Mother Mechthild Thürmer now has to answer in court because of the granting of church asylum. The district court of Bamberg scheduled the hearing for February 28, her lawyer Franz Bethäuser told the Catholic News Agency on Tuesday. The abbess of the Benedictine monastery in Kirchschletten in the district of Bamberg is accused of aiding and abetting illegal residence.The trial against mother Mechthild, 64, was supposed to take place in the summer of 2020, but was then canceled at short...
For the Upper Franconian section of the Südwestlink power line, it is now clear where the cables are to be laid. The network operator Tennet presented its plans on Monday in Hof. Specifically, it is about the course of the underground cable from Münchenreuth in the Hof district to Marktredwitz (Wunsiedel district).The company announced that hundreds of comments from the public were taken into account when the 55-kilometer route was being developed. Alternative routes were examined at 13 points in...
Chocolate in bulk instead of in moderation: A 39-year-old man was picked up in the car with 170 stolen boxes of chocolates. Police investigators discovered the stolen sweets in the man's car on Monday in the Bamberg district. The man apparently stole these from various shops, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.According to initial investigations, the man was not accessing the candy aisle for the first time. He is said to have stolen several hundred packs of chocolate several times....
A man rode a six-kilometer route on the outside of a regional train in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district and put his life in danger. As the federal police announced on Monday, witnesses noticed the 28-year-old on Saturday between Eschenlohe and Oberau. The route was closed to rail operations.A police patrol checked the man in Oberau. He said he stood on the outside steps of the car and held on to the door because he still wanted to ride, but the train...
The Greens want to settle the dispute with the climate movement and prefer the coal phase-out in East Germany. But those affected at the edge of the cliff apparently have no interest in being rescued. source site
Unusual winter visitor: A griffon vulture has been sighted near Bad Reichenhall (Berchtesgadener Land). This was announced by the State Association for Bird and Nature Conservation (LBV) on Friday. It is the second time that an unmarked griffon vulture has been reported in Bavaria this winter. In December, a vulture flew through the Lindau district.Two griffon vultures from the Salzburg Zoo also fly through the Berchtesgadener Land from time to time, according to the LBV statement. Unmarked birds are unusual...
It sounds like something out of a disaster film: a burning locomotive is being put out by the fire brigade when it suddenly starts moving on its own and heads for Freilassing. A chase lasting several kilometers begins. A blazing locomotive rolled driverless more than six kilometers through the Berchtesgadener Land on Friday night and only came to a stop at a buffer stop on the other side of Freilassing station. There, the fire brigade, who had been chasing the...
Two 13-year-old boys from the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab in the Upper Palatinate may have planned an attack that could have cost the lives of several people. The police found explosives, homemade explosive devices or dummies and soft air weapons, i.e. weapons that look deceptively real but are not life-threatening.According to the police, the motives behind the two are still being determined, but there is no evidence that the background is xenophobic or religious. Since the two children...
Two 13-year-old boys from the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab in the Upper Palatinate may have planned an attack that could have cost the lives of several people. The police found explosives, homemade explosive devices or dummies and soft air weapons, i.e. weapons that look deceptively real but are not life-threatening.According to the police, the motives behind the two are still being determined, but there is no evidence that the background is xenophobic or religious. Since the two children...
crime Upper Palatinate: Police find explosives in children A police barrier (icon image). photo © David Indian song / dpa Two 13-year-olds are suspected of having planned a serious crime. The police seized explosives, among other things. The children were admitted to a psychiatric hospital. During apartment searches in the Upper Palatinate, the police found explosives and other prohibited objects in children. Two 13-year-olds were admitted to a psychiatric clinic in connection with the operation, the police said on Monday....
