Weekend rush in the Oberland due to corona lockdown: Mayor calls for a ban on excursions

In some Upper Bavarian municipalities, one would be happy if there were no day trippers at the moment.

The mayor of Garmisch-Partenkirchen is even for a ban on excursions.

• When the November weather is beautiful, many people go outside.

• But many municipalities and cities are overwhelmed by the onslaught.

• Especially in lockdown times, the crowds of visitors cause incomprehension.

Munich

- Elisabeth Koch still has the weekend in mind.

In the village, car to car was driven.

With license plates from

to

.

The mayoress (CSU) of

said there was a traffic jam until the evening

.

She thinks the suggestion from the Chancellery to forego “tourist day tours” is correct - not just as a recommendation, but also as a

.

Corona: Garmisch fears about its winter season due to the flow of visitors

A

is the only thing that makes sense, says Koch.

“Better now and go.

We need clear rules with clear perspectives - and no more fiddling around. ”

lives from

, emphasizes the mayor.

“Everyone is always welcome.” And she “understands everyone who expresses it”.

But please not now and in the coming weeks of November.

Koch argues like this: If you

don't

get the

numbers

down,

and maybe the entire

in danger.

That is why one should make the best possible use of November, which is already quieter for tourists, so that hotels and restaurants are

back in business

before

.

But a

?

She knows what that means and is no friend of

, emphasizes Koch.

“But it is human nature to test the limits.

We therefore need clear rules that do not need to be interpreted. ”

Ultimately,

only a

is controllable.

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Corona in Bavaria: "The population can no longer catch their breath"

The mayor has just found out for herself what it means not to be allowed out.

The 58-year-old was in

at home for two weeks

- because she was in contact with

, who tested positive.

“I've been free again since midnight on Friday,” jokes Koch.

She was lucky.

Tests negative, no corona *.

But in her environment, she says, there have sometimes been "very severe

".

"When you see that, you no longer have any doubts about the strict

."

Thomas Holz (CSU) is Mayor of

.

The

also belongs to his community

.

He

does not want to speak of

a

, but a state-recommended break from

would be something like a break for him, even if only a short-term one.

“That would be welcome,” he says.

“Of course I understand the people who use the free time for an excursion to get some fresh air and the beautiful nature in the

.

But the local population can no longer take a deep breath. "

At the weekend, reports Holz, the

in the region were already occupied early.

“We don't really know anything like that in mid-November.

It was bad again.

I'm now in the 14th year of mayor, but I've never seen anything like it. ”It's not so much

that worries him.

But above all the

behind by

inconsiderate

and the wild, nowadays popular sport,

.

That too is a virus that he wants to defeat.

Not a fatal one, but an annoying one.

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Oberammergau

Mayor Andreas Rödl (CSU) can understand wood very well.

If there had to be excursions, “it has to work”.

And they don't run like they did on the weekend, when the wild birds were parked at the Kappel Church in

.

Sheet metal avalanches had

pushed

their way through the

.

The

Nature Park

attracts hikers.

“It's nice here.

I can understand anyone who may come, ”says Rödl.

“But I also appeal to reason.” Does the

?

Merkel also met with sympathy from

.

“If the Chancellor recommends that you do without day trips, then there is a good reason - and you should stick to it,” says Mayor Johannes Hagn (CSU).

Corona: The police in Starnberg take tough action

In

, also a popular excursion destination, the police have meanwhile tightened the pace.

"The cuddling course is over," says Starnberg's police chief Bernd Matuschek.

If the

violated,

will now be taken

- without discussions and "without exception," as Matuschek says.

Especially at the beginning of the

, the officials often showed indulgence and sought a conversation in the event of violations.

“That was the right way to go at the beginning,” says Matuschek.

Many things were completely new.

In the meantime, however, the information situation regarding the

is much clearer.

"Everyone knows what they are allowed to do and what not."

It

is easy to imagine

what a

on

would mean

for the

.

The

was quite crowded at the weekend.

At the Monopteros the

seemed to have

completely fizzled out, and volleyball was being played on the meadow in front of it.

The mounted police patrol did not even try to warn anyone.

In the courtyard garden, boules balls flew through the air, also thrown by

- without a

or

.

Some had brought their own Aperol Spritz with them.

If

no longer allowed to go into the surrounding area, it should become even tighter in these places.

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