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“Chaos to the power of three” – rush to the snow-covered mountain regions
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The rush through the mountains and the shores creates chaos
The crown lockdown, and which for many last weekend before the holidays are over, is again driving masses of people to Germany’s local recreation areas. But again the huge attack caused chaos.
Also on Saturday, thousands of people were drawn to the snow-covered winter sports centers. Especially the Harz, the Sauerland and the Feldberg experienced an avalanche. It’s almost impossible to do something, he soon told himself. People even came from Berlin and Hamburg.
AAll requests for exemptions were of little use: In the Harz Mountains and other snow-covered mountainous areas, parking spaces were already full in many places on Saturday morning. “We have chaos to the power of three, everything collapses,” said a spokesman for the Goslar police station at noon. “Almost nothing works anymore, some cars have broken down. Too much is happening. “
The masses frolicked in the toboggan mountains as the Hexenritt descent into the Wurmberg, and the hikers ran together along the hiking trails.
Authorities and police had previously repeatedly asked not to take trips to the mountains in the crown lock, and yet there was another avalanche of slides and hikers.
The descent of Hexenritt in Wurmberg in the Harz Mountains
Source: dpa / Swen gatekeeper
Police and regulatory authorities wrote announcements of numerous violations of the crown’s protective measures, as a spokeswoman for the city of Winterberg in Sauerland said. Long lines of cars and traffic jams formed in the snow-covered cities.
Already in the morning, the Goslar police tweeted that the parking spaces were practically full and that a long traffic jam was forming on the B4. The large Torfhaus parking lot was packed. The masses flowed down the Goetheweg from Torfhaus to Brocken. A lot happened in Braunlage too.
No bathrooms
In Lower Saxony there are no restrictions for day tourists, not only from the region, but also from Berlin and Hamburg.
The ski lifts and slopes, as well as the restaurants and cabins are closed until at least January 10. The operators of the winter sports field and the ski lift carousel in Winterberg point out on their website that there are therefore no toilets or warm-up opportunities for hikers, and that there are no rescuers on site.
In Winterberg, hikers climb their sleds up a snowy slope
Source: dpa-infocom GmbH
Vehicles are parked on the side of the road on Federal Highway 242 between Braunlage and Torfhaus in the Harz Mountains
Source: dpa / Swen gatekeeper
“We love our mountains,” they say. But in these times we have to let this love rest, because the onslaught leads to traffic jams and crowds. Congested streets, lack of parking spaces and many potential contacts. Who wants that? “
The onslaught of hikers yearning for snow also continued at Großer Feldberg in Hesse. Around the highest peak of the Taunus it was “as chaotic as the last days,” said a police spokesman in Königstein.
Many hikers are away from home despite blocked summit accesses, the streets of the villages around Feldberg are parked. Also on the Rhön, on the first Saturday of the year, many people were drawn to the outside and to the Wasserkuppe, the highest mountain in Hesse. “It is full,” said a police spokesman in Fulda.
The police expect a rush also on Sunday
In recent days, cars had been stuck for miles at some excursion destinations. “I think Sunday will be the same as today,” feared a police spokesman in the Harz region.
Many come because of such prospects: a tree on the bare branches. City of Winterberg asks you to refrain from visits due to corona pandemic
Source: dpa / Marius Becker
According to the German Meteorological Service (DWD), it will snow on Sunday in many regions, in a swath from Baden-Württemberg through Hesse and Thuringia to Saxony and Brandenburg. Two to five centimeters of fresh snow should collect.
Black ice should be expected, especially in the east, according to the DWD. At least until the middle of the week it will remain under thick clouds in wet and cold weather. “The sun is really not a big problem in the next few days,” said a spokesman for the weather service.
