It should be a signal to save electricity.
At the height of the energy crisis, many cities turned off their headlights.
Now the lights are partially on again.
Schwangau - Due to the energy crisis, many cities decided to save electricity, including Würzburg.
Some municipalities were a few steps ahead of the Energy Saving Ordinance.
But now some lights are on again.
Castles, palaces and churches: lighting in Bavaria is on again
The lights are gradually coming on again in castles, palaces and churches in the Free State.
From this Sunday (April 16), Neuschwanstein Castle should also be illuminated again at night, according to the tourist office.
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With the expiry of the federal ordinance for short-term energy saving measures, numerous buildings in the state capital of Munich will be illuminated again at night.
Since Saturday, the lighting “of the churches, historic buildings, bridges, fountains and most monuments” has been gradually reactivated under the responsibility of the city, as the Munich building department announced.
The Bavaria, the Maximilianeum, the Isartor, the Wittelsbach fountain and the Ludwigskirche should make the beginning.
Nuremberg also turns on the lights again
Bavaria's second largest city, Nuremberg, has also announced that it will turn the lights back on - Sebalduskirche, the historic town hall and the opera house are to be illuminated again.
The city of Würzburg also wants to have the Marienberg Fortress illuminated again.
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High savings potential by switching off the lights at night
The city of Munich has saved a lot of electricity by switching off the nighttime spotlights.
According to the building department, it was 120,000 kilowatt hours a year.
In Nuremberg alone, around 60,000 kilowatt hours of electricity had been saved by the end of 2022 - this corresponds to the annual consumption of 20 households.
According to the Bavarian Municipal Council, this savings potential is the reason why the lights do not go on again at night everywhere in Bavaria.
"Most communities and cities will want to continue the positive experiences of the past few months," said the spokesman for the community day, Wilfried Schober.
"Only the municipalities that are very heavily influenced by tourism are likely to illuminate the buildings and monuments that are attractive to tourists again"
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(came/dpa)
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