Day trippers clog roads, signs cause bad blood, a mayor recommends the temporary banishment of Munich residents - and a district administrator wants to close the mountains.
Busy roads and the stress of
tourist hotspots
have been causing trouble
for Bavaria's
excursion destinations
for a long time.
At the weekend, numerous
residents of Munich and nearby residents were drawn
to Miesbach and Co. again.
Despite
Corona
there are
crowds
.
The anger is great in some places and the mood is
explosive
.
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Munich / Miesbach - Bavaria's mountains are wonderful, every child knows that.
In the meantime, however, every child knows that they
are often packed
in the middle of this unsympathetic
pandemic
.
On
Spitzingsee
cavorted on the weekend again
hundreds of day trippers
from Munich and the surrounding counties.
Franz Schnitzenbaumer (CSU) is the
mayor
of Schliersee, and the Spitzingsee is part of his community.
He says: "That was almost chaos."
Schliersee: Corona conflict due to day trippers - "Just too much during the pandemic"
He's still angry days after that.
“The
distances
are not kept, that
annoys
the people here.” In principle, everyone who
wants to go
to the
mountains is
welcome.
"But that's just too much during the Corona * pandemic." The mood is
explosive in
some places
.
In
Miesbach,
a sign with
finger fingers
for people with
Munich license plates has
just caused excitement far beyond the Oberland.
The sign (“An olle stodara, you flawless idis”) is under all cannon and is meanwhile a case for the
police
, but its wood-carving style brings an old problem to the table.
City against country.
Day trippers versus locals.
Parker versus Wohner.
At the Schliersee a clear position is taken #StayAtHome pic.twitter.com/mUwBjNtj3v
- LeGroe (@groemuc) January 2, 2021
The
solution to the problem
could come from a
left-wing politician, of
all people.
Thuringia's Prime Minister Bodo
Ramelow
wants to limit the radius of movement of people in his Free State to 15 kilometers around their place of residence.
So introduce a kind of
soft house arrest
.
“We are still too mobile,” he says.
His cabinet wants to decide on Tuesday.
A corresponding regulation already applies in Saxony.
That would - converted - mean that the Munich winter visitors would just come to the Fröttmaninger garbage mountain, but no longer to the places of longing in Garmisch, Bad Tölz or Miesbach.
Corona in Munich: Müllberg Fröttmaning instead of Miesbach?
The 15-kilometer proposal is causing a stir
CSU Mayor Schnitzenbaumer can
see a
lot of good things going on in
East Germany
.
“That would be really appropriate if you can see what's going on here.” Because the day trippers not only clog the streets, they also make everyday
hospital
life difficult
.
"I am in regular contact with the hospital in Agatharied," says Schnitzenbaumer.
In the past few days, the operation was carried out until 10 p.m.
Broken bones, sprains, things like that.
Steffen Herdtle is the
head physician in the emergency room
.
He says the
number of tourist accidents
has not increased compared to previous years.
"But compliance with the
hygiene measures
is an enormous additional burden" that eats up time and capacity.
"That just doesn't work, the staff is at the limit," says Schnitzenbaumer.
A temporary banishment of the Munich residents would be a good solution from his point of view.
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In Saxony there is a 15-kilometer radius of movement.
The map shows what that - theoretically - would mean for Munich residents.
© FKN
Corona in Miesbach: District Administrator begs Prime Minister Söder for help - "Mountains have now closed"
Miesbach's District Administrator
Olaf von Löwis (CSU) already called Markus Söder (CSU) for help via SMS.
Prime Minister, put an end to the excursion madness!
The district administrator followed up on Monday.
He says: “We have a welcoming culture in the Miesbach district!” But he also says: “Everyone is welcome, just not when we are in the middle of a
global pandemic
, everyone should reduce their contacts and then
thousands storm the mountains
. "
His
appeal
: "Please all stay at home, no matter where you live, and let's get through this pandemic together in good health!" Translated, this means: The
mountains
are closed with immediate effect.
At least if the district administrator has its way.
But anyone who knows Bavaria's longing for an afternoon tobogganing or a ski tour knows that it will be difficult.
Dreikönig is at the door, many families are exhausted from
Corona *
and boredom
.
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen: District administrator can not understand the excitement of the Miesbacher excursionists
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Lots of traffic on the local mountain in Garmisch-Partenkirchen - people are drawn to the snow.
The photo was taken on December 27th.
© Peter Kornatz
Josef Niedermaier (Free Voters), District Administrator of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, cannot understand the excitement of his Miesbach colleague.
“Yes, there is something going on on the mountain,” he says.
“But viewed soberly, most of them behave according to the rules.
We are having a difficult time and shouldn't start making life difficult for each other now.
If someone
wants to
get out into
nature
, they basically have the right to do so, regardless of whether they come from the city or the country. ”
Niedermaier finds
a
15-kilometer radius of movement
extremely
problematic
.
“We in the country find it easy to say: stay at home.
We can get out into nature, many have their own garden.
And yet many commute to the big city in Munich to work and contribute to the traffic there.
It's a
mutual give and take
. "
Helmut Walter, 53, is a tour leader at the
Alpine Club
.
He lives in Bayrischzell, right on the Wendelstein.
He goes on a small ski tour almost every day.
A hiking trail leads right past his house - he has a
live ticker
,
so to speak
, regarding the number of day-
trippers
.
“I understand both sides,” he says of the current discussion.
Munich residents and their excursion destinations in the surrounding area: "Suddenly no more customers, but competitors"
“The day
trippers
don't come and leave their money - they come to spend time in nature.” So suddenly they are no longer customers, but rather
competitors
for scarce parking spaces and narrow toboggan slopes.
"At the moment you can tell that the borders to Austria are closed," says Walter, "that's why it is now clustering in the
Bavarian foothills of the Alps
." His tip to get through the winter without hassle: "You have to be anti-cyclical." His mountain tours often start at 8 o'clock in the morning.
When the townspeople stand on the A8 with their sledges in the trunk, he'll be home long ago.
All the appeals did not help.
Sunshine and snow have once again lured countless day-trippers to the mountains at Schliersee and Tegernsee.
They caused a mess - in the middle of lockdown.
A new resident of Garmisch-Partenkirchen recently had an unpleasant encounter: probably because of his Munich license plate, a man spat in front of his car.
(By Stefan Sessler and Laura Forster)
List of rubric lists: © Peter Kornatz