forumtopic0_.PkId=?
Hibernate: 
    select
        forumcateg0_.PkId as PkId17_0_,
        forumcateg0_.CreateDate as CreateDate17_0_,
        forumcateg0_.Name as Name17_0_,
        forumcateg0_.FkRequestId as FkReques4_17_0_,
        forumcateg0_.FkTpUserId as FkTpUserId17_0_ 
    from
        forumcategory forumcateg0_ 
    where
        forumcateg0_.PkId=?

Altough the getter was not called the ForumCategory is loaded right after ForumTopic.

This problems appears in all my @ManyToOne-associations. However @OneToMany associating are loaded lazily.

I am using maven2 for the build.