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In view of a huge onslaught of day trippers on Oberhof, Mayor Thomas Schulz wants to cordon off the city to a large extent.

“Only people who live or work here or have a legitimate interest in coming here should have access,” said Schulz on Monday.

He had already submitted this to the Thuringian Interior Minister Georg Meier (SPD).

At the weekend, streets in Oberhof were parked, fire service entrances were blocked and escape routes were blocked.

Oberhof is also currently preparing for two biathlon world cups, the first of which will start at the end of the week.

Schulz said there was no alternative to blocking the city.

“I understand that the pandemic is pushing people, families with children, outside.

But we were overrun, the place couldn't cope with the crowd. ”It has been shown that it is not enough to rely on the common sense of the people.

The problem would increase if the biathlon fans were to travel to Oberhof against all advice, said Schulz.

The events on the weekend and in the coming week will take place under high safety and hygiene precautions, public is not allowed.

Winter sports resorts close parking spaces after the rush

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After a rush of snow tourists at the weekend, the Eifel community of Hellenthal in North Rhine-Westphalia closed off the access to parking spaces at the excursion destinations with construction fences.

A spokesman for the city said on Monday about 1,300 cars were parked in a large parking lot alone.

For the first time, visitors also dodged the villages and hamlets of the 8,000-inhabitant community near the Belgian border.

"The visitors came in streams," said the spokesman.

Meadows and the side edges of a federal road had been parked up.

On Monday, employees from the administration were on site to enforce the parking bans.

In Winterberg, slopes and parking spaces have been closed since Sunday.

The ban on entering is intended to prevent day-trippers from storming the snow-covered toboggan and ski slopes like in the past few days.

Picture from the weekend: A police officer in Winterberg asks visitors to leave

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In many places the parking lots were already overcrowded in the morning, there were long traffic jams, and cars kept breaking down.

Hundreds of ads for violations of corona measures

"We have chaos to the power of three, everything collapses," said a spokesman for the Goslar police station at the weekend.

On Monday morning it was initially largely quiet, said a city spokeswoman.

There were hundreds of reports nationwide in winter sports areas - mainly because of violations of corona measures such as mask requirements and contact restrictions.

There were also criminal charges for insulting police officers.

Another problem: Because of the lockdown, no public toilets were set up, restaurants and other facilities were not open.

Day trippers relieved themselves in nature or even on private property.

In the Rhön, many people were drawn to the Wasserkuppe, Hesse's highest mountain.

“It's full,” said a police spokesman in Fulda.

Road users parked in danger areas or got stuck on an icy road, it said about the location on the Hoher Meissner.

During a rescue operation, an emergency doctor had to be brought to the scene by helicopter.