After the missing Julia was found, the relief in the Cham district is "limitless".
This was preceded by the largest cross-border search operation in the region.
Waldmünchen / Cerchov - When it seemed almost too late, the redeeming news came: Julia was found! On Sunday (October 10th) the eight-year-old girl from Berlin disappeared without a trace while hiking with her family in the Bavarian-Czech border region *. Since then, German and Czech police officers have combed the impassable forest area around Mount Cerchov (Schwarzkopf), about two kilometers behind the national border - for a long time without success. The search came to a happy end early on Tuesday afternoon, also because more and more volunteers were taking part in the largest cross-border search in the region.
On Tuesday morning, police spokesman Josef Weindl told the
Passauer Neue Presse
on Tuesday
: "The girl's chances are falling by the hour." The words "great news" begin: "The little girl has been tracked down, she will now be handed over to the paramedics."
Missing Julia found after "many hours of worry" in the Czech Republic
Chams District Administrator Franz Löffler thanked the numerous emergency services on the German and Czech side for their tireless efforts: “Many hours of anxiety and uncertainty are now over and thank God the search has ended positively.
The police and all the aid organizations involved carried out an absolutely professional search, also in cooperation with the Czech authorities.
Weather and terrain presented them all with great challenges. "
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Around 1,400 helpers, some of them voluntary, spent days looking for the missing Julia.
The weather made the search more difficult.
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On the German side, the Bavarian Police, the Federal Police, various fire departments, the DLRG, THW, Johanniter, Maltese and numerous dog handlers from all over Bavaria were in action.
The Cham district association of the Bavarian Red Cross (BRK) also worked for one and a half days with strong forces in the Furth im Wald area to take part in the 1,400-strong search for the eight-year-old girl from Berlin.
The team consisted largely of volunteers.
“It is a miracle that we managed to find the child,” said civil protection and operations manager Tobias Muhr.
Missing Julia found after almost three days in the Czech forest near Ceska Kubice
According to Czech media reports, the eight-year-old girl was found near the town of Ceska Kubice by a ranger who knew the area. About four kilometers from the place where she was lost, he found her in the grass in the middle of the forest. Julia is probably uninjured, but severely hypothermic and is now being treated medically, explains Florian Beck, spokesman for the Upper Palatinate police headquarters *. When she was found, she was approachable.
BRK President Theo Zellner thanked all the other helpers after the search for missing persons for their self-sacrificing commitment - “regardless of which organization they belong to!” The cooperation would have worked extremely well, also and especially with the Czech Republic, he explained.
The whole region feared with the girl's family.
The joy that the child had been found could hardly be put into words.
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