Tag: District of Passau
History: Better to die Bavarian … – Bavaria
In the Lower Bavarian market town of Aidenbach, a festival commemorates the peasant battle of 1706. Their wounds have not healed to this day. The carnage is a lesson in…
Nazi history: The subcamp under the Autobahn
The construction of the A 94 will soon destroy large parts of an old concentration camp satellite camp forever. A last-minute excavation is now providing insights for the first time…
Bavaria: Defying climate change with peanuts and co. – Bavaria
Little plants sprout in long rows from a field in Lower Bavaria – however, no potatoes or strawberries grow here, but peanuts, sesame, mung and black-eyed peas. The project of…
Bavaria: dead fish after ammonia accident – authorities check connection – Bavaria
Numerous fish died in the Wolfach near Ortenburg in Lower Bavaria. The authorities are examining a possible connection with the ammonia leak in a company in Ortenburg (Passau district) last…
Bavaria: Injured in ammonia leakage – warning for border area – Bavaria
Seven people were injured in an ammonia leak at a plant in Lower Bavaria on Tuesday. The company in the Ortenburg district of Sammarei in the Passau district was evacuated,…
Pocking: Germany’s only silicon plant is in crisis
The only nationwide manufacturer of raw silicon is based in Lower Bavaria. The material is in high demand for the production of photovoltaic systems and microchips – but the future…
Sanctuary for bears in Bavaria: Where predators become friends – Bavaria
Since the deadly bear attack on a jogger in Italy and the sheep torn in Bavaria, politicians have been alarmed: does the predator have to be shot? A visit to…
Sanctuary for bears in Bavaria: Where predators become friends – Bavaria
Since the deadly bear attack on a jogger in Italy and the sheep torn in Bavaria, politicians have been alarmed: does the predator have to be shot? A visit to…
Lower Bavaria: Dog bites cyclists in the leg and policemen in the buttocks – Bavaria
A dog first bit a cyclist and later a police officer in the Lower Bavarian district of Passau. According to the police on Wednesday, two cases of negligent bodily harm…
Bavaria: Inflation eats the schnitzel – Bavaria
The prices in Bavarian taverns are sometimes so high that you no longer know whether you are sick from the beer or from the bill. In Lower Bavaria, however, there…