Tobogganing, walking, ice skating: at the end of the holiday the sun shines in the mountains.
And because the tightened corona rules only apply from Monday, you are again expecting many day trippers.
The holidays will be over on Monday and the Bavarian students will start their
distance lessons
.
In addition,
further restrictions
apply in
Bavaria
due to the
coronavirus pandemic *
.
This is precisely why the
police
and rescue workers
fear
busy weekend days.
Update from January 9, 2021, 8:54 p.m.:
The
big rush
that had previously been feared did not materialize in many places.
Nevertheless, there was a
lot of
activity at some of the classic
excursion destinations
.
“That is of course also due to the beautiful winter weather, because people are drawn out,” said a spokesman for the Schwaben West police headquarters on Saturday in Kempten.
Walkers
,
tobogganists
,
ice skaters
and
ski tourers
sometimes ensured full parking spaces and blocked roads.
At Spitzingsee in the Miesbach district, many people enjoyed themselves on the frozen ice, while others used the walking paths around the lake.
The
Schwansee near Füssen
(Ostallgäu district), often referred to by the police as a “problem lake”, again attracted a large number of visitors.
As the
News5
agency
also reports, the situation on Saturday morning was also very relaxed in the Allgäu Alps.
In Oberjoch (Lkr. Oberallgäu) there were only a few cross-country skiers and
ski tourers
out and
about, and the situation in the parking lots is still calm at the moment.
In addition, some skiers trained on an open drag lift.
In Nesselwang in the Ostallgäu, the decision was made to block the parking spaces in order to prevent large accumulations and to straighten out the situation somewhat.
Some families are out and about in the snow with their children and sledges.
Ralf Speck's Alpspitzbahn unfortunately has to remain closed.
“We could cry all day, but you can't hold on to that,” says Speck.
The operator who puts all his heart and soul into his system can understand the tough rules.
“We have to see that we bring numbers down and limit contacts.
That's what it's all about, ”explains Speck.
The people in the
Fichtelgebirge
in Upper Franconia
behaved far less sensibly than in the Allgäu
.
Around the Bleaml Alm, in the Bayreuth district, there were once again many excursion tourists.
In some cases, the minimum distance was again not observed on slopes, and most people were again without a mask, according to the agency.
In large parts of the Fichtelgebirge it was still clear.
However, according to the Upper Bavarian police, things remained quiet on the otherwise often congested A8 motorway towards Salzburg.
In the Bavarian Forest, too, the local police did not register any increased number of visitors.
The district of Berchtesgadener Land even drew a positive conclusion: the rush of day-trippers had not materialized, the district office reported on Saturday in Bad Reichenhall.
The population followed the call not to take day trips to the region where the corona numbers are currently particularly high.
According to the district office, there were more than 348 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the past 7 days.
Initial report from January 9, 2021:
Schwangau - The carnival holidays are passé,
Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU)
announced on Friday.
The schools will be closed from Monday, only
distance classes
will take place after the Christmas holidays.
The goal is to stay at home, says
Söder
.
Citizens'
mobility and
contacts
would have to be significantly reduced for the time being in order to
finally contain
the
corona pandemic
.
The new
corona rules
will only apply from January
11th
, but the police and the government have appealed to the population, especially in social networks, to be patient and sensible.
We must continue to be smart about the virus for the next few months.
What we need is patience, consideration and understanding.
The more intense the lockdown, the more sustainable and effective it can be.
We must not do the most convenient now, but must do what is decisive.
- Markus Söder (@Markus_Soeder) January 5, 2021
But in view of these newly decided, drastic measures, the last weekend of the holiday apparently still calls a lot of
adventurous people
on the scene.
Bavaria's
popular leisure destinations on Saturday morning have not yet recorded
the really big rush
, but many day-
trippers
were out early
.
In
Ostallgäu,
for example, the police observed the large number of visitors in the morning.
"The
Schwansee
is and remains a problem child," said a police spokesman.
The visitor parking lots were already overcrowded very early today.
The
Schwansee
is popular.
Especially now that it's frozen over.
According to
the
police
, there have been around 600 people on the ice
in the past few days
.
Officials on ice skates
were therefore sent out to remind them of the applicable
Corona regulations
and to punish any violations.
On the other hand, it was still relatively quiet in the
Fichtel Mountains
and the
Bavarian Forest
, where the police are still expecting more visitors around 1 p.m.
In the
Chiemgau area
,
too
, they did not want to venture a forecast for the day, even if it
seemed calm
on the
motorway towards Salzburg
.
Video: Rush to excursion destinations - this is how the police want to take action
All over
Bavaria
, the police have again
prepared
for large numbers of day
trippers
, as the weather for the weekend was also very nice.
As of Monday,
hotspots
with more than
200 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants
within one week will have their range of motion restricted to 15 kilometers.
This is one of the reasons why many people might want to take advantage of their “last days of freedom” at the weekend in the snow and sun, fear the Bavarian police officers and local emergency services.
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