Tag: Franconia
Fürth: Broke into ice – man saves two girls from pond – Bavaria
Two girls collapsed on the ice of a pond in Fürth and were rescued by a passerby. According to police, the nine and ten year old children were playing on…
Bavarian wine in Franconia: The venture of ice wine – Bavaria
Ice wines are considered the crowning glory of a wine vintage – but this season only a few Franconian winemakers took the risk and left the grapes hanging until January.…
Flood disaster: Tense situation around Oldenburg, peak of flooding in Lower Franconia has been reached
The rain has stopped in many places, but it is too early to give the all-clear in flood areas, especially where the dikes have weakened and are in danger of…
Upper Franconia: 73-year-old crashes while paragliding – Bavaria
A 73-year-old crashed on a paraglider in the Forchheim district and was seriously injured. The man was hit by a gust of wind shortly after taking off from Ehrenbürg near…
Franconia: Climate change threatens wine-growing culture – Bavaria
The Federation for Nature Conservation (BN) and the Franconian Viticulture Association see Franconian winegrowing culture as threatened by the effects of climate change. The increasing drought and heat stress are…
Death in shared apartment in Upper Franconia: man convicted of murder – Bavaria
In the trial surrounding the violent death of a man in an Upper Franconian shared apartment, the 25-year-old defendant was convicted of murder. The Chamber of the Bayreuth Regional Court…
Plans for superlative bridges are causing trouble in Franconia – Bavaria
Lichtenberg in Upper Franconia triggers mixed feelings among reporters. Many have spent a lot of their lives there because of a terrible and unsolved criminal case, and for some the…
Daycare center in Lower Franconia: Educators accused of mistreatment – Bavaria
Two teachers at a daycare center in Lower Franconia have been charged with mistreating children. The acts are said to have occurred in a facility in Greußenheim (Würzburg district) at…
Franconian water meadows should become UNESCO intangible cultural heritage – Bavaria
Farmers in Franconia have been irrigating their meadows for centuries using a sophisticated network of water scoops, ditches and small weirs. Now the knowledge of traditional meadow irrigation, passed down…
Middle Franconia: Slippery roads – two serious accidents involving several vehicles – Bavaria
Eight people were injured, two of them seriously, in two mass pile-ups on slippery roads in Middle Franconia on Tuesday evening. According to police, the first accident occurred on a…