https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Electric bikes on Alpine trails and mountain paths have become a subject of controversy in Germany. Should they be allowed? https://www.thelocal.de/20190909/if-we-have-an-engine-they-respect-us-less-how-e-bikes-are-shaking-up-the-bavarian-alps Mon, 09 Sep 2019 10:46:44 +0200 if-we-have-an-engine-they-respect-us-less-how-e-bikes-are-shaking-up-the-bavarian-alps Four German hikers have been killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps, police in the southern canton of Valais said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190428/four-germans-die-in-swiss-avalanche Sun, 28 Apr 2019 14:12:19 +0200 four-germans-die-in-swiss-avalanche Tributes have been paid to a Canadian teacher who died while hiking in the Bavarian Alps. https://www.thelocal.de/20180828/tributes-paid-after-body-of-canadian-hiker-missing-in-bavarian-alps-found Tue, 28 Aug 2018 18:35:48 +0200 tributes-paid-after-body-of-canadian-hiker-missing-in-bavarian-alps-found A search is underway for a Canadian hiker who has been missing for more than two weeks. https://www.thelocal.de/20180817/search-underway-for-missing-canadian-hiker Fri, 17 Aug 2018 14:24:24 +0200 search-underway-for-missing-canadian-hiker A hiker from Berlin fell to her death during poor weather conditions in the Austrian Alps on Monday evening. Rescuers first found her on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20180815/berlin-mountain-climber-falls-200-metres-to-death-in-austrian-alps Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:49:50 +0200 berlin-mountain-climber-falls-200-metres-to-death-in-austrian-alps Family members of German retail billionaire Karl-Erivan Haub have lost hope of finding him alive, a week after he went missing while skiing in the Swiss Alps, his company Tengelmann group said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180414/search-called-off-for-german-retail-billionaire-lost-in-alps Sat, 14 Apr 2018 10:36:27 +0200 search-called-off-for-german-retail-billionaire-lost-in-alps After six years of planning and construction, the new cable car to be inaugurated on Thursday will take visitors up nearly 3,000 metres to Zugspitze, the highest peak in the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20171221/record-breaking-cable-car-for-tallest-mountain-in-germany-to-open-thursday Thu, 21 Dec 2017 11:36:35 +0100 record-breaking-cable-car-for-tallest-mountain-in-germany-to-open-thursday A survival story worthy of a Hollywood drama took place in the Austrian Alps this week when a German mountain climber was rescued after five days trapped in a 30-metre deep rock fissure. https://www.thelocal.de/20171109/german-hiker-trapped-for-5-days-trapped-in-rock-crevice-in-austrian-alps Thu, 09 Nov 2017 17:21:16 +0100 german-hiker-trapped-for-5-days-trapped-in-rock-crevice-in-austrian-alps Operation of the new cable car which will take visitors up the 2,962 metre-high Zugspitze, Germany’s highest peak, is set to start in about ten weeks’ time. But not everyone is looking forward to it. https://www.thelocal.de/20171011/record-breaking-new-cable-car-for-tallest-mountain-in-germany-near-completion Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:09:03 +0200 record-breaking-new-cable-car-for-tallest-mountain-in-germany-near-completion Mountain rescue crews have located the body of a climber who fell to his death while walking alone on Germany’s third highest mountain in mid-August. https://www.thelocal.de/20170905/mountaineers-body-found-two-weeks-after-deadly-fall-in-german-alps Tue, 05 Sep 2017 14:43:35 +0200 mountaineers-body-found-two-weeks-after-deadly-fall-in-german-alps The search for eight hikers missing in the Swiss Alps has been called off, police announced on Saturday, three days after they were lost in a massive landslide. https://www.thelocal.de/20170826/search-for-eight-missing-in-alps-called-off-swiss-police Sat, 26 Aug 2017 18:36:48 +0200 search-for-eight-missing-in-alps-called-off-swiss-police The world-famous cable car taking tourists up to the Zugspitze, Germany’s highest peak, is to be taken down and replaced by a more modern transport system. https://www.thelocal.de/20170329/record-breaking-cable-car-to-germanys-highest-peak-to-be-decommissioned Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:10:15 +0200 record-breaking-cable-car-to-germanys-highest-peak-to-be-decommissioned A Bundeswehr (German army) soldier has been severely injured after the tank he was riding in crashed 50 metres down an embankment after going off course in bad weather. https://www.thelocal.de/20161020/two-injured-after-army-tank-falls-50-metres-in-alps Thu, 20 Oct 2016 13:16:33 +0200 two-injured-after-army-tank-falls-50-metres-in-alps As the one year anniversary of the Germanwings disaster approaches, the German school which lost 16 students is hoping another language exchange can help to heal the wounds. https://www.thelocal.de/20160302/spanish-exchange-to-go-ahead-a-year-after-germanwings-crash Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:03:36 +0100 spanish-exchange-to-go-ahead-a-year-after-germanwings-crash This ski season looks set to be epic, with runs already open before December has even started - boding well for the rest of the season. We bring you the ten very best German resorts so you can make the most of it. https://www.thelocal.de/20151127/the-10-very-best-german-ski-resorts Fri, 27 Nov 2015 16:18:00 +0100 the-10-very-best-german-ski-resorts Seven people, including four Germans, were killed Tuesday when an avalanche swept them away in the French Alps, a local official told AFP, one of the deadliest snowslides to hit France over the past decade. https://www.thelocal.de/20150916/four-germans-killed-in-alps-climbing-disaster Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:48:38 +0200 four-germans-killed-in-alps-climbing-disaster Animal rights activists have demanded that one of the signature sounds of the Bavarian Alps – the gentle ringing of distant cow bells – be brought to an end, claiming it is cruel to the animals. https://www.thelocal.de/20150824/bavaria-fights-activist-assault-on-cow-bells Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:48:44 +0200 bavaria-fights-activist-assault-on-cow-bells Lufthansa Tuesday defended its treatment of families of victims of the Germanwings crash in the French Alps, saying its compensation offer had gone "well beyond" what was required by law. https://www.thelocal.de/20150722/lufthansa-doing-everything-to-help-families Wed, 22 Jul 2015 10:36:07 +0200 lufthansa-doing-everything-to-help-families A renewable energy company in the Bavarian Allgäu has been making space for new wind turbines as quickly as possible - by blowing up the old ones. https://www.thelocal.de/20150623/stunning-video-of-wind-turbines-being-detonated Tue, 23 Jun 2015 12:51:28 +0200 stunning-video-of-wind-turbines-being-detonated An explorer who has lain injured one kilometer underground in Germany’s deepest cave since Sunday is able to be moved, according to doctors who reached the researcher for the first time on Wednesday evening. https://www.thelocal.de/20140612/doctors-reach-injured-german-explorer-johann-westhauser-in-bavarian-alps-cave Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:32:00 +0200 doctors-reach-injured-german-explorer-johann-westhauser-in-bavarian-alps-cave