Heiden, North Rhine-Westphalia: Once again, a 57-year-old woman discovered that her daughter’s grave had been stolen. After cut flowers had been stolen and property damaged in the past, unknown perpetrators have now torn out and stolen 30 ground cover plants. The police are looking for witnesses.
Source: Borken district police authority
Hamburg: With a memorial for sexual and gender diversity, Hamburg wants to set an example for respect and recognition in the middle of the city. The Senate decision to set up this place at the corner of Neuer Jungfernstieg and Lombardsbrücke is also a clear sign of equal rights for everyone during Pride Week, said Senator for Culture Carsten Brosda (SPD) on Tuesday. “But we also want to remind you that the LGBTIQ* scene was suppressed here for a long time and still has to experience discrimination in everyday life.”
The place should offer space for meeting and dealing with the past, present and future. “It should manifest the striving for equality, acceptance and mutual respect in the present and the memory of past injustice and persecution should become visible,” said Brosda.
The citizenship is expected to decide on the establishment of the memorial in autumn. An artistic competition for the design will then be announced. In total, more than 400,000 euros are available for the realization of the project.
Vellmar, Kassel district, Hesse: On Monday evening there was a fight between two families who were apparently at odds. Several emergency calls were received by the police, who found 15 adults arguing loudly at a playground in Vellmar. This was preceded by a physical argument: Two men were injured in the face. During the subsequent police questioning, the situation threatened to escalate again. Another man suddenly punched one of the already injured in the face. When officers arrested the attacker, a woman attacked. She too had to be restrained by a police officer, who also hit the officer in the head several times. According to the police, the trigger for the fight was a dispute between children on the playground. They had called their fathers, who then fought. In the further course, numerous members of the two families came to the playground and took part in the argument.
Sources: Police Headquarters North Hesse – Kassel
Kempten, Bavaria: A 31-year-old woman and two small children were seriously injured in an accident with a tractor-trailer combination in the Allgäu. According to the police, a tractor and a trailer loaded with hay slipped and overturned on Monday afternoon in the curve area of a road in Kempten for an initially unknown reason. The driver and her sons, three and five years old, who were on the tractor, were seriously injured and taken to the hospital. The scene of the accident was closed for around four hours. The police are now investigating how the accident happened.
Source: DPA
Ballenstedt, Saxony-Anhalt: In Ballenstedt in the Harz district, the “100 the Challenge” motocross festival, which took place over the weekend, got out of control at times. As the MDR reports, the fire brigade had to turn out 12 times, and the rescue service even 18 times. When asked by MDR, the fire brigade said that rubbish, cars and various other vehicles were on fire. The police are now investigating because of an assault and a fire.
On social media, visitors complained about the poor organization of the festival. The organizer draws the appropriate conclusions: the event will no longer take place in this form.
Ostbevern, North Rhine-Westphalia: A building fire broke out on Wagenbauerstrasse in Ostbevern. As the “Westfälische Nachrichten” informs, the cloud of smoke moves in the direction of Eichendorffsiedlung. The residents should close windows and doors – ventilation and air conditioning should also be switched off. A warning was also sent via the warning app NINA.
Heuchelheim, Hesse: The drinking water in Heuchelheim in central Hesse is contaminated with bacteria and should therefore be boiled. The Gießen district announced on Monday that enterococci and coliform bacteria had been detected. Only the town of Heuchelheim is affected, not the wider area of the municipality.
Before drinking, using it for cooking, brushing your teeth or cleaning open wounds, the water should boil up to a bubbly boil and then cool down for at least ten minutes. For other purposes, such as showering, there are no restrictions.
Stadtwerke Gießen will disinfect the pipeline network with chlorine in coordination with the health department. According to the announcement, the boiling recommendation applies “until further notice”.
Source: DPA
Gerolfingen, Bavaria: When parking out, a driver ran over a man who was behind her car. The 24-year-old waited for her friends late on Sunday evening in her car in a parking lot in a meadow park area in Gerolfingen (Ansbach district) created for the fire brigade festival, the police said.
When nobody came after half an hour, she reversed her car out of the parking space – and suddenly noticed a resistance. As she got out, she saw two legs sticking out from behind the back of her vehicle. Rescue workers rescued the trapped 29-year-old and took care of him. He suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
The heavily intoxicated man had probably lain down behind her car to sleep, unnoticed by the woman, as the police further announced. An expert was called in to clarify the exact course of the accident.
Source: DPA
Briesen, Brandenburg: Federal police officers discovered 13 people who had entered the country illegally in Briesen (Oder-Spree) – two suspected smugglers were able to escape. According to a witness, the men were dropped off by two vans in the community not far from Frankfurt (Oder) on Saturday evening. The emergency services then checked three groups of people who had set off on foot after being transported. The federal police said on Monday that they were Indian nationals between the ages of 19 and 36 who did not have a residence permit.
The forces took the men into custody. Investigations into suspicion of illegal entry and illegal stay have been initiated. The people seeking protection were then taken to the central initial reception facility in Eisenhüttenstadt.
Source: DPA
Waren, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Hundreds of swimming enthusiasts will again start at the traditional Müritz Swim this Saturday in Waren. So far there have been 760 registrations from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic, as a spokesman for the organization team said on Monday. The youngest starter was twelve, the oldest swimmers over 80 years old. It is the 54th edition of the swimming event in the Mecklenburg Lake District.
Around 600 women and men will swim on the classic route – 1950 meters above the Binnenmüritz. The best ones usually need between 25 and 30 minutes for this. Here in 2022, 18-year-old Anton Rauch from Potsdam narrowly won in 22 minutes and 31.95 seconds. About 150 starters were registered for twice the distance – ie 3.8 kilometers there and back via the Binnenmüritz. In this “Müritzman 3.8” competition last year, a woman, 25-year-old Sarah Strack from Greifswald, was the fastest of all the starters.
Source: DPA
Bad Rappenau, Baden-Württemberg: A gas bottle that burst into flames while barbecuing set a detached house in the Heilbronn district on fire. In the emergency on Sunday afternoon in Bad Rappenau, one person was slightly injured, the police said. All other residents were able to leave the three-story house unharmed.
In the course of the extinguishing work, the roof of the house had to be covered over a large area, it said. According to the fire brigade, there was no danger to surrounding houses, it said.
According to the police, the fire brigade was on site with eight vehicles and 45 emergency services, the rescue service with five vehicles and seven rescuers. According to the information, the single-family house is no longer habitable. The police estimate the damage at around 250,000 euros.
Source: DPA
Tegernsee, Bavaria: Before the eyes of motorcycle police officers, a racing cyclist ignored two red traffic lights in Tegernsee – and then tried to flee from the officers. However, he failed, as the motorway police station Holzkirchen announced. The 19-year-old vacationer did not show any remorse. He said that he had already covered 200 kilometers and now only wanted to go back to the hotel. “Of course, this is not a justification for his behavior. He can now expect a fine of around 430 euros,” it said.
According to the information, the cyclist continued his journey on Sunday afternoon on the main road in Tegernsee, although a traffic light had been red for four seconds. A family just wanted to cross the road. According to the police, the next traffic light was red for six seconds. Nevertheless, the cyclist drove through this intersection. A car from crossing traffic had to brake to avoid a collision with the cyclist.
Source: DPA
Altenburger Land, Thuringia: According to the police, a man died after a dive in Haselbacher See in Altenburger Land. The man came to the surface of the water and ashore on Sunday. However, any help there was too late for him, said a police spokesman on request.
The police could not give any information about the circumstances and the age of the man. The police have taken over the investigation. The Haselbacher See on the state border with Saxony is a popular bathing lake. It is a residual open pit hole with a maximum depth of 30 meters.
Source: DPA
Erfurt, Thuringia: A drunk driver got stuck in a track bed of the Erfurt tram on Sunday evening. The 30-year-old man left the road in the north of Erfurt and landed on the tracks with his car, the police said. Since it was no longer possible to continue driving, the car had to be recovered by a towing crane. According to the information, a first alcohol test showed a value of 1.9 per mille. Since a rail replacement service is currently set up on the affected tracks, tram traffic was not affected. However, there was material damage to the rails, which now has to be repaired.
Source: DPA
Schaumburg, Lower Saxony: In a frontal collision between two cars in the district of Schaumburg, eight people were injured, some seriously. Among the injured were three children and two pregnant women, police said on Sunday. Accordingly, a 60-year-old driver got into the oncoming lane on Sunday afternoon on a district road between Ahnsen and Bückeburg.
His car collided with a vehicle in which seven people were sitting. The 60-year-old suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The seven occupants of the other vehicle suffered minor injuries. The district road was closed for around two hours during the operation. Both cars were totaled. It was still unclear why the 60-year-old got into the oncoming lane.
Source: DPA
Erding, Bavaria: A drunk truck driver caused damage of around 100,000 euros on Autobahn 94 in the Upper Bavarian district of Erding. According to police information from Monday, the 37-year-old came too far to the right late on Sunday evening at the Lengdorf junction, crashed into the guardrail and ran over it for a length of around 60 meters. A breath alcohol test on the man showed a value of over two per thousand. The driver was not injured in the accident and had to hand in his driver’s license on the spot.
Other road users had previously reported to the police that the driver was driving his semitrailer in snaking lines across several lanes. The vehicle’s tank was also damaged in the collision with the crash barrier, and several hundred liters of fuel spilled onto the road. According to the police, the acceleration lane at the junction and the right-hand lane were closed for around four and a half hours. However, there were no major traffic jams.
Source: DPA
Callenberg, Saxony: Two children kidnapped a horse from a paddock in Callenberg (Zwickau district). The 11 and 13-year-old girls switched off the electric fence, opened the gate of the paddock and ran down the street with the animal on Saturday evening, as the Zwickau police department announced on Monday.
According to the police, a woman observed the girls and informed the riding stables that she had seen the trio near a sports field. An employee spotted the horse and brought it back. “The two girls wrap themselves in silence where they had put it overnight,” it said. They were reported for theft.
