The Local Germany

Head doctor arrested for killing unwitting woman with cocaine during sex

Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:55:45 +0200

A head doctor in Saxony-Anhalt has been arrested under suspicion that he dosed a woman with cocaine during oral sex without her knowledge. The woman collapsed and died in hospital.

Ten killed, dozens injured in train crash

Sun, 30 Jan 2011 10:39:00 +0100

Ten people were killed in a horror rail smash Saturday night in Saxony-Anhalt when a goods train and passenger train collided head-on.

Parking tattletale faces fine after making 15,000 citations

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:21:00 +0200

Over the last six years a man in Germany's Harz region earned the dislike of his fellow residents by tattling to authorities about some 15,000 parking violations – but this week “parking ticket Horst” had to answer for a citation of his own.

Harz canal system honoured by UNESCO

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:13:00 +0200

A medieval water management system in the picturesque Harz region in eastern Germany was made a UNESCO cultural heritage site on Sunday.

Combing through Quedlinburg's charms

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:54:00 +0200

As UNESCO cultural heritage sites go, charming Quedlinburg in Germany’s Harz region is more cheese cake and mediaeval feminism than baroque masterpieces – and that suits Hannah Cleaver just fine.

Mountain biker missing for four days found alive

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:52:00 +0200

A mountain biker from the small town of Schwiegershausen in Lower Saxony, who lay injured in woods for four nights, was found alive by police on Saturday.

Lynxes clawing back a bit of German wilderness

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:37:00 +0200

Go for a walk in the wooded Harz region and you could end up face-to-face with a wild lynx. Hannah Cleaver reports on the efforts to reintroduce the tuft-eared cats to German forests.

Once upon a time in Goslar

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:46:00 +0100

The fairytale town of Goslar makes a great base for exploring northern Germany’s Harz region. Campbell Jefferys visits the popular UNESCO World Heritage site in Lower Saxony.

Thieves steal road salt as harsh winter depletes supply

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:36:00 +0100

The exceptionally harsh winter this year has spurred enterprising criminals in Lower Saxony to steal a tonne of road salt, a police spokesperson told The Local on Monday.

Harz region to open first German hiking trail for nudists

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:17:00 +0200

Germans are widely known for the ease with which they shed clothing, so it comes as little surprise the country’s first route for hiking naked could soon open in the hilly Harz region.

Two Harz beat as one

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:54:00 +0100

People flock to the mountainous Harz region year round to climb the highest peak in northern Germany the Brocken. Campbell Jefferys explores spectacular countryside once split by the Iron Curtain and crawling with trigger-happy border guards and Russian soldiers.