To compensate for the corona-related home office, homeschooling and the contact restrictions, many Bavarians are drawn to the mountains.
However, there is currently a danger lurking there.
A tough corona lockdown applies in Bavaria. *
Many people are drawn to the mountains on weekends.
But there are rules to be observed - and a great danger.
Munich - The Corona * situation in
Bavaria
remains tense.
To compensate for home office, homeschooling and contact restrictions, many people in the Free State are drawn to the outdoors on weekends.
But there are rules to be observed.
An overview of the rules currently in force in the Free State can be found here.
In many counties there is the 15-kilometer rule and for the first time in some there is also an “
entry ban
” for day trippers.
Other regions therefore expect all the greater rush of people seeking relaxation.
In the
mountains
, however, there is not only a
risk of infection
, but also of
avalanches.
Corona in Bavaria: 37 districts and cities exceed important limit value
According to the Robert Koch Institute * (as of Friday), 37 Bavarian districts and cities exceed a seven-day incidence * of 200. The
residents of these areas
are therefore only allowed to move 15 kilometers away from their municipal boundary.
In plain language, this means that an excursion for people in entire regions is currently only possible to a very limited extent.
In addition to individual "islands" on the map of Bavaria, this includes large parts of Eastern Bavaria, Upper Franconia and a long corridor that stretches from Nuremberg to the Lower Allgäu.
But even those who are currently not subject to any corona restrictions due to their place of residence cannot simply go everywhere.
The Lower Bavarian districts of Regen, Passau, Freyung-Grafenau and Deggendorf have
prohibited
tourist
day trips
as well as the Upper Bavarian districts of Miesbach and Berchtesgadener Land.
Before driving off, you should not only program the navigation system, but also check that the destination belongs to it.
Corona in Bavaria: weekend trips?
"We hope that everyone will stick to it"
“We hope that everyone will stick to it.
But you always have to reckon that someone did not notice it or did not understand it or ignored it, "said a
police spokesman for the Grafenau inspection.
The officials especially want to check the popular cross-country skiing and hiking destinations, but with a view to the 15-kilometer limit, just like other inspections, they announced that they would "approach locals with tact and not calculate it to the nearest meter".
Even the head of the East Bavaria Tourism Association, Michael Braun, does not expect any major problems.
“People will go out, but it will be very decentralized.” That would also be a great wish of his colleague Simone Zehnpfennig from Allgäu GmbH.
She reckons - also because of the now no longer accessible and popular destinations in the Miesbach district of Munich - with even more
day tourists
than usual.
Excursions despite corona lockdown at the weekend?
Expert has tip for excursion destinations
“You don't always have to go to
Neuschwanstein Castle, Oberstdorf or Oberstaufen
.
The Allgäu has a lot more to offer, ”suggests Zehnpfennig.
"You can hike and trudge through the snow anywhere."
However, it should be noted that in large parts of the Bavarian Alps there is currently a high risk of avalanches.
The second highest warning level is in the Allgäu, Ammergau and Werdenfels Alps and in the Bavarian Prealps above 1500 meters.
The
avalanche warning service
emphasized that the situation remained tense at the weekend
.
Even on the slopes that are not officially open, tobogganers or ski tourers need good knowledge of avalanches.
Video: More snowfalls in Bavaria: Great risk of avalanches
Danger of avalanches in the Bavarian Alps: Numerous hiking trails closed
Several
destinations have
already blocked numerous hiking trails.
In Garmisch-Partenkirchen, for example, all mountain and hiking trails are closed at least over the weekend; in Oberstdorf in the Allgäu, hikers and ski tourers are also not allowed to use numerous routes.
(kam / dpa) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network.