The region groans under the masses of day-trippers and the consequences.
A limit has been crossed not only for Kochel's mayor.
“There must be no more thinking bans,” demands Thomas Holz with a view to a possible ban on excursions.
Other town hall chiefs are also not averse.
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- A farmer complained bitterly last week in the Jachenau town hall: When he was driving home on the day of repentance and prayer after woodwork on the mountain, a hiker showed him the bird.
"He probably thought it was a hiking trail that tractors are not allowed to drive on," says Felix Kellner.
According to the managing officer, another farmer was parked the entire back area on the day of penitence and prayer.
"The resentment in the population is great," says Kellner, looking at the influx of visitors on nice days.
However, Kellner doesn't think much of a ban on excursions - unlike others.
The CSU mayor of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Elisabeth Koch (we reported nationwide) brought the idea into play.
She thinks the proposal from the Chancellery to forego “tourist day tours” is correct - not just as a recommendation, but also as a prohibition.
A ban on excursions is the only thing that makes sense, Koch told the Münchner Merkur.
"Better now and say goodbye.
We need clear rules with clear perspectives - and no more fiddling around. "
Koch receives backing from Thomas Holz (CSU).
“There must be no more thinking bans,” says the mayor of Kochel am See.
"Against the background of the infection, it is a commendable approach that one is thinking about a ban." Nobody knows how long Corona makes traveling abroad impossible - and therefore all the more people looking for relaxation go to the mountains at home.
From Thomas Holz's point of view, the measure is already full.
Many day tourists did not follow the traffic regulations or the normal rules of conduct.
The past few months have shown it: “It doesn't work.” But the population needs to be able to breathe again.
Felix Kellner from Jachenau also sees it that way.
"The employees from the village shop are now happy when the weather forecast turns out bad," says the managing official in the town hall.
It is very exhausting to have to keep reminding you of the mask requirement and the distance rules - and in the worst case to be called stupid for it.
Most of them behave sensibly.
“About ten percent are very selfish,” says Kellner.
He also means the parking behavior of the day trippers.
And all the rubbish and other human remains along the way.
But he is critical of a ban on excursions.
"How should that be controlled?"
Stefan Fadinger also sees this problem.
"I can understand everyone who lives in a two-room apartment on the Mittlerer Ring in Munich and wants to get out," says the mayor of Gaißach (FWG).
Perhaps, in times of the pandemic, a walk on the Isar or a trip to the north of Munich would also do.
There is also a lot going on in Gaißach with its numerous excursion options on nice days.
Instead of parking in the hiking car park at the train station, according to Fadinger, drivers prefer to accept a fine.
“50 to 80 per day are always written down.” If things continue like this, at some point there will be a ticket system that determines who is still allowed to drive from the motorway towards Oberland and who is not.
“A year ago everyone would have laughed if I had said something like that.” But now nobody laughs anymore, especially the locals.
"I also tend towards a ban on excursions if the existing rules are still disregarded."
Lenggries mayor Stefan Klaffenbacher (FWG) considers a ban on excursions to be "desirable - but not feasible".
He sees fundamental and human rights in danger.
Klaffenbacher appeals to those seeking relaxation to stay at home in times of the pandemic.
"You don't have to go out every weekend."
Such appeals are useless, believes Thomas Holz after the experiences of the past months.
The rangers, on the other hand, have proven themselves.
As reported, for example, they are supposed to protect nature and animals from the crowds at Walchensee.
“But it all costs money.” According to the mayor of Kochler, there are still considerations to use the rangers in winter and spring.
"That is a thought that is currently being discussed with the State Forests and the Lower Nature Conservation Authority."
