The Local Germany 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 11 injured near Lake Constance as train hits trailer truck Eleven people were slightly injured Monday when a commuter train crashed into a trailer truck in southern Germany, firefighters said. https://www.thelocal.de/20181015/11-injured-near-lake-constance-as-train-hits-trailer-truck Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:18:22 +0200 11-injured-near-lake-constance-as-train-hits-trailer-truck Over 3,000 years old: Bronze Age boat recovered from Lake Constance A logboat made out of oak which had been sitting at the bottom of southern Germany’s Lake Constance for thousands of years has finally been salvaged. https://www.thelocal.de/20180416/over-3000-years-old-bavarias-oldest-boat-recovered-from-lake-constance Mon, 16 Apr 2018 11:25:04 +0200 over-3000-years-old-bavarias-oldest-boat-recovered-from-lake-constance Two feared dead as small plane crashes into Lake Constance Two people are feared dead after a small airplane crashed into Lake Constance on Tuesday on its way from Zurich to Hamburg. https://www.thelocal.de/20170808/two-feared-dead-as-small-plane-crashes-into-lake-constance Tue, 08 Aug 2017 17:42:06 +0200 two-feared-dead-as-small-plane-crashes-into-lake-constance Mafia suspects arrested at Lake Constance Police arrested eight Italian citizens on Tuesday morning at Lake Constance in Baden-Württemberg on suspicion of involvement in the ’Ndrangheta, Calabria’s feared mafia organisation. https://www.thelocal.de/20150707/on-tuesday-morning-police-arrested-eight-italian-citizens-at-lake-constance-in-baden-wrttemberg-on-suspicion-of-involvement-in-the-ndrangheta-calabrias-feared-mafia-organisation Tue, 07 Jul 2015 18:47:23 +0200 on-tuesday-morning-police-arrested-eight-italian-citizens-at-lake-constance-in-baden-wrttemberg-on-suspicion-of-involvement-in-the-ndrangheta-calabrias-feared-mafia-organisation Largest German lake spills its deepest secrets From giant glacial sink holes and caverns to hidden wrecks, Germany's largest lake is gradually revealing its secrets under an unprecedented underwater cartography project. https://www.thelocal.de/20140814/largest-german-lake-shares-its-deepest-secrets Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:02:00 +0200 largest-german-lake-shares-its-deepest-secrets Mayor tries to ban sex party ship from lake A mayor in southern Germany has fallen out with angry swingers after he said that a state-run ship company could no longer host their parties on tourist boats. He stressed this was not a moral decision, but a business one. https://www.thelocal.de/20140312/german-mayor-swinger-ship-parties-bad-for-business-in-lake-constance Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:13:00 +0100 german-mayor-swinger-ship-parties-bad-for-business-in-lake-constance Lake Constance fishers fret: waters 'too clean' German fishermen working Lake Constance are struggling to make a living as the fish are so small, because the water is so clean. Some are suggesting that phosphate pollutants be added to help them grow. https://www.thelocal.de/20130408/48997 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:10:00 +0200 48997 Student shatters Lake Constance glass ban A German student has become a hero for picnickers and beer drinkers on the shores of Lake Constance after shattering a ban on glass bottles imposed by local authorities last year. https://www.thelocal.de/20120727/44015 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:18:00 +0200 44015 Speed trap turned into bird house Officials in southern Germany whose speed trap was smashed into by a car turned it into a bird house – and say it is now home to a family of great tits. https://www.thelocal.de/20120312/41283 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:28:00 +0100 41283