At first the topic seemed far away, then it got closer and closer - and finally Corona determined all of everyday life.
A review of the development in the district since the beginning of the year.
No other topic shaped the year 2020 as strongly as the coronavirus.
The Tölzer Kurier looks back.
When the Tölzer Kurier first mentioned this at the end of January 2020, no one had any idea what consequences the pandemic would have.
The district office announced the first confirmed infections in Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen on March 11th, 2183 district citizens have now tested positive, 16 have died with or from Corona.
In the local section of the Tölzer Kurier, the topic of corona will appear for the first time on January 29 under the heading "Armed against the coronavirus".
The first concrete effect: The vocational high school in Bad Tölz cancels a
student exchange
planned for the end of March
with the Chinese city of Wuhan
.
At the end of the carnival holidays, the Tölzer health department records around 30 citizen inquiries about Corona every day.
There is still no suspected corona case in the district.
Some football clubs are
canceling their training camps in Italy
.
At first the topic seemed far away, then it got closer and closer - and finally Corona determined all of everyday life.
A review of the development in the district since the beginning of the year.
The district office announced on March 6th that the
Josefifest on Reutberg will be canceled
to protect against the spread of the virus
.
Other planned events have also been canceled, including the “Electric Winter Festival” on Brauneck.
Next up is the Tölzer Löwen, who qualified for the DEL2 play-offs for the first time.
But the league decided on March 10th
to end
the
ice hockey season early
.
On March 11, the Tölzer health department announced
the first two confirmed corona infections in the district
.
These are two men who are just over 50 years old who were infected during a stay abroad or at work outside the district.
The city of Bad Tölz cancels all events until April 19, including the Easter market and the citizens' meeting.
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In spring 2020, the call “Stay there, stay healthy” also appeared on balconies on the Tölzer Kapellengasteig in spring 2020.
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March 12:
The next two corona infected people in the district
are a 25-year-old and a 30-year-old who may have been infected at a vocational school outside the district or while staying in Italy.
The Tölzer health department sets up a citizen's telephone.
Schools and kindergartens
will be closed from March 16.
A visit ban comes into effect at the clinics, town halls and district administration are closed.
The number of those who tested positive in the district has risen to six.
Most
retail stores will
have to close on March 18th.
On March 19, the Tölzer Health Department will open a
drive-in test station on the Tölzer Flinthöhe
for the first time
.
At this point in time it says: Only those who have previously been in a risk area and have symptoms or have had direct contact with a confirmed corona case are tested.
38 corona infections have been detected in the district.
The
Buchberg Clinic
in Bad Tölz has to close for two weeks in mid-March.
A doctor had tested positive for the corona virus.
Over the weekend 4./5.
April
, for the first time in the district, two people have been proven to die from the consequences of Covid-19
.
On April 2nd and 5th, three people died in Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen who were infected with the corona virus, but for whom the health department assumes that the virus was not the cause of death.
The last vacant
asylum seeker
accommodation
at the Wackersberger Steinsäge
will have a new purpose in mid-April: It will now be used to accommodate infected residents of other Upper Bavarian collective accommodation who have to be quarantined.
O By April 20, the number of people in the district who have been infected with the corona virus will rise to 383. April 21 is
the first day in weeks on which the district office has not reported a single new infection
.
O The
lockdown is
gradually "
exiting":
nurseries will reopen on April 20, and most of the other shops will open a week later.
On the same day, lessons begin again for the final classes.
The hairdressing salons start work on May 4th.
The first services will be celebrated from May 7th, the museums will open on May 11th.
From May 18th, guests can again be entertained in beer gardens and in outdoor areas of the catering trade.
A new number is now decisive for the question of whether further measures need to be taken locally to contain the coronavirus: The number of new infections in seven days per 100,000 inhabitants (
seven-day incidence
).
On May 14th, this value was 3.9 in the district.
The threshold of 50 had previously been exceeded in calendar weeks 13, 14 and 15 - i.e. roughly from March 23 to April 12.
The hotels will open their doors again on May 30th.
As a result of the first lockdown, the tourism industry in the district recorded a
loss of sales of around 33 million euros
in March and April, according to the “Tölzer Land Tourismus” service point
.
Brita Hohenreiter, head of tourism in Tölz, reports that the occupancy figures for Tölz hotels in April were 6.4 percent of the previous year's level.
The number of infections in the district is low over the summer.
At the beginning of July, the district office recorded a
corona outbreak in an asylum accommodation
in Geretsried.
21 people are reported to have been infected.
In this context, three classes at the Isardamm primary school have to be quarantined.
Shortly afterwards, 26 infections were also recorded in the Tölz shared accommodation on Peter-Freisl-Straße.
When at the end of July a
daycare center
in Oberfischbach was closed for the first time
due to the corona infection of an educator
, it was not yet clear: In autumn it will be the order of the day that kindergarten groups and school classes have to be quarantined again and again.
O The
test center of the Tölzer Health Department
moves to the Tölzer Farchet at the end of July.
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The wish “Stay healthy!” Can still be read on a banner at the entrance to the Oberfischbach day care center.
When an educator becomes infected with Corona, the facility is closed.
© Arndt Pröhl
The number of infections rises again at the end of August.
The district office reported 29 confirmed new infections within seven days on August 28.
28 of those affected are
returnees
.
On September 1st, a
new drive-in test center will
open on the Tölzer Flinthöhe in accordance with the requirements of the Free State
, where anyone can have a smear
test
free of charge.
Up to 200 tests per day are possible here.
It is operated by the Aicher ambulance as an external service provider.
The city of Bad Tölz cancels the
Leonhardiffahrt
on September 10th
.
The decision not to
hold
a
Christmas
market
this year will be made
on September 28th.
Around 100 participants saw a
demonstration of the "lateral thinkers" movement
in Tölzer Marktstrasse
in mid-November
, which is directed against the corona protective measures.
Protests have been held here every two weeks since June.
The seven-day incidence in the district exceeded the threshold of 35 on October 21st. According to the Bavarian advance warning system, this means that the
corona traffic light will
turn
yellow
and tightened rules come into force, for example a curfew at 11 p.m. and a mask requirement in school lessons from the 5th grade.
Just five days later, the seven-day incidence rises to over 50.
The corona traffic light is now red.
Curfew is at 10 p.m., and primary school children are also required to wear a mask.
After sometimes aggressive pressure from parents, the health department tries to obtain an exception to this rule, but fails.
At the end of October there is a corona outbreak at the
Lenggries specialist clinic
- presumably originating from an employee.
As a result, 24 patients and 14 employees tested positive.
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The drive-in test center on the Tölzer Flinthöhe opened on September 1st.
© Arndt Pröhl
With the
"Lockdown light"
coming
into effect nationwide on November 2nd,
restaurants, theaters, museums, cinemas, fitness studios and thermal baths will have to close again.
The number of new corona infections increases rapidly in November in the district.
On November 12th, the
seven-day incidence exceeded 200 for the first time
.
On November 26th,
all 24 intensive care beds in the
district are
occupied
for the first time
, seven of them with Covid-19 patients.
There are enough reserves in the neighboring counties.
There must be two
vaccination centers
in each district by December 15th
.
Two locations are planned in the district, docked to the hospitals in Bad Tölz and Wolfratshausen.
Stricter
contact restrictions will come
into force
on December 9th
.
In Bad Tölz, five gastro stalls that were set up to replace the Christmas market are closing.
The number of confirmed infections since the pandemic began on December 13 was
2183
.
16 people in the district died of or with Corona.
Also read:
Current figures and developments on Corona in the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district are constantly updated in the ticker.
No more intensive care bed available in the district: the medical director classifies the situation in an interview.
Tölzer police punish corona violations in the bus and in the car.
