The Mayor of Garmisch is fed up with some day tourists from Munich in her place - and publicly railing against her. A Munich shoots back now.
- In the corona pandemic and the associated travel restrictions, destinations such as Garmisch-Partenkirchen are more popular than ever.
- The Garmisch-Partenkirchen Mayor Elisabeth Koch has also found clear words for reckless day trippers from Munich .
- A Munich man is now shooting back - and with sharp words against the commuters to his city .
- Our weekly Garmisch-Partenkirchen newsletter informs you about all important stories from the region.
- Not only Garmisch-Partenkirchen itself, but also Eschenlohe is suddenly confronted with mass tourism - a completely new phenomenon for the region.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen - When Elisabeth Koch was on her way to Ascension and Pentecost in her place, at the mountain railways and hiking parking lots to get an idea of the situation with the day trippers , sometimes her eyes did not dare: there was wild camping , there ruthlessly parked , in many places she found garbage and human remains. "This is a disaster for people and nature, the market community can no longer look at it," she concluded.
Some day trippers from Munich to Garmisch-Partenkirchen "screw up the entire herd"
Of course, not all day trippers would behave problematically, says Koch. But some do. And that would be those "who mess up the entire herd". Elsewhere, the situation is similarly tense. At Whitsun there was a new level of park chaos at Pentecost *, in the district of Miesbach with Tegernsee and Schliersee the excursion madness began earlier. * At Tegernsee the dispute even escalated in the meantime. *
Mayor of Garmisch wants to improve parking spaces and then "cash in"
According to Koch, Garmisch-Partenkirchen will no longer look at this *. They will work out solutions, and will also "cash in the community accordingly" at certain, upgraded parking lots. In addition to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, other municipalities in the district also have problems with increasing daily tourism - for example Unterammergau *.
Munich tears the hat string: "... please finish the swing-in from Garmisch to Munich."
Drastic words that the Munich-based Joachim Friedberger does not want to put up with. He strikes back, confronts Koch with her own statements and coins her to Munich. Not meant very seriously, but with a serious background, as he says M erkur.de * .
“Dirt and emissions” due to commuters from the south to Munich
His first suggestion: "... that you should please finish the commuting from Garmisch to Munich." He was tired of the fact that "every morning, every evening at the Luise-Kieselbach tunnel, traffic chaos increased because of the commuters from the southern districts need to inhale the dirt and fumes from these commuters.
Munich remarks ironically: commuters bring nothing to the city
In addition: the commuters would bring nothing to the city. "Most of them even bring their lunch from home, they don't consume anything here in Munich, they don't create a job, they only take it, but they don't give anything." And in Munich, too, there is parking that the pig is horrified: the commuters "Park our narrow residential streets here, we Munich residents have to search for parking spaces in our quarters for hours where we are at home".
Munich had already pointed out this problem in the past, as reported by tz.de *. The triggers were commuters who illegally parked. What was a major annoyance for some, others saw as not feasible because of the chaotic parking conditions in Munich.
Munich with irony: Garmischer at the Oktoberfest, "who spit the city full in September"
Friedberger thinks of the Munich Oktoberfest in relation to the criticism of campers who have to relieve themselves in forests and meadows, and thus, according to Koch, "mess up the entire herd" and states ironically:
"Ms. Koch, allow me to say that I am very happy that there is no Oktoberfest this year. You know, not all Garmischers are like this, but the few who spit the city full in September, sprinkle everywhere, they just screw up the entire herd ... "
The dispute between Munich and the surrounding area must not escalate: "It is a give and take."
In the end Friedberger states: Just as Elisabeth Koch's statements were "perhaps polemical", so were his "a little exaggerated". But everyone has to see: "It's a give and take." Investments in Garmisch-Partenkirchen tourism are more sensible, according to the Munich-based company, than simply "wanting to cash in". Because nobody wants a "bad mood between the people of Munich and the residents of the surrounding communities".
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* Merkur.de and tz.de part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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