A town hall raid in Bamberg - and not far away, a small town mayor is on trial, apparently for sloppiness. Reason enough to hold your breath in Bavaria's municipalities and ask: How is it actually here? source site
With the snowfall in Bavaria came the first accidents that can be attributed to snow and ice. At least seven people were injured, including children.In the district of Nürnberger Land, a car with seven people rolled over several times on Autobahn 6. The driver was seriously injured and six other people were slightly injured. Among them were children between the ages of seven and ten, the police said. Accordingly, the 46-year-old driver skidded on the snowy road near Alfeld on...
At 200 kilometers per hour and almost two per thousand, a 22-year-old man in Upper Franconia near the Saxon border caused a rear-end collision. The man drove almost unbraked into a car with a trailer on Sunday on Autobahn 93 near Regnitzlosau (Hof district), the police said.As a result of the impact, the car was thrown into the crash barrier and badly damaged, the trailer was torn off and also damaged. The 54-year-old driver was unharmed. The person who caused...
In Upper Franconia, a dog and its owner were attacked by hunting dogs while going for a walk. A police spokesman said Monday the hounds kept biting the other dog after they broke the leash. To help her dog, the 66-year-old intervened in Schwarzenbach am Wald (Hof district) on Sunday. The woman was bitten in the arm. Only when the owner of the hunting dogs came over did the three animals let go. The owner now expects a display of...
The mayor of the small town of Selbitz in Upper Franconia, Stefan Busch, has to answer to the court for insufficient remuneration. The Hof district court had issued a penalty order against the head of the town hall. Busch (non-partisan voters) then lodged an objection. The court confirmed to the German Press Agency on Friday that the hearing should take place on November 10th. The Bayerischer Rundfunk had previously reported. According to investigations, the city in the west of Hof...
Unknown persons stole parts of a solar system worth tens of thousands of euros in the district of Hof. On Wednesday, an employee of the solar park in Stammbach noticed a damaged fence, the police said on Thursday. Between Tuesday morning and Wednesday, unknown persons dismantled and stole 20 inverters. Inverters convert direct current into alternating current and are therefore installed in every solar system. According to a police spokesman, these parts of a solar system are "not that rare"...
From a technical point of view, says Torsten Gollewski, the autonomous shuttle has long been able to drive: at up to 42 kilometers per hour and 22 people on board - without a driver. Controlled with cameras, radars and lidars, a kind of laser; the technology detects traffic lights and obstacles on the route. In addition, an electric drive, the batteries recharge in about a minute at bus stops. You can also show practical experience, says the head of autonomous...
From a technical point of view, says Torsten Gollewski, the autonomous shuttle has long been able to drive: at up to 42 kilometers per hour and 22 people on board - without a driver. Controlled with cameras, radars and lidars, a kind of laser; the technology detects traffic lights and obstacles on the route. In addition, an electric drive, the batteries recharge in about a minute at bus stops. You can also show practical experience, says the head of autonomous...
They would only have "dance": Two truck drivers fought at a truck stop near Selbitz (Hof district). However, the two men denied to the police that they hit each other on Saturday, according to the statement on Sunday. The scuffle was a dance. The men did not tell the officials exactly which dance the 31- and 42-year-old man wanted to have danced together, the police said when asked. Both men were drunk and only slightly injured. The police are now...
Two young men burned letters that had not been delivered in Zell im Fichtelgebirge (Hof district). The men were seen on Saturday stoking a roadside fire in a wooded area, police said on Sunday. The fire brigade extinguished the flames, according to the police there was no risk of forest fires. She is now investigating, among other things, for violating postal and telecommunications secrecy. source site
