Gardeners and conservationists angry about radical cuts at the cemetery. Birds and insects in particular would now be left behind.

According to the municipality, the pruning was necessary before the bird protection season. “Apparently not much is left of the great referendum for biodiversity,” says conservationist Hans-Joachim Fünfstück, deputy of the State Association for Bird Protection in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. ‘Nothing will bloom for a year or two now.’