Hard lockdown in Austria: What is now in the border region to Bavaria

As of today, there is a tightened lockdown in Austria.

What does this mean for Bavaria's border areas?

Are Austrians allowed to go shopping in Bavaria?

• Austria goes into the tough corona lockdown.

• Lighter restrictions still apply in Bavaria.

• Is that why there are problems in the border region?

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- In neighboring

, the

apply from Tuesday (November 17)

.

Most shops have to close, schools are switching to distance learning.

Citizens are only allowed to leave the house if there are good reasons: To go to work,

to meet the

of daily life, to look after other people or to get some fresh air.

Otherwise,

appeal is

: "Don't meet anyone!"

Lockdown in Bavaria and Austria: Shopping in the Free State is still possible

What does this mean for

?

After all, hardware stores and other shops are still open in the Free State.

Doesn't the

for a quick purchase entice you - even if the Chancellor advises you to stay at home?

When asked, the Austrian Ministry of the Interior said that there was

nothing

against

on the Bavarian side either.

A shopping trip to the

sports shop, which is

only

open

in

, is not within the meaning of the regulation.

"It will be noticeable that one or the other now comes to us to shop", suspects Hans Feil, Mayor of the city of

in the

.

Only the

separates his city from the Austrian

, a short walk over the bridge and the residents come from the

to the full

and vice versa.

This is generally permitted for residents of the

if they do not cross the border for more than 24 hours - both from

to

and vice versa.

The revised

has been regulating it for a week

.

Follow the Corona events in Bavaria in our current news ticker.

The first hard corona lockdown in Bavaria was "excessive"

Mayor Feil praised this change for local border traffic, he had campaigned for it.

“Thank God the border is open now.

You

learned

from the

, ”he says.

At that time the borders were temporarily closed, couples who had a cross-border relationship could sometimes not see each other for weeks.

“That was excessive,” says Feil.

However

, he does not fear a

.

“Our neighbors are encouraged to stay at home.” And even if one or the other

comes

across the

for an errand

, Feils believes that this will not lead to a greater

.

"People keep their

and wear

when shopping."

This is also how mayors in other Bavarian border communities see it.

Enrico Corongiu, town hall chief in

, says that his place would be

almost

deserted

without

.

One or the other visitor from

is not a problem.

Hajo Gruber, Mayor of

, emphasizes that his small businesses live from

.

“In the past few days I have observed that many

have come to shop.

I think it will continue like this. ”But as long as the

adhered to, he hopes that this will not affect the local

.

Corona: Administrative Court has to deal with the entry quarantine regulation

A weekly test obligation still applies to

who

work, study or complete their training

in

.

This is not explicitly controlled at the border.

The

, however, point out the applicable rules to quarantine candidates during random checks, explains Rainer Scharf from the

.

An employee from Oberndorf who works in

has sued the Bavarian Administrative Court

against the

. “From our point of view, the

in the entry quarantine regulation of the Free State violate EU law,” says his lawyer from Reichenhall, Friedrich Hötzendorfer. He receives support from Oberndorfer's mayor Georg Djundja: “This

treatment of

must come to an end.” The court's decision is still

pending

.