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Hildburghausen with an incidence over 500: From the neo-Nazi stronghold to the Corona hotspot

2020-12-01T23:30:36.481Z


Hildburghausen in Thuringia is one of the Corona hotspots in Germany. So far, the district has been known primarily for its right-wing extremist scene.


Hildburghausen in Thuringia is one of the Corona hotspots in Germany.

So far, the district has been known primarily for its right-wing extremist scene.

  • Hildburghausen is one of Germany's corona hotspots with a 7-day incidence of * over 500.

  • So far, the district in Thuringia has been known primarily for its right-wing extremist scene.

  • District Administrator Gerd Müller (CDU) received a death threat after further restrictions had been decided.

Hildburghausen - Anyone who took a look at the

Covid-19 dashboard of

the

Robert Koch Institute

on Monday morning

discovered a pink stain on the Bavarian-Thuringian border.

The

corona hotspot Hildburghausen

was the first to be colored with the new color, which the

RKI

uses to

mark

districts with a

7-day incidence

of over 500 infected people per 100,000 inhabitants.

As far as incidence is concerned,

Hildburghausen was

Germany's front runner in the last few days before the Thuringian district was replaced by the city of Passau.

Hildburghausen in Thuringia: From neo-Nazi hotspot to corona hotspot

Hildburghausen is thus becoming the center of attention throughout Germany.

Nothing unusual

for the

district,

which has 63,197 residents

, even if it has made headlines for other reasons in recent years.

The

district

is notorious for its right-wing extremist scene.

Every year, thousands of

right-wing extremists

make the pilgrimage

to

right-

wing

rock concerts

or festivals

organized

by

NPD

politician Tommy Frenck,

among others

.

+

In the past week there were protests against the corona rules in the Hildburghausen district.

© Steffen Ittig / dpa

Frenck, who was

also elected to the

district council

for the

NPD,

also

runs

an inn

in the

Hildburghausen

district

, which repeatedly made headlines with its tasteless promotional campaigns.

The 33-year-old sold the schnitzel for € 8.88 on Adolf Hitler's birthday.

The 88, like the 18, is

a popular symbol

in the

neo-Nazi scene

.

Coronavirus in Germany: Hundreds of people demonstrate in Hildburghausen against restrictions

Is the right-wing scene in

Hildburghausen

also related to the events on Wednesday, when

around 400 people met on the market square

despite the rapidly increasing number of

infections

and

demonstrated

against the corona-related

restrictions *

without a

mask

or distance

?

Tommy Frenck gave up the demand

picture

known in organizing the

demonstration

to have been not involved.

According to reports from

bild.de

, he commented on a video of the

demonstration

with the words "

Hildburghausen

shows how it's done."

#Hildburghausen is THE corona hotspot in Germany.

Incidence value: 527. Same place, tonight: Quite a few people singing through the city center without any gaps.

How irresponsible, self-centered and lacking in solidarity can you be?

I want to throw up.

pic.twitter.com/3NLGWENJsq

- Sophia Maier (@_sophiamaier) November 25, 2020

The

district administrator

of

Hildburghausen

Thomas Müller from the CDU is at a loss about the developments in his

district

.

"Our circle was the last corona-free in Germany.

We only had 100

infected people

by mid-October

.

But four weeks ago the number rose massively - today we have over 1000, ”said the politician in an interview with

Bild am Sonntag

.

Hildburghausen: Because of corona restrictions - district administrator receives death threat

Müller does not want to judge

whether the enormous increase in

infected people

is related to the fact that parts of the population

do not take

the

measures

seriously and

see

them as repression of the

government

.

“I can't really tell.

Some people got infected at weddings or parties, then infected others.

Maybe we took

Corona

* too easy. ”The

CDU politician

is currently under

police protection

after receiving a death threat on social media.

A man wrote that I should 'hang myself' with a rope.

And one woman recommended that I should be helped. "

Gerd Müller ordered further

restrictions

for the district at

the weekend

.

Several opponents of the measures took this as an opportunity to call for further

rallies

and

demonstrations

.

(fd) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editors network

.

List of rubric lists: © Steffen Ittig / dpa

Source: merkur

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