Tag: Franconia
Weather: Why it is so dry in Franconia – and not in the south – Bavaria
It’s dry in Franconia. In Würzburg, Bamberg, Nuremberg and Hof, the data from the German Weather Service has shown only a few and, if so, only weak precipitation in the…
17 cattle die in fire in Lower Franconia – Bavaria
A house and two stables were destroyed in a fire in Lower Franconia. As the police announced on Tuesday, there was damage of around one million euros. The fire broke…
Franconia: Fruit growers are satisfied with the cherry harvest despite the drought – Bavaria
Harvest in the morning, then sort, drive to the cooperative or sell directly: the fruit farmers in Franconian Switzerland are in the middle of the cherry harvest. The harvest will…
Upper Franconia: lumberjack throws a tree around and injures colleagues – Bavaria
Apparently out of anger, a lumberjack in Upper Franconia threw felled trees and brushwood through the area with the help of a so-called timber moving machine and threatened a forest…
Lower Franconia: 700 dead piglets after a pig transporter accident – Bavaria
Around 700 piglets died on Tuesday after a pig transporter had an accident on Autobahn 3 in Lower Franconia. According to the police, there were around 900 animals in the…
Forest fire in Upper Franconia on 5000 square meters – Bavaria
Parts of a forest in Ludwigsstadt (Kronach district) in Upper Franconia caught fire on Tuesday morning. An area of around 5000 square meters near the Bavarian-Thuringian border was affected, the…
Lower Franconia election: A touch of anarchy in the CSU – Bavaria
Anyone who wants to become a “district leader” in the CSU is usually something important, or used to be. Cabinet members such as Georg Eisenreich and Albert Füracker are among…
Steffen Vogel is now leading the CSU Lower Franconia – Bavaria
After almost exactly eleven years, the CSU district association in Lower Franconia has a new chairman: the district party conference in Theres in the Haßberge district elected state parliamentarian Steffen…
Steinmeier in Franconia: There is the Wurst denomination – Bavaria
This week Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Franconia and of course he ate sausages in Nuremberg and drank smoked beer in Bamberg, as required by the eternal what-to-do-in-Franconia law. This…
School bus in Lower Franconia burns out – Bavaria
A school bus with 35 children on board caught fire in Lower Franconia. Due to a technical defect, the driver had to stop the bus shortly after Bad Kissingen on…