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 It is one of the most famous mountains in the Allgäu Alps - and it could soon be history. According to experts, the summit of the Hochvogel will soon collapse, and up to 260,000 cubic metres of rock could fall into the valley. https://www.thelocal.de/20181121/hochvogel Wed, 21 Nov 2018 17:10:52 +0100 hochvogel Police say a mystery culprit who keeps trying to cut down a giant Christian cross on top of a mountain at the border of Germany and Austria may be driven by religious motives. https://www.thelocal.de/20160831/police-left-stumped-by-axe-attacks-on-cross-germany-austria Wed, 31 Aug 2016 12:42:21 +0200 police-left-stumped-by-axe-attacks-on-cross-germany-austria A driver walked home unaided and went to bed largely unharmed after her car plunged 60 metres over a cliff in Bavaria. She was saved by the trees below. https://www.thelocal.de/20140711/woman-unharmed-after-60-meter-fall-in-bavaria Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:24:00 +0200 woman-unharmed-after-60-meter-fall-in-bavaria Five German tourists, including a 14-year-old girl, have fallen to their deaths while walking in the Swiss Alps, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. A member of the group survived, watching the accident from below. https://www.thelocal.de/20120704/43543 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 12:56:00 +0200 43543 Three of the eight mountaineers killed this Sunday in an avalanche on Mont Blanc in the French Alps were from southern Germany, officials announced Tuesday – but the fourth German remains unidentified. https://www.thelocal.de/20080826/13937 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:38:00 +0200 13937