Farmers from the district are annoyed: Again and again there are conflicts with cyclists who do not respect barriers, drive cross-country and block farm roads.
You can enjoy the wonderful landscape in the Oberland on a bike tour - this recreational sport is more popular than ever.
But a few who behave inconsiderately come into conflict with local farmers.
Farmers complain that, for example, pasture gates are repeatedly opened and then remain open or that cyclists do not respect information on private property.
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
- cycling is trendy - in Corona times, when many people spend their “vacation at home” more than ever.
But wherever
recreational athletes
forget to be considerate, there are always conflicts.
"The behavior of some cyclists makes the farmers desperate and makes their daily work extremely difficult," says district farmer
Ursula Fiechtner
.
The
dairy farmer
Sabine Sanner from Benediktbeuern reports that many day-trippers go and ride their bikes across agricultural fields.
“The farmers cultivate the land, we adhere to state requirements in terms of species protection and at the same time we have to observe something like that.
Even official signs are ignored ", reports Sanner and says:" Pasture gates are opened, which is often not that easy, and then left open. "
Cyclists in the Alps: On narrow farm roads it is sometimes too tight for cyclists and farmers
The result is that the cattle can leave the pasture unhindered.
"Here at Moos, the railway line runs, not far from the main road, and everyone knows that cows can attack people," the farmer worries.
The farmer Franz Sindlhauser from Benediktbeuern also laments this conflict.
"There are also sensible people, no question about it, but we keep observing that cyclists don't see the need to step on the side when driving agricultural machinery."
This is especially a problem in the moor, because here many farm roads are too narrow to keep the necessary distance when overtaking.
"Then we just can't make any progress, and many don't evade," he says annoyed.
His daughter even once
drove a
tractor
into the ditch because she was unable to avoid oncoming cyclists.
Christine Oswald, who
runs
a
cattle rearing
company
in
Jachenau-Sachsenbach
, says on the subject of cyclists: “We are literally overrun.” A big problem is that fewer and fewer cyclists respect the signs as private property.
"They drive us through the tall grass and we can no longer mow everything," Oswald complains.
In addition, more attention is required when driving the machines.
"They come crashing downhill from all directions, but if something happens, it's our fault."
Cyclists in the Alps: A farmer's wife has already been shown the middle finger by cyclists
The Oswald family also rents out holiday apartments.
"We try to sensitize our guests to this potential for conflict," explains Christine Oswald.
"But the problem remains that there are too many and too little insight." It annoys you enormously when you have to listen to sentences like:
"I can do that, after all, I'm from Munich."
Sabrina Urban
from
Eurasburg also
describes that she can no longer get through the farm roads with the agricultural equipment.
“We'd like to take some time off at the weekend and go cycling, but that's just not possible with a farm,” she says.
It has happened to her in the past few weeks that amateur athletes have shown her the middle finger.
“I can understand the need for nature and vacation at home, but that also requires a bit of tolerance towards the farmers, who last but not least also tend and cultivate this landscape,” says Urban.
She is particularly concerned about opening the pasture gates.
"We also have a bull, so I can't guarantee how it will react if someone breaks into its pasture and cycles past it."
"They won't stop at anything anymore."
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